The reason for this criticism may be partly due to the lack of specificity of some fitness assessments using off-ice testing protocols to relate to on-ice test results, the variables chosen to represent success of a player, or the fitness tests may not adequately mimic the movement patterns and timing of ice hockey players during a game ( 4, 16, 22, 27, 28, 29). However, physiological assessments of both men and women ice hockey players have proven to be important despite some criticism of the lack of association between certain fitness test results and game play or success ( 4, 16, 22, 27, 28, 29). As a result, no single test has emerged as the gold standard for repeated sprint performance of ice hockey players. As well, both on and off ice fitness assessments have been used to evaluate many of these different parameters and differ widely in terms of sprint distances (between 6 and 127m) time to complete (< 2s to ~ 50s) time of recovery allowed between sprints the inclusion of skill activities or agility components and, the equipment used ( 1, 4, 6, 7, 12, 15, 16, 20, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29, 33). It has also been shown that the frequency and time spent performing these different in-game movement patterns vary by gender, position, game play situation, and level of competition ( 12, 20, 21, 24). Ice hockey is a sport that involves intermittent activities consisting of short sprints, quick stops and turns, explosive starts, and forceful muscular efforts performed in addition to low intensity activities and cognitive factors associated with game play ( 6, 11, 12, 20, 25). It was also found that forwards had a better mean of 7 sprint time and faster total time compared to players in the defensive position. These findings show that a 7×15m repeated on-ice sprint test for varsity women ice hockey players was reliable. Players in the forward position had a faster mean 15m time and lower total time compared to those in the defensive position ( p < 0.05). Typical error (TE), coefficient of variation (%CV) and intra-class coefficients (ICC) for the fastest 15m time, mean of 7 sprints, and total time were ICC = 0.77, TE = 0.06s and %CV = 2.1 ICC = 0.91 TE = 0.04s and %CV = 1.4 and, ICC = 0.91 TE = 0.29 and %CV = 1.4 for all 4 trials, respectively. There were no significant differences between trials for any variable. The fastest 15m time, mean time for 7 sprints and total sprint time collapsed across all 4 trials was 2.96 ± 0.12s, 3.05 ± 0.13s and 21.35 ± 0.89s, respectively. Two trials of the test were performed on the same day and then repeated on a different day approximately 1 week later for a total of 4 trials. Seventeen women ( X ̄ ± SD age, height and body mass = 21 ± 2 years, 166.2 ± 6.4 cm and 61.9 ± 7.7 kg, respectively) completed 7 consecutive on-ice sprints of 15m repeated every 15s. The purpose of this investigation was to design and examine the reliability of a 7×15m repeated on-ice skating sprint test for female ice hockey players.