#awihl

[werewolfbneimitzvah]

high level ice hockey leagues that stream free on youtube

wanted to compile a list into a post for people to reference.

PWHL - Professional Women's Hockey League, top pro women's league in USA/Canada, streams free everywhere outside Canada (sorry, Canada) (Proton VPN is a great free option), 12 teams, November - May, website - eliteprospects - wikipedia

SDHL - Swedish Women's Hockey League, top pro women's league, lotta players going back and forth between here and the PWHL, 10 teams, September - March, website - eliteprospects - wikipedia

EWHL/AWHL* - European Women's Hockey League & Austrian Women's Hockey League, this is sorta two leagues intertwined. i need to research more to understand, but they both stream on this channel, don't ask me how many teams, MANY countries which is pretty cool,September - March, website (shared) - eliteprospects (EWHL / AWHL) - wikipedia (shared) *for some reason it's not letting me link the channel, but going on youtube and searching either ewhl or awhl will get you there

AWIHL - Australian Women's Ice Hockey League, top Australian women's league, 6 teams, November - March, website - eliteprospects - wikipedia

NZWIHL - New Zealand Women's Ice Hockey League, top women's Aotearoa hockey league, 4 teams, May - August, website - eliteprospects - wikipedia

NZIHL - New Zealand Men's Ice Hockey League, top men's Aotearoa hockey league, 5 teams, May - August, website - eliteprospects - wikipedia

Special Mention: the ЖХЛ/ZhHL, the Russian Women's Hockey League, used to stream free on youtube but hasn't the past couple years due to a youtube ban. You can still find their old game streams on the channel.

Note that some leagues are going to have streaming services outside youtube that they use, which may or may not be free and/or require a VPN, but in this post I wanted to focus on youtube since that's what most people are going to default to.

Also note that there are lots of other ways to watch hockey on youtube. There's country-specific youtube channels that stream multiple leagues and/or international matchups (Ukraine as an example), there are individual teams that host their own channels (multiple Federal Prospects Hockey League teams stream their own games), there's some random beer leagues that stream their own games (there's an Australian 4v4 league called the Kondos Ice Hockey League), FloHockey youtube channel has random free game streams from their collection of leagues, and lots of channels post whatever games from various leagues, including full NHL games. None of these are what I was focusing on in this post. Perhaps I can create a follow-up with further links to all of that, idk.

Let me know if there's any you've found that I can add here!

[zadien]

I've seen a few people online and offline say that they really got into hockey during the Olympics and that they won't be able to watch because they're not in North America, but you can watch the PWHL on Youtube via the PWHL channel.

They stream the games live and then put out a condensed version shortly after so you can watch in your own time without breaks.

They also do player highlights, so you can find out about the players, choose a fave and adopt a team, or choose multiples. There's no shame in supporting multiple players or teams, especially if you're not from North America and don't have location bias, like me.

There's also SDHL for the Swedish Women's Hockey League, the AWIHL for the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League. There's probably more (there's definitely college hockey on there because I did watch Barnes and Bilka play a few years ago but that might just be for the finals.) Point is there is hockey out there that's easily accessible and doesn't require multiple subscriptions so take advantage of it if you can.

[ukbella]

Happy International Women’s Day yall 🫶

[dfpendrys]

I just posted about this but wanted to give you more info!!!!

While Women's Hockey isn't panacea (trust me...I've experienced that FIRST HAND) there is a lot going to for it over MHKY. And you have options. PWHL, SDHL, AWIHL, numerous leagues throughout the world, plus elite college hockey, inline hockey, plus ball hockey, and in addition to that are the LGBTQ+ specific leagues which have tourneys from time to time! PWHL and College are on multiple streaming services, some free some not.

PWHL is free to watch in some cases, broadcast in others. U.S. College Hockey (not as familiar with Canada), is sometimes absolutely free, sometimes on ESPN+ or other services, some reasonably priced, some not.

Some Free streams: SDHL (Sweden). https://www.youtube.com/@SDHLse

AWIHL Playoffs are starting this weekend! https://www.youtube.com/@AWIHLTV/streams

Swiss League https://www.red.sport/de-ch/page/womens-league

Iceland (Games marked "kvenna" are WHKY) https://www.youtube.com/@icehockeyiceland/streams

India! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTFBWPjpOZg

New Zealand actually plays on a different calendar! https://www.youtube.com/@NZWIHL/streams

Kazakhstan has games broadcast under each game's schedule page! https://qyz.ligasy.kz/ru/schedule

Turkey (look for games in the KADINLAR SÜPER LİG) https://www.youtube.com/@tbhforgtr/streams

[grantmentis]

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[satanic-foxhole-court]

Get to watch my local city's Women's Ice Hockey game tonight<3

[korshrimpski]

for some reason I’ve been seeing a lot of new york siren discourse on my tl and it’s mainly people disappointed it’s not the mytho. So I would like people to know the sydney sirens exist

[heartgoth90]

The Sydney Sirens, Sydney's AWIHL team, has a goal boss who is trans. I am so happy for her! That is so cool! I love when the sports makers and the sportsers are affirming.

I told my wife this and she asked "So do you barrack for Sydney, now?"

And I can see why she might think that but it is very important that everybody, especially the players, know that I support all of them. They are all my favourite player. Every team is my team. I want them all to win.

My third favourite thing in ice hockey is when somebody makes a great shot and the goal boss still catches the hockey biscuit. It means both of them are having a turn and doing their best!

I hope that every game next season is a tie.