Richardson Womens Hockey League

We are the original womens league and longest running in the DFW Area!

Below is the hstory and champions of our league.

We had been sending many teams to womens tournaments since 1997 and decided we needed a place to play together locally. Thus plans were made and we became the original womens league locally!

May 21, 2000 - FIRST local Dallas/ Ft. Worth womens league begins at Polar Ice in Grapevine.
Two teams are formed: Grapenuts(purple) and Nutcrackers(yellow).

Polar Ice:

• 2000 Spring/Summer - Grapenuts
• September 2000 - Womens league grows to 4 teams: Blackout(black), Blizzard(white), Red Hot Chilly Peppers(red) and Wild Hares(blue).
• 2000-01 Fall/Winter - Red Hot Chilly Peppers
• 2001 Spring/Summer - Blackout
• 2001-02 Fall/Winter - Blackout
• May 2002 - Womens league moves to Ice Training Center in Richardson.

Ice Training Center:

• 2002 Summer - Blackout
• 2002-03 Fall/Winter - Blackout
• Blizzard changes name to Mantis.
• 2003 Spring/Summer - Blackout
• Blackout changes name to Relentless. Wild Hares disolve, Hornets(yellow) are formed.
• 2003-04 Fall/Winter - Hornets
• 2004 Spring/Summer - Hornets
• 2004-05 Fall/Winter - Hornets
• Relentless changes name to Sharks.
• 2005 Spring/Summer - Sharks
• Sharks change name to Ice Sharks.
• 2005-06 Fall/Winter - Ice Sharks
• 2006 Spring/Summer - Ice Sharks
• 2006-07 Fall/Winter - Ice Sharks
• 2007 Spring/Summer - Hornets
• League grows, adding a 5th team, the Raptors (green). The Red Hot Chilly Peppers (red) change name to the Devils.
• 2007-08 Fall/Winter - Ice Sharks
• 2008 Spring/Summer - Raptors

League grows again! Moved to two divisions: West (novice and intermediate) and East (upper intermediate and advanced).
Three teams in each division.
West teams are Peppers (red), Snow Monkeys (blue) and Panthers (gray).
East teams are Ice Sharks (black), Raptors (green) and Polar Blast (white).

• 2008-09 Fall/Winter-WEST - Peppers
• 2008-09 Fall/Winter-EAST - Raptors

Teams were redrafted:
West teams are Peppers (red), Snow Monkeys (black) and Thunderz (gray).
East teams are Lightning (white), Raptors (green) and Wild Demons (blue).

• 2009 Spring/Summer-WEST - Peppers
• 2009 Spring/Summer-EAST - Lightning
• 2009-10 Fall/Winter-WEST - Peppers
• 2009-10 Fall/Winter-EAST - Lightning

For the Summer 2010, we went to one mixed level with 4 teams, using "Color" as our league theme: Black, Blue, Green and White.

• No Playoffs for the short 10 game summer season.
• We decided to stay with one mixed level for the Fall 2010 season.
• 2010 Fall- Black team
• 2011 Winter- Green team
• 2011 Summer- no playoffs

Fall 2011, teams changing names and will be using "Texas Animals" as our league theme.
Names are Badgers, Longhorns, Roadrunners and Swamp Rabbits.

• 2011 Fall- Badgers
• 2012 Winter- Swamp Rabbits
• 2012 Summer- no playoffs
• 2012 Fall- Longhorns

Winter 2013, teams changing names and will be using "Weather" as our league theme.
Names are Blue Haze, Dust Devils, The Fog and White Out.

• 2013 Winter- Blue Haze
• 2013 Summer- no playoffs
• 2013 Fall- The Fog
• 2014 Winter- winner to be determined in May 2014
• 2014 Summer- no playoffs

Fall 2014, teams changing names and will be using "80s band names" as our league theme.
Names are INXS, Iron Maidens, Styx and White Snake.

• 2014 Fall- White Snake