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Boston Pride's forward Brianna Decker (C) scores against New York Riveters during their game of the first season of the National Womens Hockey League (NWHL) at the Aviator Sports and Events Center in New Yorks borough of Brooklyn on October 18, 2015. A small band of trailblazing female ice hockey players have struck a blow for women's sports in the United States by signing up for the nation's first professional league for women. AFP PHOTO/JEWEL SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Boston Pride's forward Brianna Decker (C) scores against New York Riveters during their game of the first season of the National Womens Hockey League (NWHL) at the Aviator Sports and Events Center in New Yorks borough of Brooklyn on October 18, 2015.  A small band of trailblazing female ice hockey players have struck a blow for women's sports in the United States by signing up for the nation's first professional league for women. AFP PHOTO/JEWEL SAMAD        (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)