Taariikh ahaan, horyaalada dumarka ee barafka ku ciyaaraan waxay ahaayeen kuwo hiwaayad ah, oo aan bixin wax mushahar ah ama dhiirigelin kale. Kaqeybgalka ayaa kordhay waxaana ugu dambeyntii lagu daray tartamada haweenka Xiriirka Caalamiga ah ee Xeegada Barafka 1990
Ciyaarihii Olombikada ee 1998 Dhowr horyaal oo semi-professional ah ayaa markaa ka soo muuqday Kanada iyo Mareykanka, oo ay ku jiraan Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) sanadkii 2007. CWHL waxay isku magacawday horyaal heer xirfadeed ah, laakiin horyaalku wuxuu kaliya bixiyay safarka, kirada barafka iyo kharashka dharka, oo lagu daray qalab, mana bixin ciyaartoy. Laga soo bilaabo 2011 ilaa 2015, CWHL waxay ahayd horyaalkii kaliya ee haweenka ee ugu sarreeya barafka barafka ee Waqooyiga Ameerika.