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In 1999, The University of Arizona made a new addition to its club teams. We are the Women’s Ice Hockey club team and we proudly call ourselves the Wildcat Icers. The first night of practice in October of 1999, there were 40 college girls lacing up hockey skates for the very first time. We stumbled, fell, and collided, but worked night after night until midnight or later. Five months later, the Wildcat Icers skated off the ice at a Las Vegas tournament with a championship trophy in the beginners’ division.

Our 1999-2000 inaugural season was very successful. We played several teams including ASU, the San Diego Heartbreakers, and the Tucson Chili Peppers. In our 2000-2001 season we returned to Las Vegas, this time with two teams, we participated in a tournament in Colorado, and we faced ASU in America West Arena, home of the Phoenix Coyotes.

Each year our team makes vast improvements. In the first half of our 2001-2002 season we beat ASU for the first time and also moved up to 4th place in the Colorado tournament. The second half of the season was extremely action packed and very exciting for the Wildcat Icers. We kicked off the semester by playing the University of Maryland in a three game series with an outcome of 2-1. We finished the second half of the season with a 14-1 record. The highlight of the semester was our annual return to the Las Vegas tournament. Both teams swept the tournament undefeated and skated away with two championship titles in their respective divisions.

Clearly the Icers is a team every player loves and takes great pride in. For a team that has been around for only 3 short years, we have made amazing accomplishments. In the fall of 2000, we even joined the Women’s American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) in its first year to have a Women’s division. Our team has drive, desire and determination, and most of all a bright future.