| Sport | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 |
| Country(ies) | United States Canada |
The Junior Women's Hockey League is an ice hockey league established in 2007 to provide opportunities for young females to develop into collegiate student-athletes. A successful league in only its first season, the JWHL has seen 18 players sign with NCAA Division-I for the 2008-09 season, while 5 players have skated for the U.S. or Canadian under-18 national teams. The JWHL was developed to bring together teams that regularly produce NCAA Division-I . The league was planned to expand from 4 teams to up to 10 teams for the 2008-2009 season. The JWHL has teams in both the US and in Canada and will be entering its fourth season of play in 2010-11.
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Teams in the JWHL are assigned to a division (East or West), based mostly on where the organizations are located (but not always). Each team plays against the other teams in its division 4 times and against the teams in the other division 2 times during the regular season for a 26 game regular season. Following the regular season, a playoff is held to determine the JWHL Champion.
Games are played with three 20-minute stop-time periods with ice typically being resurfaced between periods. Most games in the US are played on college campuses. Games are played by USA Hockey or Hockey Canada rules depending on the location of the venue.
The JWHL's premier event takes place in mid-February with the hosting of the JWHL Challenge Cup.[1] The Challenge Cup brings together all of the JWHL teams as well as invited teams from across the US and Canada.[2] The Challenge Cup has been hosted by The Washington Pride in the Washington, DC area, and is supported by the NHL's Washington Capitals.
A list of JWHL winners (winner is in bold):
| No. | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North American Hockey Academy | 27 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 163 | 31 | 51 |
| 2 | Washington Pride | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 96 | 78 | 32 |
| 3 | National Sports Academy Mountaineers | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 88 | 98 | 26 |
| 4 | Colorado Select | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 81 | 110 | 23 |
| 5 | Boston Shamrocks | 27 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 20 | 148 | 1 |
| No. | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edge School Mountaineers | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 101 | 61 | 40 |
| 2 | Balmoral Hall School Blazers | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 77 | 56 | 30 |
| 3 | Minnesota Thoroughbreds | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 85 | 68 | 28 |
| 4 | Warner School Warriors | 27 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 79 | 87 | 27 |
| 5 | Pacific Steelers | 27 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 54 | 107 | 12 |
| No. | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North American Hockey Academy | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 104 | 48 | 43 |
| 2 | Colorado Select | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 134 | 66 | 41 |
| 3 | National Sports Academy Mountaineers | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 97 | 81 | 29 |
| 4 | Washington Pride | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 84 | 84 | 25 |
| 5 | Boston Shamrocks | 26 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 33 | 167 | 4 |
| No. | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner School Warriors | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 97 | 52 | 37 |
| 2 | Minnesota Thoroughbreds | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 76 | 66 | 28 |
| 3 | Edge School Mountaineers | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 82 | 71 | 27 |
| 4 | Balmoral Hall School Blazers | 26 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 56 | 79 | 19 |
| 5 | Pacific Steelers | 26 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 34 | 96 | 7 |
The JWHL is sponsor of Junior Division ( formerly called Red Division). The teams below will be competing in the JWHL during the 2009-2010 season in the Red Division" (Under 16 years).
| No. | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAHA Red | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 | Ontario Hockey Academy Broncos | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 24 | 26 |
| 3 | New York Lady Islanders | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 59 | 11 |
| 4 | New Jersey Rockets | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 65 | 9 |
| 5 | Washington jr Pride | 17 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 65 | 6 |