Contract in Ottawa

Ice hockey player Meixner fulfills her dream

Anna Meixner will play for Ottawa in the PWHL in the future. The Pinzgau native signed a one-year contract there. The forward has played in Sweden for the past four years.

Ice hockey forward Anna Meixner will be playing in the North American women's professional league PWHL next season. The 30-year-old from Salzburg signed a one-year contract on Thursday with the club from Ottawa, which selected her at number 32 in the draft in June. Meixner is the second Austrian in the Professional Women's Hockey League alongside Theresa Schafzahl, who reached the final with Boston in this year's inaugural season.

"It's every player's dream to play against the best players in the world," said Austria's team captain Meixner, who has played for Brynäs in the Swedish league for the past four years and was voted MVP (most valuable player) in 2022/23.