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Click here for profiles of Notable Women Hockey Players over the past eighty years.

Timeline — Evolution Of Women's Hockey
Welcome to our tribute to Women's Hockey 1890s Women's hockey gains popularity in universities, principally at the University of Toronto and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
1920s Bobbie Rosenfeld and Myrtle Cook, former track stars and hockey players in their own rights, become Canada's first women sports reporters, specializing in hockey during the winter.
1930s The Preston Rivulettes rule the ice lanes (see Hilda Ranscombe).
1940s The war halts any development of the women's game, which doesn't revive until the early 1970s.
1956 Abby Hoffman challenged hockey's gender barrier by playing in a boys league under the guise of being male.
1970s Shirley Cameron becomes hockey's first star of the modern era.
1987 The first ever Women's World Championship takes place in Toronto. However, it is not recognized as an official tournament by the IIHF.
1990 The first official and IIHF-sanctioned Women's World Championship is held in Ottawa.
1998 Women's hockey becomes a full medal sport at the Olympic Winter Games for the first time.
1999 The women's division at the World Championships expands to two pools, A and B.
2005 USA ends Canada's streak of eight straight (nine unofficial) world titles in a shoot-out.
2006 Sweden becomes the first non-North American team to earn silver at the Winter Olympic Games beating United States in the semi-finals.

"Name the most significant moment in women's hockey?"
  • "When the 1990 tournament was recognized as an official World Championship, it brought significant world exposure." - Andria Hunter (two-time gold medalist at the Worlds with Team Canada and producer of the 'The Women's Hockey Web' site)
  • "The 1982 (Canadian) Nationals." - Dawn McGuire (two-time gold medalist at Worlds, led Canadian defense with 7 points at the '90 Worlds)
  • "There are two. One... women's hockey participating on the Olympic stage, in Nagano, 1998 where the US captured gold. Two…the first championships (Stanley Cup) for women's league hockey being won in March, 2000 in Brampton! The Beatrice Aeros win the first ever CUP. This is an NWHL top moment. Historically, live broadcast across Canada." - Susan Fennell (President of the National Women's Hockey League and Mayor of the City of Brampton)
  • "There are two. One is the first World Women's Championships in 1990 held in Ottawa and the second is the formation of the (Canadian) Nationals in 1982." - Shelley Coolidge (Manager, Female Development, with the Canadian Hockey Association)
  • "The United States winning the first Olympic gold medal in 1998." - Brian McFarlane (author to over 75 books including 'Proud Past, Bright Future' - a history of women's hockey)
  • "When the IOC made women's hockey a medal sport." - Andrew Podnieks (author to over 20 hockey books including 'Hockey's Greatest Teams' - includes chapter on Preston Rivulettes)


The Preston Rivulettes were a hockey tour de force in the 1930's
Preston Rivulettes


Although the 1st official Women's World Championships took place in 1990, the first world-wide tournament was held in Toronto in 1987

World Championships

Year-By-Year Results

YEAR GOLD SILVER BRONZE
*1987 Canada Ontario United States
1990 Canada United States Finland
1992 Canada United States Finland
1994 Canada United States Finland
1997 Canada United States Finland
1999 Canada United States Finland
2000 Canada United States Finland
2001 Canada United States Russia
2004 Canada United States Finland
2005 United States Canada Sweden
2007 Canada United States Sweden
2008 United States Canada Finland

* This tournament was not officially sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The World Championship did not take place in 1998/2002/2006 (Winter Olympic Games) and 2003 (Sars-related cancellation).

Career Point Leaders (1990-2005)
Points Player Country (Goals - Assists) Tournaments
78 Cammi Granato USA (44G-34A) 9
68 Danielle Goyette Canada (37G-31A) 9
59 Krissy Wendell USA (21G-38A) 6
56 Jayna Hefford Canada (31G-25A) 8
52 Hayley Wickenheiser Canada (27G-25A) 8
51 Karyn Bye USA (27G-24A) 6
51 Jennifer Botterill Canada (21G-30A) 7
42 Nancy Drolet Canada (18G-24A) 6
41 Riikka Nieminen Finland (23G-18A) 4
41 Vicki Sunohara Canada (19G-22A) 8
36 Katie King USA (19G-17A) 6
36 Geraldine Heaney Canada (8G-28A) 5
34 Angela James Canada (22G-12A) 4
34 Tiia Reima Finland (14G-20A) 6
34 Cindy Curly USA (15G-19A) 3
33 Lui Hongmei China (21G-12A) 3
32 Stephenie O'Sullivan USA (12G-20A) 3
31 Cassie Campbell Canada (11G-20A) 7

Winter Olympic Games

Year-By-Year Results

YEAR GOLD SILVER BRONZE
1998 United States Canada Finland
2002 Canada United States Sweden
2006 Canada Sweden United States

Career Point Leaders (1990-2008)

Points Player Country Tournaments
34 Hayley Wickenheiser Canada 3
25 Danielle Goyette Canada 3
23 Katie King USA 3
21 Jenny Potter USA 2
20 Cherie Piper Canada 2
18 Cammi Granato USA 2
15 Riikka Nieminen Finland 2
15 Caroline Ouellette Canada 2
15 Jayna Hefford Canada 3
15 Erika Holst Sweden 3
14 Gillian Apps Canada 1
14 Karyn Bye USA 2
14 Natalie Darwitz USA 2
13 Jennifer Botterill Canada 2
13 Maria Rooth Sweden 3
13 Vicki Sunohara Canada 3
12 Laurie Baker USA 2
12 Therese Brisson Canada 2
12 Kirsi Hanninen Finland 2
12 Tara Mounsey USA 2

For more hockey lists, check out our Records and Rankings section.

Feature Women's Hockey Sites (listed alphabetically)

Hockey Canada
The National Women's Hockey League
The Ontario Women's Hockey Association
USA Hockey
The Women's Hockey Web (formerly Andria Hunter's homepage)

Did You Know?

Kelly Dyer, who earned two World Championship silver medals with Team USA, served as backup to NHL all-star goaltender Tom Barrasso during her high school playing career at Acton-Boxboro in Massachusetts.


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