The Sault Female Hockey Association is proud to be hosting the 2024 NOWHL Championship Playoff this weekend, Friday March 1st through Sunday March 3rd.
The highly anticipated year-end playdown has expanded to include 3 divisions; U11, U13 and U15 and will include special guest teams from Thunder Bay and Traverse City. Fans will see a total of 12 teams, 4 in each division, from across Northern Ontario and Michigan, vying for a Championship title.
Participating teams include Sudbury Lady Wolves, Timmins Falcons, Thunder Bay Fury, Hearst Ice Cats, Temiskaming Shores Puckhounds, Traverse City North Stars, and of course, the Sault Ste Marie Jr. Greyhounds.
All the action will take place at the Northern Community Centre, with round robin games starting on Friday at 9:00am until Saturday at 3:00 pm. The semi-finals are scheduled for Saturday evening from 4:00pm to 8:00pm, with the championship games taking place on Sunday. The complete schedule can be found here.
As an exciting new addition to the 2024 NOWHL Championship Playoffs, the Uncle Gino’s Skills Competition, will provide nominated players from each team, an opportunity to showcase their talents and compete for the title of fastest skater, hardest shooter, best stick handler, shoot out winner and best goaltender. Even more exciting, the competition, which is scheduled on Saturday from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, will be hosted by players from the Sault College Cougars Women’s Hockey Team- 2023 ACHA Div 2 Champions.
Following the competition, the Cougars welcome players, family, friends and fans to drop in to room A on the concourse at the NCC for an interactive meet and greet experience.
Just as the premiere season of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) has elevated the visibility and popularity of women’s hockey across the world, the SFHA hopes to inspire a new generation of female athletes with an exciting weekend of girls hockey right here in the Soo. We welcome everyone to come out and cheer on our Jr Greyhounds girls hockey teams and celebrate the growing landscape of women’s ice hockey!
For more information on this event or anything Sault Female Hockey, please visit their website at www.saultgirlshockey.ca.
