Mid-Atlantic Women's Hockey League


The Mid-Atlantic Women's Hockey League is the oldest continuously active women's ice hockey league in North America. The MAWHL is a senior amateur league under the oversight of USA Hockey. It is based in the United States and has three divisions allowing for different levels of play. The league has players with a wide array of experience, ranging from athletes who have competed at the high school level to those who have spent time on the United States women's national ice hockey team.

History

The MAWHL was begun in 1975–76 with only three teams. The Delaware Bobcats, the Boulevard Hookers and the University of Pennsylvania's club team. In the 1976–77 season, the Philadelphia Ice-Centennials joined the MAWHL.
During the summer of 1977, the increased popularity of ice hockey sparked the birth of the Mid-Atlantic Women's Ice Hockey League. It consisted of nine teams at the start of the 1977–78 season. The newcomers included: the Bergen Blades A team and B team, the Ironbound Bandits, the Pittsburgh Pennies, and the Philadelphia Ice-Centennials B team.
At the beginning of the 1978–79 season, the Budweiser Redcoats, and the Green Machine Eagles from Long Island, New York joined our league. Unfortunately the Pittsburgh Pennies, and the Bergen Blades B team dropped out. With these changes MAWHL now had a nine-team league divided into North and South regional divisions. At the start of the 1979–80 season our league started with eight teams: Four in the both divisions. At the start of the 1980–81 season, only six teams remained in the league. Gradually even that number diminished to four with the losses of the Bergen Blades in 1981, and the then Long Island Eagles in 1986

2014–15 Teams

Senior B Division (no longer part of MAWHL)

Senior B Division Champions

Senior C Division Champions

Senior D Division Champions

Scoring champions

Senior B Division Leading Scorer

YearPlayerTeamGoalsAssistsPoints
2010–11
2009–10Amy ReichPhiladelphia Freeze448
2008–09Amy ReichPhiladelphia Freeze15217
2007–08Lisa CervoPhiladelphia Freeze5813
2006–07Christine HurlockPhiladelphia Freeze628
2005–06Jane ChamberlainBridgewater Wings8715
2004–05Christine HurlockPhiladelphia Freeze12921
2003–04Sarah SmithQueenston Hockey Club131124
2002–03Jodi BraccoQueenston Hockey Club151328
2001–02Rachel RochatChesapeake Bay Lightning15621
2000–01Rachel Rochat Wendy PeaceChesapeake Bay Lightning - Long Island HurricanesRachel Rochat 15, Wendy Peace 13Rachel Rochat 6, Wendy Peace 8Rachel Rochat 21, Wendy Peace 21
1999–00Jodi Bard,Long Island Hurricanes -11617
1999–00Vicki Urbas tie Nancy Baier Chesapeake Bay Lightning - Chesapeake Bay LightningVicki Urbas 11, Nancy Baier 10Vicki Urbas 7, Nancy Baier 8Vicki Urbas 18, Nancy Baier 18
1998–99Michele SeltzerNew Jersey Selects191433
1997–98Mollie MarcouxNew Jersey Selects322759
1996–97Mary Lou DeutschNew Jersey Bandits261036
1995–96Liz HallWashington Wolves291241
1994–95Mary Lou DeutschNew Jersey Bandits33639
1993–94Mary Lou DeutschIronbound Bandits29736
1992–93Mary Lou DeutschIronbound Bandits20626
1991–92Karen HartyIronbound Bandits191433
1990–91Karen HartyIronbound BanditsN/AN/AM/A
1989–90Nancy Smalley Mary Lou DeutschWashington Redcoats - Ironbound BanditsNancy Smalley 10, M.L. Deutsch 19Nancy Smalley 14, M.L. Deutsch 5Nancy Smalley 24, M.L. Deutsch 24
1988–89Mary Lou DeutschIronbound Bandits18725
1987–88Karen HartyIronbound Bandits141428
1986–87Karen HartyIronbound Bandits241438
1985–86Mary Lou Deutsch Denise SmithLong Island Green Machine Eagles - Philadelphia RoadrunnersM.L. Deutsch 27, Denise Smith 15M.L. Deutsch 11, Denise Smith 23M.L. Deutsch 38, Denise Smith 38
1984–85Mary Lou DeutschLong Island Green Machine Eagles361551
1983–84Mary Lou DeutschLong Island Green Machine Eagles341650
1982–83BC BiesingerDelaware Bobcats151025
1981–82Lynn GathercoleDelaware Bobcats242448
1980–81Lynn GathercoleDelaware Bobcats341852
1979–80Mary Lou Deutsch Shelia Guinee Lynn GathercoleLong Island Green Machine Eagles - Bergen Blades - Delaware BobcatsDeutsch 23, Guinee 14, Gathercole 20Deutsch 3, Guinee 12, Gathercole 17Deutsch 26, Guinee 26, Gathercole 37
1978–79Lynn GathercoleDelaware Bobcats34943
1977–78Karen Harty BC Biesinger Bergen Blades - Delaware BobcatsHarty N/A, Biesinger 13Harty N/A, Biesinger 9Harty N/A, Biesinger 22
1976–77Barb HortonDelaware Bobcats13619
1975–76Sylvia WasylykDelaware Bobcats21526

Senior C Division Leading Scorer

YearPlayerTeamGoalsAssistsPoints
2010–11
2009–10
2008–09Kathryn VaughanConcord Flames321042
2007–08Anne EnsorBaltimore Blizzard161430
2006–07MaryLou DeutschFloyd Hall Arena QuarryCats221537
2005–06Erin MoranDelaware Bobcats35641
2004–05Erin MoranDelaware Bobcats16521
2003–04BC BiesingerDelaware Phoenix121123
2002–03BC BiesingerDelaware Phoenix111021
2001–02Renee Peplowski Janelle HinchliffeSouth Jersey Grizzlies - South Jersey GrizzliesPeplowski 18, Hinchliffe 13Peplowski 9, Hinchliffe 14Peplowski 27, Hinchliffe 27
1999–00Nina FlemingU of MD Terrapins221638
1998–99Arlene ZizzaSouth Jersey Grizzlies5712
1997–98Kim SiegfriedHarrisburg Rockettes11920

Senior D Division Leading Scorer

YearPlayerTeamGoalsAssistsPoints
2010–11
2009–10
2008–09Rita GrantnerFrederick Firestorm10717
2007–08Missy AckermanRichmond Raptors13619
2006–07Bonnie RothenFrederick Firestorm161228
2005–06Leigh Garbowski Sabrina MustWashington Wolves - Baltimore BlizzardGarbowski 10, Must 7Garbowski 4, Must 7Garbowski 14, Must 14
2004–05Leigh GarbowskiWashington Wolves10818
2003–04Carole GalliganFrederick FirestormN/AN/AN/A
2002–03Carole GalliganFrederick Firestorm161026
2001–02Lauren McFoyDelaware Bobcats10818
2000–01Wanda UnderkofflerCentral Penn Blades191635

MAWHL Staff 2010–11