The first instances of organized women's ice hockey in Canada date back to the 1890s when it was played at the university level. The Women's Hockey Association claims that the city of Ottawa, Ontario
1917 Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Charlotte Whitton is in the centre
1919 Eaton's Red Wings, women's hockey team, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Edmonton Chimos (1984), National champions. The first Canadian National Women's Hockey Championship was known as the "Shopper's Drug Mart Women's Nationals"
Women playing hockey at Rideau Hall c. 1890 (earliest known image of women's hockey)
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in North America and parts of Europe, is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs
Canadian women's ice hockey history
…did not play in the NHL. In 1982, McTeer and athlete Abby Hoffman were among the organizers of the Esso Women's Nationals championship tournament for women's ice hockey. One of the tournament's trophies, the Maureen McTeer Trophy, is named for her. It is awarded to the team that finishes in third place at the Esso…
A forward (Bryan Rust of the Pittsburgh Penguins) shoots toward a net defended by a goaltender (Braden Holtby of the Washington Capitals).
Players from the South Carolina Stingrays perform a line change. A line change is a substitution of an entire line at once.
A player checks an opposing skater into the board that surrounds the ice.
Scoreboard for a hockey game during the fourth period. If a game is tied at the end of the third period, several leagues and tournaments have teams play additional sudden death overtime periods.