By Holly Santman

More young girls are lacing up their skates -- their hockey skates, that is.

"They'll get on the ice and somehow just come alive," said Tyson Davis, head coach of the 16U AA Hyland Hills Jaguars.

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With the expansion of the Professional Women's Hockey League and other women's leagues, girls like Surrey Schumacher are seeing more opportunities to get on the ice. Schumacher grew up playing hockey.

"I started in boys-only hockey when I was six," she said. "I was around nine or 10 when the first girls' team at Hyland came back."

Hyland Hills' hockey program had a girls' team in the past, but it was disbanded due to low numbers. Now, it's back, and Davis believes the team is here to stay.

"We had 124 girls play last year and the year before, and there are more coming i

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