From youth hockey players coming up the ranks and discovering their love for the game to university and professional players in North America and overseas to beer leaguers living their dreams in rinks around the world—we’re covering it all.
Browse our list of women’s hockey leagues to find first-hand accounts of players living the dream, along with exclusive coverage from our Women’s Hockey Life team.
Katia Clement-Heydra continues pro career with Sweden’s MODO
With the city of Montreal serving as a hub for elite women’s ice hockey during the 2010s, defined by a shared dynasty between the McGill Martlets and the CWHL’s Stars/Canadiennes…
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Princeton’s Stephanie Neatby joins pro ranks in Sweden
In a tremendous season for the Princeton Tigers, culminating with the prestige of the ECAC postseason crown, an unprecedented first, one of its key contributors experienced a career year between…
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PWHPA Spotlight: Lauren Dahm
Having assembled a distinguished career, built on resiliency, sportsmanship and character, Lauren Dahm established herself as an integral facet of American women’s ice hockey in the 2010s. Highlighted by the…
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Kristen Barbara joins Toronto Six roster for inaugural season
With anticipation building over the return of professional women’s ice hockey to Toronto, the most intriguing facet may involve the construction of the roster. Becoming the first Canadian team in…
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Erica Rieder makes pro hockey debut in Sweden with MODO
Belonging to a celebrated group of Canadian stars extending their careers with professional endeavors in Europe, Erica Rieder’s inaugural season overseas involved the enjoyable experience of wearing the jersey of…
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New Brunswick’s Jessie McCann helps Canada to 2019 ISBHF World Championship
Among the unique facets that defined Canada’s gold medal championship team at the 2019 ISBHF World Championships in Kosice, Slovakia involved a strong sense of Atlantic pride. Starting with head…
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Jaime Bourbonnais reaches career milestones with Team Canada and Cornell Big Red
Part of a remarkable lineage of elite talent that have skated for the Cornell Big Red, Jaime Bourbonnais is ready for the next stage of her highly promising career. Named…
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Aprill Drake helps Team Canada return to World Champion status
Belonging to an esteemed group of elite ball hockey talent that transformed the province of Newfoundland into a remarkable hub, a fertile recruiting ground of world-class competitors to wear the…
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Women’s hockey in North Korea | Francois Lemay
It’s not every day that a team lines up in front of you and bows after practice. This was common practice in North Korea, and one of many overwhelming moments…
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PWHPA announces new region based structure for 2020-21 season
A year after the barnstorming “Dream Gap Tour” began, the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) is set to announce a new structure for the 2020-21 season. Based on feedback…
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Autumn MacDougall finishes five-year career with U of A Pandas
Skating for one of the premier programs in the Canada West Conference, Autumn MacDougall concluded her stellar career with the University of Alberta Pandas with a multitude of accolades, including…
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Emilia Cotter receives 2020 Marion Hilliard Award
Establishing herself as one of the luminaries in the revered history of the dynastic McGill Martlets, Emilia Cotter’s final season of U SPORTS play served to cement her legacy. An…
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Lindsey Post continues career overseas with SDE
In the latter half of the 2010s, Lindsey Post enjoyed the opportunity to stand between the pipes for three unique teams, crafting an exceptional legacy. Reaching an exalted status in…
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Amber Bowman furthers professional and personal life through elite hockey
Belonging to an exceptional group of multi-sport talents whose superlative skills have involved competition on the highly competitive surfaces of CWHL ice, Amber Bowman redefined the impact of a role…
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KRS veteran Rachel Llanes reaches 150 career games milestone
With a thrilling hockey journey, that has spanned three leagues, an equal number of championships and the chance to participate in the Women’s Winter Classic, the 2019-20 season supplied Rachel…
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Sarah Steele finishes third season in Europe’s professional ranks
Among a highly talented number of players who have honed their superlative skills with the nationally prominent Boston University Terriers, blueliner Sarah Steele has added to a strong program legacy.…
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U SPORTS: Abby Clarke | St. Thomas Tommies
Raised in Springdale, Newfoundland, Abby Clarke has become one of the province’s most revered female hockey figures, bringing an era of triumph to Fredericton’s St. Thomas University. With the 2010s…
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ISBHF: Nathalie Girouard | Canada
Representing the gold standard in ball hockey, Nathalie Girouard continues to redefine greatness. Having appeared for her native Canada in every ISBHF World and Masters Championships in this decade, amassing…
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Kaitlin Lowy joins KMH Budapest after U SPORTS career
Among the finest forwards to have worn the iconic red, black and yellow colors of the Guelph Gryphons, Kaitlin Lowy holds a cherished place among the program’s immortals. (more…)
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O’Sullivan finishes college career with fourth first team All-American title
Catherine Elkins was the first to accomplish the feat in 2002, at the end of her senior year at Middlebury College. The next to do it was Elmira College’s Laura…
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Sami Jo Small | Part Three: Manitoba roots
Following a highly eventful 2014 consisting of the jubilation of a Clarkson Cup championship and an exciting All-Star Game milestone, returning to the Air Canada Centre, where Sami Jo Small…
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Sami Jo Small | Part Two: CWHL playing career
Following the Mississauga Chiefs appearance in the 2010 Clarkson Cup tournament, the theme of change continued in the CWHL tenure of co-founder Sami Jo Small. In what proved to be…
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Opening doors for female coaches: 3 lessons from NCAA DIII bench bosses
I never envisioned myself as a coach. Coaching didn’t even cross my radar until the end of my final year of U18/Midget hockey, when my coach asked if I would…
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Sami Jo Small | Part One: The beginning of the CWHL
Holding a celebrated place in Canadian hockey lore, the extraordinary life of Sami Jo Small is one filled with achievement, inspiration and perseverance. With a sterling ice hockey career that…
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Adjusting to life without hockey
It’s so crazy, one night I was doing my homework and studying for an SAT that I had in two days, then I get a phone call… school was closed…
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Dear Hockey | Mikayla Guarasci
Dear hockey, When I came into this sport, I never expected any of this. I didn’t expect the friends, the family, the lessons and certainly not the ending. I didn’t…
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From CWHL to Russia: Jessica Wong wins WHL Championship with Vanke Rays
Selected with the first pick overall in the 2013 CWHL Draft, the arrival of Jessica Wong marked a turning point in the history of the Calgary Inferno. Part of a…
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PWHPA Spotlight: Kassidy Sauvé
Among the most prodigious goaltenders of the last decade, including the prized achievement of a gold medal at the IIHF Under-18 Women’s Worlds, plus the historic feat of back-to-back Frozen…
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NAIT Ooks: ACAC Championships cancelled
The Ooks beat the Red Deer Queens in a do or die game three in overtime to advance to the ACAC Championships for the second year in a row against…
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PWHPA Spotlight: Liz Knox
With a sterling list of achievements, including the Brodrick Trophy, a Clarkson Cup championship ring, Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) All-Star captaincy, plus a gold medal from the Winter Universiade,…
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