India’s 1st Women’s Ice Hockey Team – From Himalayas to Alberta

Under the able guidance of one of the world’s top female hockey players and Olympian Hayley Wickenheiser and their hard work has brought India’s 1st Women’s Ice Hockey Team to Canada.

India’s top female hockey players who learned the game against the odds, on frozen Himalayan ponds in Laddakh are in Airdrie, Alberta this week for the Wickenheiser Female World Hockey Festival in Calgary and exhibition games in Airdrie.

“The ice is quite rough back home. It’s quite hard to play. But when you compare it with the indoor rinks here, it’s like, you know, the difference is huge,” goalie Noor Jahan told the Calgary Eyeopener on Tuesday.