#awihl

wanted to compile a list into a post for people to reference.

PWHL - Professional Women's Hockey League, top pro women's league in USA/Canada, streams free everywhere outside Canada (sorry, Canada) (Proton VPN is a great free option), 12 teams, November - May, website - eliteprospects - wikipedia

SDHL - Swedish Women's Hockey League, top pro women's league, lotta players going back and forth between here and the PWHL, 10 teams, September - March, website - eliteprospects - wikipedia

EWHL/AWHL* - European Women's Hockey League & Austrian Women's Hockey League, this is sorta two leagues intertwined. i need to research more to understand, but they both stream on this channel, don't ask me how many teams, MANY countries which is pretty cool,September - March, website (shared) - eliteprospects (EWHL / AWHL) - wikipedia (shared) *for some reason it's not letting me link the channel, but going on youtube and searching either ewhl or awhl will get you there

AWIHL - Australian Women's Ice Hockey League, top Australian women's league, 6 teams, November - March, website - eliteprospects - wikipedia

NZWIHL - New Zealand Women's Ice Hockey League, top women's Aotearoa hockey league, 4 teams, May - August, website - eliteprospects - wikipedia

NZIHL - New Zealand Men's Ice Hockey League, top men's Aotearoa hockey league, 5 teams, May - August, website - eliteprospects - wikipedia

They stream the games live and then put out a condensed version shortly after so you can watch in your own time without breaks.

They also do player highlights, so you can find out about the players, choose a fave and adopt a team, or choose multiples. There's no shame in supporting multiple players or teams, especially if you're not from North America and don't have location bias, like me.

While Women's Hockey isn't panacea (trust me...I've experienced that FIRST HAND) there is a lot going to for it over MHKY. And you have options. PWHL, SDHL, AWIHL, numerous leagues throughout the world, plus elite college hockey, inline hockey, plus ball hockey, and in addition to that are the LGBTQ+ specific leagues which have tourneys from time to time! PWHL and College are on multiple streaming services, some free some not.

PWHL is free to watch in some cases, broadcast in others. U.S. College Hockey (not as familiar with Canada), is sometimes absolutely free, sometimes on ESPN+ or other services, some reasonably priced, some not.

Some Free streams: SDHL (Sweden). https://www.youtube.com/@SDHLse

AWIHL Playoffs are starting this weekend! https://www.youtube.com/@AWIHLTV/streams

Swiss League https://www.red.sport/de-ch/page/womens-league

Iceland (Games marked "kvenna" are WHKY) https://www.youtube.com/@icehockeyiceland/streams

India! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTFBWPjpOZg

New Zealand actually plays on a different calendar! https://www.youtube.com/@NZWIHL/streams

Kazakhstan has games broadcast under each game's schedule page! https://qyz.ligasy.kz/ru/schedule

I told my wife this and she asked "So do you barrack for Sydney, now?"

And I can see why she might think that but it is very important that everybody, especially the players, know that I support all of them. They are all my favourite player. Every team is my team. I want them all to win.

My third favourite thing in ice hockey is when somebody makes a great shot and the goal boss still catches the hockey biscuit. It means both of them are having a turn and doing their best!