Football wasn’t the only topsy-turvy sport this weekend — from soccer to hockey, no event escaped the unexpected.

EA Sports introduced women’s national teams in the newly-released NHL 23, continuing the growing inclusion of women’s sports in video games.

Yesterday marked the first North American puck drop of the new NHL season, but the biggest news is coming off the ice, where hockey culture is revealing itself once again.

After a relatively quiet NHL offseason, the regular season has snuck onto the scene. Tuesday will bring the first official North American puck drop, so today’s Scroll is all about the season setup, the teams to watch and the storylines to know.

The gals took the ice first and now the fellas are finally crashing the boards, too. NCAA men’s hockey soft-launched last week, but the rinks are starting to heat up (not literally) today.

Just when it seemed Hockey Canada couldn’t go any lower, an ongoing investigation found that the org reportedly used a second secret fund to pay off sexual assault settlements.

Fall may have just begun, but women’s hockey is getting in on winter, taking the ice over the weekend to start NCAA competition.

The puck drops on the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) Women’s World Championships tonight, so we’re sliding into your inbox with a special edition newsletter featuring a full breakdown of the tourney, the top three teams to know and the players to watch before the games begin.