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From the Scorebook

Ice Hockey (Women's) Game Reports

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A report lands in this section as soon as both teams' books agree, the box score is signed off, and the recap is published from the game page.

The Season

Season Calendar

Season Calendar · 2026-27

Ice Hockey (Women's) · International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)

PhaseStartsEndsNote
PWHL regular season 2025-26Nov 21, 2025Apr 25, 2026Winter sport. 120 games, eight teams, 30 games each, with a 28 January - 26 February break for the Milano-Cortina Olympics.
PWHL 2026-27The 2026-27 PWHL season will begin in the autumn of 2026, expanding to nine teams with Detroit joining at Little Caesars Arena. The 2026 draft was held 17 June 2026. Exact opening date not published in this session.
IIHF 2027 women's lower divisionsNov 1, 2027Nov 14, 2027All moved to November following the top-division event: Division I Group B, Suwon, South Korea, 1-7 November 2027; Division IIB, Elektrenai, Lithuania, 8-14 November 2027. Secondary sources.
U18 Women's Worlds 2027 lower divisionsJan 9, 2027Jan 17, 2027Division I Group B, Villach, Austria, 9-15 January 2027; Division II Group A, Akureyri, Iceland, 11-17 January 2027.
NCAA National Collegiate women's championshipMar 19, 2027Mar 21, 2027National Collegiate championship 19-21 March 2027 and 17-19 March 2028; Division III women's 19-21 March 2027. Season October to March.
USA Hockey Girls National ChampionshipsMar 24, 2026Mar 29, 20262026 Girls Tier I 14U/16U/19U, Amherst, NY, March 24-29; Girls Tier II 14U (Rochester, MI), 16U (St. Louis), 19U (Rockland, MA), March 25-29. The following season's editions are Girls Tier I April 1-6 (Marlborough, MA) and Girls Tier II April 2-6.
IIHF Women's World Championship 2026Nov 6, 2026Nov 16, 2026Herning, Denmark

IIHF Women's tournaments · checked Jul 31, 2026

Not Yet Confirmed

5 parts of the Ice Hockey (Women's) year are still unsourced

These are gaps, not blanks. Each names what is missing and who would confirm it. Nothing is estimated to fill the shape of the table above.

Elite calendar (2027)
2027 top-division IIHF Women's World Championship dates and hostIIHF communications would confirm. Ice Hockey UK · Ice Hockey New Zealand
Elite calendar
Exact 2026-27 PWHL opening date and Walter Cup Final window; the PWHL schedule page was not readable in this sessionPWHL communications would confirm. PWHL Detroit expansion release
High school season
How many states sanction a separate girls' ice hockey championshipNFHS participation-survey staff would confirm. NFHS Activities & Sports · MIAA · OHSAA
College season
NCAA women's ice hockey first-practice and first-contest monthsthe NCAA women's ice hockey committee would confirm. NCAA Future Dates Summary
Club, youth and academy
Girls' tryout and development-camp months; USA Hockey national camps are typically summerUSA Hockey's girls/women's section would confirm. USA Hockey Youth & Girls Nationals

Around The Season

High school
NFHS sanctions Ice Hockey and girls' teams compete under the same NFHS rules set. It is a winter sport: Massachusetts practice from 30 November 2026 and first contest 10 December 2026; Ohio season November 13 to March 14 in 2026-27. NFHS Activities & Sports
College
NCAA championship sport with a National Collegiate championship; women's ice hockey is one of the eight former emerging sports that became championship sports. Season October to March. NCAA Emerging Sports for Women
Olympic and major games
Women's ice hockey is a Winter Olympic sport, not on the LA28 summer programme. It was contested at Milano-Cortina 2026, prompting the PWHL's month-long February break. LA28 Games Plan
Club, youth and academy
The USA Hockey girls' pathway ends at the national championships in late March. In 2026 Girls Tier I 14U/16U/19U ran in Amherst, NY on March 24-29 and Girls Tier II on March 25-29 across Rochester MI, St. Louis and Rockland MA. The following season's editions are listed as Girls Tier I April 1-6 in Marlborough, MA and Girls Tier II April 2-6. Championship Sunday title games stream on USAHockeyTV.
Busiest months
November, March, May, June

Results data · Results published in structured form and freely reachable via IIHF, the PWHL and USA Hockey, with the caveat that the PWHL schedule page did not render for automated reading in this session.

Athletes

Public Ice Hockey (Women's) Pages

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Bylines

Reporting on Ice Hockey (Women's)

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