High school ice hockey in Pennsylvania High school ice hockey in Pennsylvania Teams from 150 high schools competed as varsity ice hockey teams in Western and Eastern Pennsylvania. Unlike many other high school sport in Pennsylvania, hockey is not run under Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association umbrella. However, Pennsylvania's high school ice hockey is sanctioned by USA Hockey and varsity-level programs are marginally overseen by the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers organizations through the Penguins Cup and the Flyers Cup. However although it is considered a club it is still apart of the High School and is affiliated with the school. Varsity teams are divided into
Women's ice hockey in Finland increased: there are now 12 teams in the Women's 1st Division, NAISTEN I-DIVISIOONA (second level after the Finnish National Women's League). The following IIHF tournaments were hosted in Finland. This page was written with a translation of on Finnish Wikipedia. Women's ice hockey in Finland Women's ice hockey in Finland had 2,593 players in 2005 and 4,694 in 2011. The Jääkiekon naisten SM-sarja (Finnish national women's league) is the league elite of women's ice hockey in Finland. This league is organized by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. The first league was created in 1982–1983. Several teams of this first Finnish