Females On The Ice
Posted by Cindy Lane, Research Analyst on 6/30/2015 to
YOUTH SPORTS ARTICLES
The growth in recent years for girls’ and women’s hockey has been significant. In January, the USA Women’s Under-18 team won the gold medal in the 2015 international Ice Hockey Federation World Championship, and in March the USA Women’s National team won the IIHF World Championship.
In The Zone - USA Hockey's Secrets For Success
Posted by Cindy Lane, Research Analyst on 6/30/2015 to
YOUTH SPORTS ARTICLES
Ice hockey continues to
be a popular team
sport in the United
States, with more
than one million people associated with
the sport’s governing body, USA Hockey.
“We’re fortunately one of the sports programs
in the country that has been growing
at a time when it seems like everybody
has challenges just to retain people,” said
Mike Bertsch, assistant executive director
of communications, marketing and events
for USA Hockey. “We’ve exceeded
600,000 participating members and well
over a million people—players, coaches,
officials, volunteers, parents, etc.—counting
everyone associated with USA
Hockey.