The Connecticut Northern Lights Girls Hockey program was founded in 2000 as part of the Avon-Canton-Farmington-Youth-Hockey organization. Connecticut Northern Lights Girls Hockey, then known as Avon Girls Hockey, had only one U-15 team in the 2000 - 2001 inaugural season. In the 2002 – 2003 season, Northern Lights also added an additional U-15 team and launched the Learn-to-Play and Learn-to-Skate (Foundation) program which was the first team called the Northern Lights. 

The Northern Lights became a standalone program in the 2003-2004 season. The program moved to the Newington Arena in Newington, CT for the 2003 – 2004 season and started a U-12 team and also a High School team.

In the 2004 – 2005 season Northern Lights moved to the International Skating Center of Connecticut in Simsbury, CT, where the Northern Lights call home today. The Northern Lights continues to grow and offer programs to girls of all ages and abilities throughout the state of Connecticut. 

The Northern CT Lights currently fields multiple teams in the age brackets of:

• Developmental - Learn to Play
• 8 and Under
• 10 and Under
• 12 and Under
• 14 and Under*
• 16 and Under*
• 19 and Under*
• High School Teams

*USA Hockey National Bound Tier 1 and Tier 2 U14 teams

*USA Hockey National Bound Tier 2 U16 and U19 teams.

The Northern CT Lights leads a learn-to-play program for girls between the ages of 3 and 9 with no previous ice hockey experience. For girls with a year of experience, Northern Lights offers the cross-ice Mini-Lights program. Mini-Lights allows girls another year of in-house skill development and play prior to participation on a Northern Lights travel team. 

Players with the Northern CT Lights come from Connecticut, Western Massachusetts, NY and Rhode Island. Northern CT Lights teams compete at the highest level in state, regional and national play as members of the New England Girls Hockey League , Connecticut Hockey Conference and the Connecticut Girls Hockey League. However, the Northern CT Lights also provide multiple opportunities for girls who are looking for a less serious or more recreational commitment to participate in the sport of ice hockey.