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National Women's Hockey League

The National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) is the highest level of women's ice hockey in the world. The league was established in 1999, and currently only consists of teams in Canada.

Table of contents

1 NWHL Franchises 1.1 West Division 1.2 Central Division 1.3 Eastern Division 2 Defunct teams 3 Championship

NWHL Franchises

West Division

• Calgary X-Treme (founded 2002)
• Edmonton Chimos (founded 2002)

Central Division

• Brampton Thunder (founded 1999)
• Oakville Ice (founded 1999 as Mississauga Chiefs, became Ice Bears in 2000, moved to Oakville 2003)
• TELUS Lightning (founded 2000 as ClearNET Lightning became TELUS in 2001) play in Ajax, Ontario?
• Toronto Aeros (founded 1999 as Beatrice Aeros, became Toronto in 2003)

Eastern Division

• Montreal Axion (founded 1999 as Montreal Wingstar, became Axion in 2003)
• Ottawa Raiders (founded 1999)
• Quebec Avalanche (founded 1999 as Sainte-Julie Panthères, became Le Cheyennes de la Metropol in 2001, moved to Quebec in 2002)

Defunct teams

• Vancouver Griffins (2001-2003)
• Montréal Jofa-Titan (1999-2000)
• Laval Le Mistral (1999-2001)
• Scarborough Sting (1999-2000)/Toronto Sting (2000-2001)

Championship

Year Champion-Runner-Up

• 2004 Calgary X-Treme-Brampton Thunder
• 2003 Calgary X-Treme-Beatrice Aeros
• 2002 Beatrice Aeros-Brampton Thunder
• 2001 Beatrice Aeros-Sainte-Julie Panthères
• 2000 Beatrice Aeros-Sainte-Julie Panthères

• NWHL website

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