More than three months after announcing it would fold, the Canadian Women’s Hockey League is set to pay its former players their outstanding bonuses — thanks to donations from Hockey Canada, the Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and others.



“We have received payments from organizations like the NHL, Hockey Canada, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Ontario Women’s Hockey Association,” said Laurel Walzak, who chairs the CWHL board. “(Adrienne Clarkson) also brought forward a private donor who made a significant donation to make sure players got paid their bonuses.”



According to Walzak, the players were owed roughly $230,000 in bonuses which includes money to members of the Calgary Inferno who won the Clarkson Cup, and to various CWHL award winners. The donations from the above parties would clear all the outstanding bonus payments.



In a June 28 letter to the CWHL Players’ Association obtained by The...