Help Wanted!

The NSWHL needs volunteers to help run our awesome hockey league. We need help with stats, scheduling, finances, organizing playoffs etc. This year we had a team of 10 people running our 19 team league. Next year, it looks like there will be at least 22, but maybe as many as 24 teams in the league. That's a lot of stats and a lot of games to schedule. Please consider stepping forward and giving some of your spare time to be a part of our successful and growing league. Send an email by May 1st: info@nswhl.ca

Congratulations 2011 Champions!

Another great NSWHL playoff tournament wrapped up on Sunday with championship games in four divisions. Click the division below to see the playoff chart and scores. All files open as PDFs.

A Division - winner Conrad Crushers

B1 Division - winner Formation Halifax Mariners

B2 Division - winner Frostbite

C Division - winner West Hants

Photographer Shawn Nolan captured a lot of players in action. Check his site here, starting Monday, to download any keepsake photos you might want.

If any player or coach didn't get an NSWHL/Pharmasave mug, let us know and we can get you one.

The year-end Annual General Meeting will be sometime in early May. Check the site for a time and place announcement.

Atlantic Senior Women's Champions - NSWHL's Conrad Crushers!

Rustico, PEI was host to the inaugural Atlantic Senior Women's Championships from April 1st through to April 3rd, 2011. Teams representing each of the Atlantic Provinces were there along with the host team from Rustico. The NSWHL's Conrad Crushers won it all! Check out hockeyscene.com for a recap of the Crushers tournament.

Final Playoff Schedules

Final Playoff schedules. All files open as PDFs.
A Division
B1 Division
B2 Division
C Division
Regular season final standings will determine seeding.

NSWHL playoff rules are:

A winner must be decided in each game. Ties will be broken by a five minute OT Period, then a shootout if still tied. This is a double elimination tournament, except if the championship game is first loss.

Tie breaking rules:
If teams are tied at the end of regular play, the teams shall have a 2 minute rest at their respective benches and a 5 minute sudden death period shall be played.
If still tied, each team will choose 3 players for shootout.
Home team chooses to shoot first or second. The home team is always the team ranked higher in regular season play.

If still tied after 3 shooters then each team will choose another shooter until a winner is declared. (One for one, sudden death.)

Each team has to use a different shooter until the team with the least amount of players in the game has gone through their entire shooter roster then both can revert back to choosing a same shooter.

On-site League contact: (cell) 221-7656. These rules will be on the programs given out at the tournament.

Formation Halifax Mariners win Military Nationals

This photo was taken in Ontario right after the Formation Halifax Mariners won the Military Nationals. Mariners were Team Atlantic and played four other Regions: Pacific / Prairie Provinces / Ontario & Quebec. They went through the round robin with 3 wins & one tie. The one tie was against Team Quebec with a 1-1 score; out shooting them 31-8. Then they faced Team Pacific in the Semi's & easily defeated them 9-0, with Quebec beating Ontario 5-3 in the other game this meant they had to play once again Quebec in the final match. Mariners were simply too strong for Quebec in that final game soundly defeating them 6-1 and once again bringing home the Gold & the National Title once again. They placed four players in the All-Star Team / Dawn MacAuley / Kirsten Lindstol / Brigitte Delisle & Heather Gillespy. It was a great experience playing Teams at the National level and it proves that our Nova Scotia Women's Hockey League is instrumental in the development of players of all levels and prepares them for competitions of this level.