Origin and development of women's ice hockey

The subject of the bachelor's thesis is a summary of women's ice hockey from history to the present in the world and in our country. The main goal is therefore an overall analysis of the development of this sport, how women's hockey was created and developed, when it experienced the greatest boom and when, on the contrary, it declined. The secondary goal is to outline the development of the rules and summarize the current situation of women's hockey. In the beginning of the thesis, a brief description of this sport is given and the origin of hockey is described. Furthermore, the most famous women's hockey names are mentioned here, and at the end of the work, the differences between the rules of women's and men's ice hockey are defined. Key words: ice hockey, women's hockey, match, history, rules