page_title: Provincial Women's Hockey League
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Provincial Women's Hockey League / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Taken by Devan Mighton during 2013-14 PWHL season. https://www.facebook.com/devanssportspics
context_page_description: The Provincial Women's Hockey League is a Junior women's ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada that was founded in 2004. It is considered to be the highest level of junior women's amateur ice hockey in Ontario, and is sanctioned by Hockey Canada and the Ontario Women's Hockey Association.
  The PWHL provides alumni to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport, National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Professional National Women's Hockey League, as well as the Canada women's national ice hockey team.
context_section_description: The PWHL was founded in 2004 by the Ontario Women's Hockey Association.  The PWHL is the women's equivalent to men's junior hockey, but is classified by the OWHA as Intermediate AA officially as the OWHA does not have an official "junior" classification system.  Despite this, the teams of the PWHL market themselves as women's junior hockey.
  One of the league's most notable alumni is Meghan Agosta who played for the Windsor Wildcats.  She went on to play professional with the Montreal Stars of the Canadian Women's Hockey League and is a member of two Olympic championship teams.
  In the early years of the league, when PWHL teams had to compete for OWHA provincials they would do so with representatives of the Ottawa District.  The PWHL franchises proved much more competitive than their Ottawa counterparts and after two seasons Ottawa applied to and joined the PWHL.  By the 2009 league playoffs, the Ottawa Senators beat the league powerhouse Toronto Jr. Aeros to win its first league championship.
  The most dominant franchise in league history is the Toronto Jr. Aeros.  The Aeros have won five league championships, including the first three consecutively, two Silver Medal finishes and a single Bronze medal finish in league playdowns.  The Aeros have also won five regular season championships.  Additionally, the Aeros have won three Golds at provincials, as well as two silvers and a bronze.  The Aeros have also twice accomplished the PWHL's "triple crown" winning the regular season title, playoff championship, and provincial championship all in one year in both 2005 and 2006.
caption: Kingston skater during 2013-14 season.
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