Career
With Angela Ruggiero, the two launched the National Women"s Hockey League (2015) in March 2015. Currently, Rylan is the league’s commissioner. Prior to forming the league, Rylan attempted to bring a CWHL expansion team to New York in 2014.
She grew up in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, and her father worked for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Prior to joining Northeastern, Rylan had played one season with Division II program Metro State, a men’s team that competes in the American Collegiate Hockey Association. She earned a broadcasting journalism degree at Metro State in 2010.
In addition to her duties as league commissioner, Rylan is the first general manager in the history of the New York Riveters, one of four charter teams in the.