National Women's Hockey League

This article describes the professional league in North American women's ice hockey founded in 2015. For the previous league founded in 1999 and dissolved in 2007, see National Women's Hockey League (1999-2007)

National Women's Hockey League

Current season	2018/19
sport	Women ice hockey
abbreviation	NWHL
Association	USA hockey
League foundation	2015
Teams	5
Country countries	United States
Title holder	Minnesota Whitecaps
Website	nwhl.zone/

The National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) is the top women's ice hockey division in the United States , is one of the best women's ice hockey leagues in the world and calls itself the only (women's) professional league in the world. The league was founded in 2015 and consisted of four teams for the first three years before the league was expanded by one team. The NWHL champion receives the Isobel Cup as a trophy named after Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy, daughter of Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby .

In 2015, a Winter Classic for women ( Outdoor Women's Classic ) took place for the first time , in which - one day before the NHL Winter Classic 2016 - the Boston Pride from the National Women's Hockey League and the Les Canadiennes de Montréal from the Canadian Women's Hockey League faced.

Attendees

team	Location	Year of admission	Venue	Head coach	master	Runner-up	First the reg. season
Boston Pride	Boston , Massachusetts	2015	Warrior Ice Arena	Paul Mara	1	1	2
Buffalo Beauts	Buffalo , New York	2015	HarborCenter	Cody McCormick	1	3	0
Connecticut Whale	Stamford , Connecticut	2015	Terry Conners Ice Rink	Ryan Equale	0	0	0
Metropolitan Riveters	Newark , New Jersey	2015	Barnabas Health Hockey House	Randy Velischek	1	0	1
Minnesota Whitecaps	Minneapolis-Saint Paul , Minnesota	2018	TRIA Rink	Jack Brodt	1	0	1

master

Boston Pride Championship Team (2016)

• 2016 Boston Pride
• 2017 Buffalo Beauts
• 2018 Metropolitan Riveters
• 2019 Minnesota Whitecaps

Web links

Commons : National Women's Hockey League  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jen Neale: NWHL, new women's hockey league, promises to pay players. In: sports.yahoo.com. March 26, 2015, accessed August 8, 2016 . 
2. ^ National Women's Hockey League set to begin in 2015-16, will pay players - The Hockey News. (No longer available online.) In: thehockeynews.com. March 26, 2015, archived from the original on April 8, 2015 ; accessed on August 8, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ NHL to host first-ever Outdoor Women's Classic presented by Scotiabank - NHL.com - News. In: nhl.com. December 31, 2015, accessed August 8, 2016 .