Isobel Cup

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Isobel Cup
2017 Isobel Cup captains.jpg
SportIce hockey
Awarded forPlayoff champion of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF)
History
First award2016[1]
First winnerBoston Pride
Most winsBoston Pride (2)
Most recentBoston Pride

The Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy Cup, often shortened to Isobel Cup, is the championship trophy awarded annually to the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) playoff winner.[2] It is named after Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy, one of the first known women to play the game and daughter of Lord Stanley (the namesake of the Stanley Cup, and former Governor-General of Canada).[3]

The first Cup was awarded in 2016[1] at the end of the inaugural season of the NWHL, the first professional women's hockey league in the United States.[4] The league is now known as the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) and includes teams from both the United States and Canada who compete for the trophy.[5]

Champions[]

Year Champion Coach Score Runner-up Coach City
2016 Boston Pride Bobby Jay 2–0 Buffalo Beauts Ric Seiling Newark, New Jersey
2017 Buffalo Beauts Ric Seiling 3–2 Boston Pride Bobby Jay Lowell, Massachusetts
2018 Metropolitan Riveters Chad Wiseman 1–0 Buffalo Beauts Ric Seiling Newark, New Jersey
2019 Minnesota Whitecaps Jack Brodt
Ronda Engelhardt		 2–1 (OT) Buffalo Beauts Cody McCormick St. Paul, Minnesota
2020 Not awarded[a]
2021 Boston Pride Paul Mara 4–3 Minnesota Whitecaps Jack Brodt
Ronda Engelhardt		 Brighton, Massachusetts
  1. ^ Minnesota Whitecaps vs. Boston Pride championship game cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "The Isobel Cup". Premier Hockey Federation. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "NWHL's top two teams ready to face off for the Isobel Cup". espnW. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  3. ^ Fink, James (April 16, 2015). "Buffalo Beauts to play at HarborCenter". Buffalo Business First. Archived from the original on June 19, 2015.
  4. ^ Schram, Carol (October 10, 2017). "NWHL Partnership With NHL's New Jersey Devils Aims To Boost Profile Of Women's Hockey". Forbes. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  5. ^ "NWHL rebrands to Premier Hockey Federation". The Associated Press. TSN. September 7, 2021.

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