Anyone know about Girls' Hockey?

[onetruething]

Hi,
My 8 yo just started playing hockey this year.  She loves it!  She is one of two girls on the team, and does very well.   Just wondering if anyone here played and if so- at what's age did you move to a girls' team?    She would play squirts next year.

Thanks!

[preppy]

I asked my H who has played hockey all his life, and he said that in youth hockey most often they start seperating the teams out around age 12 since that is when they start to introduce checking into the game. He said that depending on where you live and the popularity of hockey it can get harder to find girls teams when they are older, and that there were a few girls in the league when he played high school hockey. Hope that helps!'