Weekend Wrap: Recapping Girls Showcases in the JWHL & CSSHL Plus the Fargo Force Boys Showcase
For the seventh weekend of the 2025-26 North American youth hockey season, we highlighted a pair of high-end girls showcases featuring Tier 1 teams from Canada and the Unites States as well as a boys event hosted by the Unites States Hockey League’s Fargo Force for USA and Canada Tier 1/AAA teams in four age groups.
The Junior Women’s Hockey League (JWHL), a U.S.-based league featuring Canadian and American teams that compete at the 16U, U18, 19U and U22 age levels, dropped the puck on its 2025-26 season with 20 different teams competing Oct. 3-5 in 19U, 16U and 14U divisions at the historic Olympic Center in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Girls U18 Prep early-season play in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) continued on Vancouver Island as the league held its annual September showcase. Fourteen CSSHL Girls U18 Prep teams faced off in 22 contests in Victoria and Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia. The showcase began Thursday, Oct. 2, with the hosts from Shawnigan Lake School taking on Edge School of Calgary. It ran through Sunday, Oct. 5.
Finally, the Fargo Force of the Tier 1 USHL hosted 64 USA and Canada Tier 1/AAA Boys teams – as well as some high-school and prep teams – ages 14U through 18U for their sixth annual Fall Showcase Oct. 3-5 in Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn. The tournament schedule provided an opportunity for participating teams to attend Saturday night’s USHL game between the Force and Sioux City Musketeers, a contest that Sioux City won in a shootout.
The Junior Women’s Hockey League was established in 2007 to be the first “junior”-style league for girls in North America. From Day 1, the intent of the JWHL was to serve as a means for elite teams to come together and compete at the highest level. The goal was to establish a league comprised of teams with similar mindsets and philosophies that were committed to the development of the sport and its players.
For the 2025-26 season, there are 14 member teams competing at the 19U and 16U levels, with other high-level programs invited to compete as guests at the various JWHL weekend events held during the year.
The JWHL’s season-opening Lake Placid Showcase ran Oct. 3-5 at the historic Olympic Center in upstate New York. Games were played at the 1932 Jack Shea Arena, the 1980 Herb Brooks Arena and the USA Rink.
There were nine teams competing in the 19U Division, eight in the 16U Division and three in the 14U Division.
JWHL Lake Placid 19U Competing Teams
Stanstead College Varsity (4-0-0; 27 GF, 7GA)
NAHA White (3-0-1; 14GF, 5GA)
Northwood School (3-1-0; 22GF, 10GA)
Mount Academy (3-0-0; 18GF, 7GA)
Washington Pride (1-3-0); 12GF, 11GA)
Rothesay Netherwood School (1-3-0; 9GF, 16GA)
Philadelphia Jr. Flyers (1-3-0; 8GF, 32GA)
Pacific Steelers (0-4-0; 5GF, 27GA)
JWHL 19U Highlights
Stanstead entered the weekend ranked second in Canada’s U22 Girls Tier 1 category and didn’t disappoint, winning all four games at the Olympic Center. The team concluded the weekend with a 7-3-0 overall record. Laurie Aubin and Zoe Charland each recorded 10 points in four contests.
In one of the weekend’s top matchups, Stanstead beat USA 19U No. 11 North American Hockey Academy White from Massachusetts, 2-1, in overtime. Rosalie Tremblay scored her second goal of the game 1:07 into the extra period, with Aubin picking up her second assist of the game on the game-winner. NAHA is 6-3-2 after going 3-0-1 in Lake Placid.
JWHL Lake Placid 16U Competing Teams
Winchendon School (3-1-0; 20GF, 6GA)
Philadelphia Jr. Flyers (3-1-0; 21GF, 7GA)
Stanstead College Prep (3-1-0; 13GF, 7GA)
NAHA Red (2-3-0; 12GF, 10GA)
Washington Pride (0-2-0; 1GF, 12GA)
Mount Academy (0-4-0; 1GF, 27GA)
JWHL 16U Highlights
The Philadelphia Jr. Flyers, ranked 12th in the USA Girls 16U Tier 1 Week 2 Rankings, battled it out with Winchendon School 16U, a USA Girls Independent Prep team, and Quebec’s Stanstead College for the top record in the 16U Division.
Winchendon beat the Jr. Flyers, 4-2, Oct. 3, overcoming a 2-1 second-period deficit by scoring the game’s final three goals. Meagan Precourt scored twice for the winners, with Rachel Steward potting a pair of makers for Philadelphia. The Jr. Flyers opened play that same day with a 5-1 win over Stanstead as five different players scored goals while winning netminder Paloma Larocque made 18 saves. Stanstead knocked off Winchendon, 3-0, Oct. 4 on the strength of Laurianne Boudreault’s 15-save shutout and a pair of goals from Eve Pelletier.
The Jr. Flyers concluded the weekend with a 13-4-0 overall record. Stanstead improved to 7-2-0, and Winchendon is 6-2-2.
CLICK HERE for links to JWHL Lake Placid scores, schedules, standings and stats
CLICK HERE for the JWHL Lake Placid team rosters
One of the top North American amateur hockey leagues, the Canadian School Sport Hockey League (CSSHL) held its annual Girls U18 Prep September Showcase on Vancouver Island Oct. 2-5.
The CSSHL was formed in 2009 with the mission of being “National leaders in education-based hockey.” For the 2025-26 season, the CSSHL features 38 accredited schools and schools with residence and a total of 124 teams in eight divisions.
CSSHL Girls U18 Prep Showcase play began Thursday, Oct. 2, as host Shawnigan Lake School fell to Edge School of Calgary, 3-2, in overtime. Samantha Baker capped Edge’s two-goal third-period rally by jamming home a loose puck with 1:12 left in regulation before Avaya McCann won it at 1:28 of the extra session.
Fourteen teams played 22 games during the three days, with all games webstreamed by FloHockey.
CLICK HERE for the full schedule of FloHockey CSSHL streams.
CLICK HERE for the complete CSSHL Girls U18 Prep Showcase schedule and results
CSSHL Girls U18 Prep Showcase Team Records
OHA Edmonton (3-0-0)
Balmoral Hall School (3-0-0)
Delta Hockey Academy Green (3-0-0)
OHA Edmonton (3-0-0)
Rink Hockey Academy Winnipeg (2-1-0)
Edge School of Calgary (2-2-0)
Delta Hockey Academy Black (1-2-0)
Northern Alberta Xtreme (1-2-0)
North Shore Warriors (1-2-0)
Okanagan Hockey Academy Black (1-2-0)
Okanagan Hockey Academy (1-2-0)
Shawnigan Lake School (1-3-0)
South Alberta Hockey Academy (0-3-0)
Pilot Mount Hockey Academy (0-3-0)
CLICK HERE for Oct. 2 game recaps
CLICK HERE for Oct. 3 game recaps
CLICK HERE for Oct. 4 game recaps
CLICK HERE for Oct. 5 game recaps
The Fargo Force Fall Showcase has grown into one of the top youth hockey tournaments in the country, featuring top-level talent representing 64 different teams from all over North America.
It was comprised of four different age levels (14U, 150, 16U & 18U/Prep), and teams competed on 15 different ice surfaces throughout the Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., area Oct. 3-5. Games were played at Scheels Arena, Farmers Union Center, Cornerstone Bank Arena, Fargo Parks Sports Center, Veterans Memorial Arena, West Fargo Sports Center, Cullen Hockey Center and Moorhead Sports Center.
Many of those rinks have LiveBarn feeds for those interested in watching games live or on-demand.
Teams were guaranteed to play four games during the weekend, and there were seven teams competing in the 14U Division, 10 teams in the 15O Division, 23 teams in the 16U Division and 24 teams in the 18U/Prep Division.
The Force Fall Showcase was first played in the fall of 2020.
CLICK HERE for Force Showcase participating teams, schedules and results
Fargo Force Showcase 14U Top Team Records
Rocky Mountain Roughriders (3-1-0)
Omaha Mastery (3-1-0)
Thunder Bay Kings (4-0-0)
Team Illinois (3-1-0)
Fargo Force Showcase 15O Top Team Records
Team North Dakota (3-0-0)
Rocky Mountain Roughriders (2-2-0)
Sioux Falls Power (4-0-0)
Omaha Mastery (2-2-0)
Milwaukee Jr. Admirals (3-1-0)
Fargo Force Showcase 16U Top Team Records
Team North Dakota (2-0-0)
Sioux Falls Power (3-1-0)
Colorado Rampage (3-1-0)
Omaha Mastery (3-0-0)
Milwaukee Jr. Admirals (2-2-0)
Team Minnesota (3-1-0)
Nashville Jr. Predators (4-0-0)
Northstar Academy (2-2-0)
RHA Winnipeg U17 Prep (3-1-0)
RHA Winnipeg U18 Prep (3-1-0)
United Hockey Federation (3-1-0)
Pel Northstars (3-0-0)
Team Gemini 16 (2-2-0)
Fargo Force Showcase 18U Participating Teams
Team North Dakota T2 (2-2-0)
Sioux Falls Power (3-1-0)
Colorado Rampage (3-1-0)
Chippewa Steel (4-0-0)
Minnesota Lakers Gold (4-0-0)
Minnesota Lakers Blue (3-1-1)
Team Minnesota (4-0-0)
Nashville Jr. Predators (2-1-0)
Northstar Academy (4-0-0)
SDP Hockey Black (2-2-0)
SDP Hockey Blue (1-2-0)
United Hockey Federation MN (2-0-0)
Hawkeye Hockey (2-2-0)
Lincoln Stars (4-0-0)
Winnipeg Thrashers 18U (2-2-0)
7th Fire Eagles U18 Prep (1-2-0)
