Isobel Cup

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]

Isobel Cup
2017 champions, Buffalo Beauts, receiving the Isobel Cup
SportIce hockey
Awarded forPlayoff champion of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF)
History
First award2016[1]
First winnerBoston Pride
Most winsBoston Pride (3)
Most recentToronto Six

The front of the trophy is engraved with "The Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy Cup 1875–1963. This Cup, shall be awarded annually to the greatest professional women's hockey team in North America. All who pursue this Cup, pursue a dream; a dream born with Isobel, that shall never die. EST. 2016."[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

Champions
YearChampionCoachScoreRunner-upCoachCity
2016Boston PrideBobby Jay2–0Buffalo BeautsRic SeilingNewark, New Jersey
2017Buffalo BeautsRic Seiling3–2Boston PrideBobby JayLowell, Massachusetts
2018Metropolitan RivetersChad Wiseman1–0Buffalo BeautsRic SeilingNewark, New Jersey
2019Minnesota WhitecapsJack Brodt
Ronda Engelhardt		2–1 (OT)Buffalo BeautsCody McCormickSt. Paul, Minnesota
2020Not awarded[lower-alpha 1]
2021Boston PridePaul Mara4–3Minnesota WhitecapsJack Brodt
Ronda Engelhardt		Brighton, Massachusetts
2022Boston PridePaul Mara4–2Connecticut WhaleColton OrrWesley Chapel, Florida
2023Toronto SixGeraldine Heaney4–3 (OT)Minnesota WhitecapsRonda EngelhardtTempe, Arizona
  1. Semi-finals held March 8, Minnesota Whitecaps vs. Boston Pride March 13 championship game initially postponed, eventually (May 15) cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

See also

References
  1. "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. "Isobel Cup". National Women's Hockey League. Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  5. 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.
  6. "NWHL rebrands to Premier Hockey Federation". The Associated Press. TSN. September 7, 2021.
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