The team played its first official game in 1996 season of 2nd Division, a third tier american football league in Finland, against the Lahti Jets.

The first Wolverines team was mainly made up of former Helsinki Whips players and the first head coach was Jimmy Lawson.

In five seasons Wolverines rose from 2nd Division to Vaahteraliiga, the top american football league in Finland.

Helsinki Wolverines took their only Vaahteraliiga (Maple League) title so far in 2011, when they beat Seinäjoki Crocodiles on Sonera Stadium in a close match by a score of 30–27.

The team participates in Women's Finnish Championship Series (Maple League) and has recently won 4 consecutive titles in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.