National Women's Under-18 Championship

The National Women's Under-18 Championship is a Canadian women's ice hockey tournament held by Hockey Canada for provincial and regional teams with individual players being selected by its member branches. It is one of two national championships for female minor hockey in Canada, the other being the Esso Cup, which is a competition for club teams.

History During its early years, the tournament was known as the Women's Under-18 Hockey Challenge and was not an annual event. The inaugural tournament was held in February 2001 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. It was a six team tournament that featured regional teams: West (Manitoba/Saskatchewan), Quebec, Atlantic, Pacific (British Columbia/Alberta), and Ontario split into red and blue teams. The second Under-18 Challenge took place in January 2005 at Salmon Arm, British Columbia. This time the four western provinces entered separate teams, but the Atlantic provinces remained together.

In 2005, Hockey Canada restructured the Under-18 Challenge, moving to November and renaming it the National Women's Under-18 Championship. The first was held in November 2005, the same calendar year as the previous tournament. Both 2005 championships were won by the Ontario Red team.

The tournament is now held each year in November, but is skipped every fourth season when the women's hockey competition at the Canada Winter Games takes its place. Ontario teams have won every gold medal at this event. Notable alumni of this tournament are Canadian national team veterans Marie-Philip Poulin, Natalie Spooner, and Sarah Fillier.

Results Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal Location 2001 Ontario Red Quebec West Trois-Rivières, QC 2005 Ontario Red Quebec British Columbia Salmon Arm, BC 2005 Ontario Red Quebec Atlantic Salmon Arm, BC 2007 Ontario Red Quebec Manitoba Trois-Rivières, QC 2008 Ontario Red Quebec Manitoba Greater Napanee, ON 2009 Ontario Red Ontario Blue Quebec Surrey, BC 2011 Ontario Red Quebec Manitoba Saguenay, QC 2012 Ontario Blue Manitoba Ontario Red Dawson Creek, BC 2013 Ontario Red Ontario Blue Alberta Calgary, AB 2015 Ontario Red Manitoba Ontario Blue Huntsville, ON 2016 Ontario Red Quebec British Columbia Regina, SK 2017 Ontario Red Ontario Blue British Columbia Quebec City, QC 2019 Ontario Red Saskatchewan Quebec Winkler/Morden, MB 2020 Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled Dawson Creek, BC 2021 Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled Dawson Creek, BC 2023 Ontario Red Quebec British Columbia Dawson Creek, BC 2024 Ontario Red Quebec British Columbia Quispamsis, NB Notes 1. The 2004-05 and 2005-06 tournaments were held in the same calendar year as a result of Hockey Canada rescheduling the event from February to November.

Most valuable player Year Name Team 2005 Laura Fridfinnson Manitoba 2007 Audrey Cournoyer Quebec 2008 Marie-Philip Poulin Quebec 2009 Meghan Dufault Manitoba 2011 Jaimie McDonell Ontario Red 2012 Halli Krzyzaniak Manitoba 2013 Rebecca Leslie Ontario Red 2015 Amy Potomak British Columbia 2016 Amy Potomak British Columbia 2017 Sarah Fillier Ontario Red 2019 Ashley Messier Saskatchewan 2023 Sara Manness Manitoba 2024 Maxine Cimoroni Ontario Red

National Women's Under-18 Championship

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