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Welcome to the Spokane Women's Hockey League!

This page was updated 9/1/10.

Spokane Women's Hockey (SWH) is a non-profit organization with the purpose of providing opportunities for women, aged 18 to 90, to enjoy the sport of ice hockey. SWH players play most Fridays, but we also occasionally have other opportunities to play in other leagues and with other organizations. We are involved in several tournaments that include two home tournaments and several out-of-town tournaments.

1) Important! All skaters who want to participate in the WRHL and/or the SWH tournament teams during the 2010-11 season, need to be rated. We will do our best to schedule future rate skate sessions in October and January. PLEASE, e-mail SWH to sign up. At the rate skates, jerseys are provided and players need to be in gear 10 minutes before ice time. There will be no rate skate sessions that will interfere with co-ed hockey time or any other hockey games.

2) Hocktoberfest Women's Hockey Tournament - October 15,16,17, 2010 - $100.00 reservation deposit due September 15, 2010. In 2009, this was the tournament we hosted in conjunction with the USA-Canada Women's Olympic Exhibition hockey game that was played at the Arena. This is a single-division women's hockey tournament open to Upper Intermediate/Competitive teams. There will be a championship playoff in addition to the three guaranteed games. Check here for the Hocktoberfest registration form.

3) Our Spirit of America Tournament January 29-30, 2011. Check back later for registration information.

4) WRHL Season We also sponsor a Women's Recreational Hockey League (WRHL)for all women in the Spokane/Inland Northwest area. We have four teams, and two games are normally played on Friday nights from September-April. The teams are mixed so that each team is balanced with all levels of players. More information to come via the calendar to the left and e-mail. Registration info is here on this website. Check here for the 2010-11 first half WRHL Game Schedule.

5) Travel Teams SWH sponsors three travel teams of Novice, Intermediate, and Competitive levels. More information to come via the calendar to the left and e-mail.

NEWS!

  • Check out our SWH Player Wall of Fame on the Pictures & Links page on this website!! Pictures are optional and more pictures to come in the future!
  • To those who have Harley Angels Jerseys, please return them!!!!!
  • For a brief view of some of the fun we have at our Friday night rec league games, see this video: The Crash of Misty and Laura!

  • 5-on-5 SESSIONS During the 2009-2010 season, SWH hosted at least three 5-on-5 sessions. These games consisted of 10 players on both benches. For the first two minutes 5 players from each bench played each other until the buzzer buzzed and the next 5 players from each bench played each other for the next two minutes. Three 20-minute periods are played and each player is on the ice for no more than 2 minutes at a time.

  • The effects of ratings? The 2009-2010 season was the second season that skaters were rated to participate in the WRHL, and a few observations by players and coaches have been noted. First, the teams seemed to be pretty closely matched in abilities, so there was no one team that continously beat the other teams. Second, the level of skills that players exhibited during the games went up exponentially! More players participated in passing plays that ended in goals or assists. More players improved their skating abilities in a shorter time than in the past. Last, another observation was that there were more than 60 players involved in the WRHL, and we were able to sustain four teams playing most Fridays! Yay, WRHL!

  • BE SURE TO CHECK THE CALENDAR (LEFT) FOR DATES FOR MEETINGS, GAMES, TOURNAMENTS, AND OTHER EVENTS!

    Please see our tournaments page for more information.

    See our WRHL page for more information.

    Please read our organizational bylaws.
    Skate hard! Have fun!