History of women's ice hockey in the United States

The history of women's Ice hockey in the United States can be traced back to the early 20th century. In the 1920s, the Seattle Vamps competed in various hockey tournaments. In 1916, the United States hosted an international hockey tournament in Cleveland, Ohio, that featured Canadian and American women’s hockey teams.

AWCHA

In 1997-98, the American Women's College Hockey Alliance debuted. It was a program funded through the USOC/NCAA Conference Grant Program. The AWCHA organized and developed activities with collegiate women's varsity ice hockey teams, and helped to promote women's ice hockey at all NCAA levels. The first AWCHA Division I National Ice Hockey Championship was held in March 1998. The New Hampshire Wildcats defeated the Brown Bears by a 4-1 score, to become the first recognized national champion in women's college ice hockey. In the 1999-2000 season, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) joined the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) as the second league in the nation to offer women's Division I competition.[1]

There were two more AWCHA National Championships and then the NCAA became involved. In August 2000, the NCAA announced it would hold its first Division I Women's Ice Hockey National Championship. The Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs captured the first NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Championship, defeating the St. Lawrence Skating Saints by a 4-2 tally on March 25, 2001.

NCAA

Notable games

Outdoor games

Ivy League women’s hockey

In 1964, the Brown Bears men's coach Jim Fullerton arranged for Nancy Schieffelin to attend a team practice. She was an experienced player and came to the practice disguised in full uniform. A year later, Brown University would have the first women's ice hockey program. The team was known as the Pembroke Pandas. The Pandas would have to borrow equipment, and sell hockey rule sheets at the Bears men's games to raise money for equipment. In February 1966, the Pandas (Brown Bears) women’s ice hockey team played their first game. Against the Walpole Brooms, the club lost by a 4-1 score.

The Cornell women's hockey program was started in 1971. It would only be in 1972 that the team would play its first game. It was a 4-3 victory over Scarborough. In 1972, they would play eight games and lose four. In addition, the Big Red would lose twice to the Brown Bears women's ice hockey program.

Yale University debuted its women’s ice hockey program on December 9, 1975. Its first match was versus Choate-Rosemary Hall. The Bulldogs prevailed by a 5-3 tally. Two years later, the Bulldogs hockey program would attain varsity status.[5] In 1976, Brown would host the first ever Ivy League women's ice hockey tournament. The other competing schools were Cornell, Princeton and Yale. The Big Red would win the tournament.

Dartmouth College would welcome women’s ice hockey on January 7, 1978. The Big Green would defeat Middlebury by a 6-5 score. The Big Green would finish their inaugural season with 7 wins, 7 losses, and 1 tie. Against Ivy League teams, the Big Green were 1-3-1. In the 1978-79 season, the Harvard Crimson would ice a women’s team. Their first game was a 17-0 defeat at the hands of the Providence Friars women's ice hockey program. The next game was a 2-1 loss to the Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey program.

The Harvard Crimson "iced" their first-ever regular season women's hockey team in the 1978-79 season. Their first game was a 17-0 defeat at the hands of the Providence Friars women's ice hockey program. In 1998-99, the Crimson finished with a record of 33-1. Of the 31 wins, the Crimson won 30 consecutive games to close the season.[2] In the previous season, the Crimson went 14-16-0. The final game of that 30 game streak was a 6-5 overtime victory over the New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey program in the AWCHA national championship game.

On November 24, 1979, the Princeton Tigers played their first varsity game against the University of Pennsylvania.[5] In winter of 1982, Princeton would snap the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program's string of six straight Ivy League titles.[5]

In 1998, the Patty Kazmaier Award was introduced.[6] The award is named after former Princeton Tigers player Patty Kazmaier. In 1998-99, the Harvard Crimson finished with a record of 33-1. Led by head coach, Katey Stone, the Crimson would proceed to win the American Women's College Hockey Alliance national championship.[7]

Ivy League players accomplishments

In 1987, Mollie Marcoux-Samaan joined the Princeton Tigers. In her four years with the Tigers, Marcoux-Samaan would gain eight letters in athletics (hockey and soccer). In 1990, Dartmouth Big Green player Judy Parish Oberting was named to the first U.S. National Team that competed at the 1990 IIHF Women's World Championship. In 1998, Laurie Belliveau of Yale and Sarah Hood of Dartmouth were two Ivy League players named first team All-Americans.[8] This was the first time that Ivy League women's hockey players were bestowed such an honor.

During the 2003-04 season, Nicole Corriero of Harvard would set an NCAA record with 59 goals scored in a season.[9] In the same season, former Princeton player Laura Halldorson would coach the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program to the 2004 NCAA title.[10]

On January 18, 2003, Harvard beat the Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey program by a 17-2 mark, the largest margin of victory in NCAA history. Jennifer Botterill set an NCAA record (since tied) for most points in one game with 10 on January 28, 2003 versus Boston College. A few months later, Nicole Corriero tied Botterill's record for most points in one NCAA game with ten on November 7, 2003 versus the Union Dutchwomen. In addition, she holds the NCAA record for most game winning goals in a career with 27.

Notable teams

Connecticut Polar Bears

The Connecticut Polar Bears are an ice hockey league for girls under the age of 19 in Connecticut. Numerous players from the Polar Bears have go on to careers in college hockey at the NCAA Division I and Division III levels. In 1985, Maurice FitzMaurice’s daughter Marnie wanted the opportunity to play ice hockey among girls. FitzMaurice and a few other fathers decided to organize a Pee Wee Girls program. The result was the Connecticut Polar Bears. It is the only all-girls ice hockey program in Connecticut, which consists of eleven teams. Since its beginnings, FitzMaurice has been the President of the Polar Bears. He was also one of the organizers of one of the largest Christmas tournaments in North America. In 2007, the tournament hosted about 275 teams. Games were played across Connecticut. The program has produced numerous Olympians, including: Julie Chu, Jaime Hagerman, Hillary Knight, Sue Merz, A.J. Mleczko, Kim Insalaco, Angela Ruggiero, Sarah Vaillancourt and Gretchen Ulion.

Year City Results
1986 Detroit, MI Peewee team won in final over Assabet, MA 7-0
1990 Detroit, MI Midget team won in OT final against Assabet, MA 2-1
1991 Boston, MA Midget team won in final against Michigan 3-2
1995 Syracuse, NY Peewee team won in double OT final against Assabet, MA 2-1
1996 Bloomington, MN Peewee team won in final against Assabet, MA 5-2
1997 Boston, MA Peewee team won in final against Minnesota 5-2
1997 Boston, MA Midget team won in final against Minnesota 3-1
1998 Anaheim, CAMidget team won in final against Team California 3-0
1999 Minneapolis MN Midget team won in Final against Minnesota 2-1
2004 Rochester, NY Midget team won in Final against Assabet 4-0

Minnesota Whitecaps

Minnesota first competed for the Clarkson Cup in 2009 in Kingston Ontario. The team lost to the Montreal Stars in a one game final 3 goals to 1. In 2010, the Minnesota Whitecaps became the first United States based team to win the Clarkson Cup doing so by defeating the Brampton Thunder 4 goals to none.[11]

Seattle Vamps

As early as January 1916, Frank Patrick and Lester Patrick talked of the formation of a women’s league to complement the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.[12] The proposal included teams from Vancouver, Victoria, Portland and Seattle. The league never formed but in January 1917, the Vancouver News-Advertiser reported that wives of the Seattle Metropolitans had assembled a team.

In February 1921, Frank Patrick announced a women’s international championship series that would be played in conjunction with the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.[13] The three teams that competed were the Vancouver Amazons, Victoria Kewpies, and Seattle Vamps. On February 21, 1921, the Seattle Vamps competed against the Vancouver Amazons in Vancouver, and were vanquished by a 5-0 score. Two days later, the Vamps played against a team from the University of British Columbia and won the game. Jerry Reed scored three goals (a hat trick) in the game for the Vamps. In both games, the Vancouver media referred to the Seattle team as the Seattle Sweeties.[14] The Amazons would travel to Seattle and defeat them again. On March 2, 1921, the Vamps were defeated by the Kewpies 1-0 in Seattle. In the rematch on March 12, the Vamps travelled to Victoria. The result was a 1-1 tie, and Jerry Reed scored the goal for Seattle. The goaltender for the Vamps was Mildren Terran.[14] After the 1921 season, the Vamps and the Kewpies ceased operations.

Timeline of events

Figures

Minnesota

In 1994, more than 500 member schools were sent letters by the Minnesota State high school league. The intent was to determine how many schools were interested in starting girls' ice hockey teams. Twenty-four expressed interest as the league was looking for a new sport for Title IX purposes. On March 21, 1994, the Minnesota State High School League sanctioned girls’ ice hockey. Minnesota becomes the first state in the U.S. to sanction girls’ ice hockey as a high school varsity sport.[21] On March 25, 1995, Apple Valley High School defeated the South St. Paul Packers, 2-0, to become the first Minnesota girls’ state high school champion.

From 1994 to 2002, the number of varsity girls' teams in Minnesota expanded from 24 to 125 (in two classifications, AA and A). In 2001, a three-day girls' state tournament attracted 15,551 spectators.[22] In 1994 there were 1,863 girls in the state participating in organized hockey outside of a varsity high school program. In 2002, the number increased to 6,856.[22]

Awards

Sarah Devens Award

Year Player School
1996-97 Kathryn Waldo[23]Northeastern
1997-98 Sarah HoodDartmouth
1998-99 Jaime TottenNortheastern
1999-2000 Carrie JokielNew Hampshire
2000-01 Christina SorbaraBrown
2001-02 Dianna BellCornell
2002-03 Rachel BarrieSt. Lawrence
2003-04Lindsay Charlebois Harvard
2004-05 Nicole Corriero Harvard
2005-06 Karen Thatcher [24]Providence
2006-07 Lindsay Williams Clarkson
2007-08 Lizzie Keady[25] Princeton
2008-09 Marianna Locke [26] St. Lawrence
2009-10 Laura Gersten[27] Rensselaer

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Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award

Year Player School
2010 Bethany Brausen[28]Roseville Area
2009 Becky Kortum Hopkins
2008 Sarah EricksonBemidji
2007 Katharine ChuteBlake
2006 Allie Thunstrom North St. Paul
2005 Gigi MarvinWarroad
2004 Erica McKenzieHastings
2003 Andrea NicholsHibbing/Chisholm
2002 Ashley AlbrechtSouth St. Paul
2001 Renee CurtinRoseville
2000 Krissy Wendell Park Center
1999 Ronda Curtin Roseville
1998 Laura SlominskiBurnsville
1997 Annamarie HolmesApple Valley
1996 Winny BrodtRoseville

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Patty Kazmaier Award

Year Winner Position School
1998 Brandy Fisher forward New Hampshire
1999 A.J. Mleczko forward Harvard
2000 Ali Brewer goaltender Brown
2001 Jennifer Botterill forward Harvard
2002 Brooke Whitney forward Northeastern
2003 Jennifer Botterill forward Harvard
2004 Angela Ruggiero defense Harvard
2005 Krissy Wendell forward Minnesota
2006 Sara Bauer forward Wisconsin
2007 Julie Chu forward Harvard
2008 Sarah Vaillancourt forward Harvard
2009 Jessie Vetter Goaltender Wisconsin
2010 Vicki Bendus Forward Mercyhurst College

Joe Burke award

The Joe Burke Award was established in 1994. It is presented annually to the person who has given outstanding contribution, support, and dedication to women’s ice hockey. Joe Burke was a Dedham resident but never actually played the game himself. The first game he attended was the University of New Hampshire and Boston College in 1978 at McHugh Forum. Since that game, Burke has been at every major Girls/Women's hockey event in the New England area.

Year Winner Background
1994 Joe Burke Women's Hockey Supporter, Fan
1995 John Dooley Harvard University
1996 Bernie McKinnon St. Lawrence University
1997 Joe Bertagna ECAC/Hockey East, Harvard
1998 Carl Gray Assabet Valley, USA Hockey
1999 Award not given out
2000 Award not given out
2001 Russ McCurdy University of New Hampshire
2002 Bette Blair USA Hockey, volunteer
2003 Jane Ring St. Paul, MN
2004 George Crowe Dartmouth
2005 Bill Cahill Rensselaer
2006 Charlie Stryker MN Hockey
2007 Sue Ring-Jarvi MN Girls’/Women’s Hockey
2008 Maurice FitzMaurice Connecticut Polar Bears
2009 Bob and Kathleen Ridder
2010 Kelly Dyer Hayes USA Hockey

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Laura Hurd Award

The Laura Hurd Award is given to the AHCA Women’s Ice Hockey College Player of the Year

Year Winner School Position
2000 Sylvia Ryan Middlebury Forward
2001 Michelle Labbe Middlebury Forward
2002 Sarah Moe Gustavus Adolphus Forward
2003 Angela Kapus Middlebury Forward/Defense
2004 Molly Wasserman Williams Forward
2005 Laura Hurd Elmira Forward
2006 Emily Quizon Middlebury Forward
2007 Andrea Peterson Gustavus Adolphus Defense
2008 Danielle Blanchard Plattsburgh Forward
2009 Kayla Coady Elmira Forward
2010 Isabel Iwachiw Trinity Goaltender

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USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year Award

Year Winner
1995 Karyn Bye
1996 Cammi Granato
1997 Laurie Baker
1998 Karyn Bye
1999 A.J. Mleczko
2000 Sara DeCosta-Hayes
2001 Krissy Wendell
2002 Sara DeCosta-Hayes
2003 Angela Ruggiero
2004 Angela Ruggiero
2005 Natalie Darwitz
2006 Katie King
2007 Julie Chu
2008Caitlin Cahow
2009 Jessie Vetter
2010 Jenny Potter

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Other awards

International Tournaments

The following women's ice hockey tournaments (featuring teams from other nations) were contested in the United States.

Year Tournament Location Winner
1994 1994 IIHF Women's World Championship Lake Placid, New York Canada women's national ice hockey team
1995 1995 Women's Pacific Rim Championship San Jose, California Canada women's national ice hockey team
2001 2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships Minneapolis, Minnesota Canada women's national ice hockey team
2002 Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics Salt Lake City, Utah Canada women's national ice hockey team
2010 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Chicago, Illinois Canada women's national ice hockey team

Famous firsts

Number of registered players

See also

In others country

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