<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngokomlando, amaligi abesifazane e-hockey eqhweni abelokhu engama-amateur kuphela, enganikezi iholo noma ezinye izikhuthazo. Ukubamba iqhaza kwanda futhi imincintiswano yabesifazane ekugcineni yengezwa yi-International Ice Hockey Federation ngo-1990  <response>: nemidlalo yama-Olympic ngo-1998. Amaligi amaningana asezingeni eliphakeme avele eCanada nase-United States, kufaka phakathi i-Canadian Womens Hockey League CWHL ngo-2007. I-CWHL yazibiza ngeligi esezingeni eliphakeme, kepha iligi yakhokhela kuphela izindleko zokuhamba, ukuqashwa kweqhwa nezindleko zeyunifomu, kanye nemishini ethile, futhi ayizange ikhokhele abadlali. Kusukela ngo-2011 kuya ku-2015, i-CWHL kwakuwukuphela kweligi yabesifazane ehleliwe ye-ice hockey eNyakatho Melika. 