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Prior to the league's formation, the only choice for top level women's hockey in North America was the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), which at the time paid bonuses and incentives but not salaries. [14] The league's inaugural season ran on a salary cap of US $270,000 maximum per team and a $10,000 minimum per player. [15]
Like the Swedish Women's Hockey League, the PWHL breaks women's ice hockey and IIHF conventions and allows body checking, with the rule-book outlining that checking is permissible "when there is a clear intention of playing the puck or attempting to 'gain possession' of the puck", allowed principally along the boards.
The annual NCAA women's ice hockey tournament —officially known as the National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship —is a college ice hockey tournament held in the United States by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the top women's team in the NCAA. Unlike most NCAA sports, women's ice hockey uses a modified ...
The Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) is a national women's soccer league in the United States and Puerto Rico, and is on the 2nd level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, alongside United Women's Soccer. The WPSL started as the Western Division of the W-League, before breaking away to form its own league in 1997.
2024 United States. The United States women's national ice hockey team is controlled by USA Hockey. The U.S. has been one of the most successful women's ice hockey teams in international play, having medaled in every major tournament. In 1998, the women's Olympic hockey team was named the USOC Team of the Year.
The Professional Women's Hockey League, the highest level of women's professional hockey, which debuted in 2024, also allows body checking. The PWHL rule-book outlines that body checking is permissible "when there is a clear intention of playing the puck or attempting to 'gain possession' of the puck", which is allowed principally along the ...
Walter Cup 1 (2023–24) Current season. The Minnesota Frost is a professional ice hockey team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is one of the six charter franchises of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). The Frost host games at the Xcel Energy Center. In 2024, the Frost won the PWHL's inaugural Walter Cup championship.
The European Women's Hockey League, abbreviated EWHL, is an international ice hockey league. Created as the Elite Women's Hockey League in 2004 by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the EWHL comprises clubs from several countries in Central Europe and one team from Kazakhstan, and is played in parallel to national championships.