It took Victoria Bach about a month to adjust to life as a professional women’s hockey player. It took four sessions on the ice a week, two games on the weekends and seven months of hard work to establish herself as an elite player. And to hear her name called as the Canadian Women’s Hockey League rookie of the year at the annual awards, she said it felt like all her hard work had paid off.



But, the next person to hold that trophy won’t have worked nearly as hard. They might not even be a player. The next person to hold that trophy will be the highest bidder of an online auction set up by the CWHL in an effort to raise funds to cover their debts.



“I’m at a loss for words, I don’t even know really what to say,” Bach said of seeing one of her achievements up for auction. “For me, I could only dream of playing in a professional league growing up … so for people to see our trophies and everything that we have worked...