Team USA attended the first three IIHF Women's World Hockey Championships (in 1990, 1992, and 1994), winning the silver medal each time. By placing second at the 1996 Pacific Rim Championship, USA has qualified for the 1997 Championnats mondiaux.
In the years between the 1994 and 1997 Championnats mondiaux, the United States is competing in the Pacific Rim tournament. The 4 countries participating in this tournament are Canada, USA, Japan, and China.
To see how the USA did at their 1995 Summer Tour in Finland, see this Finland Tour article.
Ben Smith named women's Olympic coach! (USA Today cover page)
Sat Nov 4, 95: USA Selects 10 -vs- UNH 2 Tue Nov 7, 95: USA Selects 16 -vs- Harvard 1 Sun Dec 10, 95: USA Selects 5 -vs- UNH 3 Thu Jan 11, 96: USA Selects 6 -vs- UNH 4 Fri Jan 26, 96: USA Selects 13 -vs- Harvard 0 Sat Jan 27, 96: USA Selects 6 -vs- Northeastern 1 Sun Jan 28, 96: USA Selects 9 -vs- Brown 5
Here is a list of teams in the United States that was compiled by Rhonda Paprocki (rpaprocki@gatecom.com). Please send her any additions or corrections that you might have.
Here is a file with information about hockey camps and clinics in the United States. If you know of other camps that you would like included in this list, please let me know, or send a message to the women-in-hockey mailing list. Here is a file that lists a few Tournaments in the US. Please submit any tournaments for which you have information.
Here is a link to a page that has a picture of a women's hockey poster. The poster is called Future Olympians?!
For more information on USA Hockey, you may contact the national headquarters at (719)599-5500. Here is a link to the USA Hockey rulebook, and here is a link that summarizes the Philosophy of Youth Hockey in the United States. Here is a link to the USA Hockey women's hockey web page (under construction).
Karen Lundgren has replaced Lynn Olson as the women's USA Hockey representative. Karen can be reached in Michigan at (517) 547-6565.
Here is some more information about USA Hockey that was posted to the Youth Hockey Mailing List:
"The best source of info we have found is USA Hockey. They have a wealth of detailed information on just about everything from league management (including risk management- how to not get sued) to skills development programs at all levels and coaching criteria, including selection, interview questions, and evaluation forms.
Some of the stuff they will provide free for the asking and some they sell. You can contact 'em for a list of available publications at 1-800-643-8557 or by mail:
USA Hockey
1775 Bob Johnson Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO
80906
(719) 576-USAH Telephone
(719) 538-1160 FAX for Ice Hockey
(719) 538-7838 FAX for InLine Hockey"
The ages for girls in USA Hockey who register to play on all girls teams for the 1994-1995 season are as follows:
12 - Under: 1983, 1984, 1985
15 - Under: 1980, 1981, 1982
19 - Under: 1976, 1977, 1978
December 31 is the cutoff date for girls' teams.
Girls who register to play on boys' teams in USA Hockey must follow the age requirements for boys' classifications. These dates are as follows:
8 - Under: 7/1/85 and younger
10 - Under: 7/1/83 - 6/30/84
12 - Under: 7/1/81 - 6/30/82
14 - Under: 7/1/79 - 6/30/80
17 - Under: 7/1/76 - 6/30/77
June 30 is the cutoff date for boys' teams.
USA Hockey reports an increase in the number of amateur girls'/women's teams from 269 to 353 for the 1993-94 season. There are approximately 13000 females playing hockey in the United States.
These are the numbers of girls' or women's teams that existed in each state. The categories are under-12, under-15, under-19, and Senior (open age).
----------------------------------------- State Sr 19 15 12 ----------------------------------------- Alaska 19 - 2 - Arizona 2 - - - California 4 - - - Colorado 8 2 1 - Connecticut - 2 4 1 Delaware 1 - - - D.C. 2 - - - Idaho 1 - - - Illinois 3 3 1 2 Maine 2 5 2 - Maryland 2 - - - Massachusetts 23 7 8 9 Michigan 24 5 7 2 Minnesota 33 12 16 14 New Hampshire 1 4 5 - New Jersey 3 4 1 1 New York 11 22 10 1 Ohio 1 2 1 - Oregon 2 - - - Pennsylvania 1 5 - - Rhode Island 1 12 1 1 Vermont 2 2 3 - Washington 3 5 1 - W. Virginia 1 6 - - Wisconsin 5 2 2 1 Wyoming 1 - - - ----------------------------------------- TOTALS 156 100 65 32 -----------------------------------------
Here is part of a paragraph from Jeanne Albanese's article on girls' hockey that was published April 6, 1996 in The Post-Standard:
"Girls participation in youth, high school and college hockey has been rising the past few years. Hockey officials expect that steady growth to explode in a few years, when the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan, will award the first medals in the sport.In 1993-94, 352 teams registered with USA Hockey, accounting for about 6,300 players. That's up from about 2,700 players in 1990-91...."
To view the complete article, click ehre
From the CHA Women's High Performance Program Newsletter...
In June 1995, USA Hockey held four open camps across the States for any players Under 18. Hundreds of players attended and they selected the top 80 to attend a week long camp in Lake Placid. From the camp they selected 20 to travel to Ottawa and play a Regional Select team. The USA players were billeted and spent the week touring the nation's capital, practicing and playing three games. The results of the games were as follows:
USA 6 --- Ottawa 3
USA 3 --- Ottawa 3
USA 2 --- Ottawa 1
If you make a page for your club team or league, please send me your URL, and I'll add it to my list.
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