Canadian Women's Hockey League
The Canadian Women's Hockey League was a women's ice hockey league. Established in 2007 as a Canadian women's senior league in the Greater Toronto Area, Montreal, and Ottawa, the league expanded into Alberta (2011) and internationally in the United States (2010) and China (2017) throughout its tenure. The league discontinued operations on May 1, 2019, after 12 seasons.
2009 Clarkson Cup action between the Montreal Stars and Brampton Thunder.
The Boston Blades and Toronto Furies shake hands after a game in 2015.
Montreal's Caroline Ouellette with the Clarkson Cup in 2011.
Collapse of the Canadian Women's Hockey League
The collapse of the Canadian Women's Hockey League occurred in the spring of 2019. Previously one of the top women's ice hockey leagues in the world, the Canadian Women's Hockey League announced on 31 March 2019, that it would be folding effective 1 May.
Les Canadiennes de Montréal in action against the Toronto Furies in 2015
NWHL Commissioner Dani Rylan hands the Isobel Cup to the Buffalo Beauts in 2017
The Angela James Bowl, awarded to the top CWHL scorer, in 2008
Former Toronto Furies forward Anissa Gamble with the PWHPA in September 2019
