ABOUT
DMV Women’s Hockey strives to connect and grow the hockey community for girls and women in the DC/Maryland/Virginia region. We aim to provide a model for how to build an inclusive hockey community where every girl and woman who wants to play hockey has the opportunity and resources to play at any level that they want. We focus on bringing hockey to new communities by pooling resources to lower barriers of access. Our long term goal is to provide a model for how to organize girls/women’s hockey in different regions across the United States. DMV Women’s Hockey is a 501(c)(3).
WHO WE ARE
History of DMV Women’s Hockey
DMV Women’s Hockey came together in November 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. When regional hockey league play was canceled, a group of women all started attending the same pickup skates, hanging out in the parking lot after scrimmages, and forming friendships across different local teams. Grateful for the community that formed during the pandemic and with over 500+ women in the area playing hockey, we knew that we could build on the momentum generated and bring everyone together.
Accomplishments
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Started a monthly newsletter, DMV Women’s Hockey Wire, in March 2021 to streamline information and celebrate community wins.
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Hosted the first annual DMV Women’s Hockey tournament in September 2021, including an All-Star Game and Give Hockey a Try Day — all of which raised over $1,000 for Black Girl Hockey Club.
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Introduced over 100 women to hockey through Give Hockey a Try Day.
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Partnered with the Washington Capitals on their ALL CAPS, ALL HER hockey platform and women’s Learn to Play series.
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Hosted a Watch Party and Clinic for over 70 girls and women in the region to cheer on Team USA in the opening Olympic game.
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Raised over $3,000 for mission-aligned organizations during the annual DMV Women’s Hockey tournament.
The Team
Colleen Doyle
Tournament Commissioner
Annapolis Osprey
Colleen started playing hockey 7 years ago and has been obsessed ever since. She plays left wing because stopping on the right side is hard! She co-founded the Annapolis Osprey C team with Tory Harding in 2018. Her favorite hockey memory is winning the Mid-Atlantic Women’s Hockey League with Osprey for the second year in a row despite the fact that their goalie forgot all her equipment and had to play in someone else’s pads.
Amber Moore
Give Hockey a Try Day
All-Star Game Lead
Chesapeake Bay Lightning
Amber has been playing for 25 years. She currently plays for the Chesapeake Bay Lightning. She was the Assistant Coach for the US Women’s National Ball Hockey Team and assistant coaches for the Lady Patriots u12 team. Her favorite hockey memory is when she played in the inaugural season of the National Women’s Hockey League for the Metropolitan Riveters.
Emily Summers
Tournament Registrar
DC Renegades
Emily started playing ice hockey when she was 10 and grew up playing with the Lady Patriots. In college she played club hockey with the University of Maryland, she captained the team for three years and was President for two years. After graduation, Emily returned to UMD to coach the team for several years. In 2017 she began coaching with the Montgomery Blue Devils girls’ program and this year is the U19 Head Coach. She plays for the District Renegades and helps run the Gardens Ice House Women’s League. Emily also plays ball hockey with the First Ladies.
Carol Chan
Operations Lead
Chesapeake Bay Lightning
Carol started her ice hockey journey at the age of 50 as a result of a back injury. She started with the learn to skate program and then learn to hockey programs at Medstar, 2012. She is a co-founder of the Brown Bears NGO. The mission of the Brown Bears is to increase access to the sport ice hockey for future generations across socioeconomic levels and race. Years playing: 9 Current team(s): Chesapeake Bay Lightning D team, Men’s house league, the Meltdowns Women’s house league, various teams. Favorite hockey memory: Pond hockey 3v3 winter 2020 -2021.
Jackie Sharp
Tailgate Organizer
Trash Pandas
Jackie started her hockey career in middle school playing roller hockey. When she was 15, she was struck by a car and an anomaly from birth was found in her neck and was unable to play hockey until she was older. Jackie started playing ice hockey in college, where she founded, managed, and captained the Pitt Women’s Club Ice Hockey Team. She has coached several youth ice and ball hockey teams and participated in girls learn to play programs when she lived in Pittsburgh. She currently plays in house at TGIH and is the founder of the Trash Pandas. Her favorite hockey memory was having her number permanently retired (#88) at Pitt for her contributions to growing women’s hockey at Pitt and the Pittsburgh community.