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The arrival of the Vancouver Goldeneyes marks a new era for women’s professional hockey on Canada’s West Coast. Built on speed, skill and balance, the team is already shaping its identity. General Manager Cara Gardner Morey and Head Coach Brian Idalski...
In two short seasons, the Toronto Sceptres have asserted themselves as perennial contenders with two standout regular season finishes with winning percentages above .500. Unfortunately, Toronto’s regular-season success has not yet carried over into th...
Seattle’s new PWHL team arrived in dramatic fashion this summer: a fast, focused construction of a roster blending household names with high-caliber rookies, and a front office intent on culture and competitiveness in equal measure. General manager Meg...
At the end of the 2024-25 season, the Boston Fleet found themselves in a tight race against the Ottawa Charge and Minnesota Frost for the final two playoff spots. Though all three teams tied with 44 points, the tiebreaker meant that the Fleet, who lost...
The Minnesota Frost are back-to-back Walter Cup champions and the only champions in PWHL history. That’s an absurd statement when you take into account the competitive balance in the PWHL and the fact that Minnesota entered both playoff runs in the fou...
The Montréal Victoire set the standard for the PWHL during the 2024-25 regular season, finishing at the top of the league with 53 points. They were the team to beat at the start of the playoffs and had their choice of Ottawa or Minnesota in the first r...
After two consecutive seasons just outside the playoff picture, the New York Sirens are entering 2025–26 with a brand-new look. The organization made sweeping changes over the offseason, from expansion-related roster moves to draft-day acquisitions, al...
Renata Fast’s 22 points shared the league lead among defenders, earning her the 2025 Defender of the Year Award. This season, she will be joined on the blue line by Ella Shelton, a 2024 Defender of the Year Finalist and the highest-scoring defender in ...
No team increased their regulation win total by more than the Ottawa Charge, going from eight during the inaugural season to 12 in the 2024-25 campaign while surging all the way into the PWHL Finals. 2024-25 was a truly electric season for the Charge. ...
Sarah Fillier’s 29 points, 13 goals and 16 assists for the New York Sirens all set PWHL rookie records during the 2024-25 season; she will be joined this season by 2025 PWHL Draft top picks Kristýna Kaltounková (No. 1) and Casey O'Brien (No. 3). The Si...
The Montréal Victoire had more individual award winners than any other PWHL team in 2024-25 led by Forward of the Year and MVP Marie-Philip Poulin, Goaltender of the Year Ann-Renée Desbiens, “hockey for all” award recipient Laura Stacey, and Coach of t...
The Minnesota Frost are returning nine players crowned two-time Walter Cup champions to the 2025-26 roster: captain Kendall Coyne Schofield, alternate captains Kelly Pannek and Lee Stecklein, forwards Claire Butorac, Taylor Heise and Grace Zumwinkle, d...
Aerin Frankel led all PWHL Goaltenders with 23 games played, 1342 minutes played, 642 shots faced and 591 savesOne of the most prolific goaltenders in the sport, Aerin Frankel has been the Fleet's primary backstop since the PWHL's arrival. No other net...
The arrival of the Vancouver Goldeneyes marks a new era for women’s professional hockey on Canada’s West Coast. Built on speed, skill and balance, the team is already shaping its identity. General Manager Cara Gardner Morey and Head Coach Brian Idalski...
In two short seasons, the Toronto Sceptres have asserted themselves as perennial contenders with two standout regular season finishes with winning percentages above .500. Unfortunately, Toronto’s regular-season success has not yet carried over into th...
Seattle’s new PWHL team arrived in dramatic fashion this summer: a fast, focused construction of a roster blending household names with high-caliber rookies, and a front office intent on culture and competitiveness in equal measure. General manager Meg...
The Ottawa Charge’s 2025 playoff run was the stuff of storybooks and can serve as an encouraging launch pad for the upcoming season. The underdog group clinched its postseason berth on the final day of the season, then put the league on notice when th...
After two consecutive seasons just outside the playoff picture, the New York Sirens are entering 2025–26 with a brand-new look. The organization made sweeping changes over the offseason, from expansion-related roster moves to draft-day acquisitions, al...
The Montréal Victoire set the standard for the PWHL during the 2024-25 regular season, finishing at the top of the league with 53 points. They were the team to beat at the start of the playoffs and had their choice of Ottawa or Minnesota in the first r...
The Minnesota Frost are back-to-back Walter Cup champions and the only champions in PWHL history. That’s an absurd statement when you take into account the competitive balance in the PWHL and the fact that Minnesota entered both playoff runs in the fou...
At the end of the 2024-25 season, the Boston Fleet found themselves in a tight race against the Ottawa Charge and Minnesota Frost for the final two playoff spots. Though all three teams tied with 44 points, the tiebreaker meant that the Fleet, who lost...
