Saturday, January 3, 2026 | 2 p.m. ET | TD Coliseum - Hamilton
WATCH LIVE: CBC, CBC Gem, cbc.ca, FOX 13+, PWHL YouTube & thepwhl.com (U.S. / International), More
Daniella Ponticelli (Play-by-Play), Becky Kellar (Analyst), Rob Pizzo (Reporter);
Andi Petrillo (CBC Studio Host), Hailey Salvian (CBC Studio Analyst), Saroya Tinker (CBC Studio Analyst)
SEATTLE TORRENT
3-0-1-3 | 10 PTS | 6TH PLACE
Top Scorer: Julia Gosling – 7 GP, 4-3-7 PTS
Last Game: 4-3 L at NY (in Dallas) on Dec. 28
TORONTO SCEPTRES
4-0-2-3 | 14 PTS | 4TH PLACE
Top Scorer: Daryl Watts – 8 GP, 4-2-6 PTS
Last Game: 5-1 L vs. MIN on Dec. 30
2025-26 HEAD-TO-HEAD SEASON SERIES:
Jan. 3 at TOR (HAMILTON) | Jan. 20 at SEA | Feb. 27 at SEA | Mar. 15 at TOR
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
This is the first-ever PWHL game in Hamilton and the second straight Takeover Tour game for Seattle after playing last Sunday in Dallas. This is the fourth Takeover Tour game for Toronto, and all four have been in Canada (Vancouver and Edmonton last season, Halifax on Dec. 17).
The Torrent and Sceptres meet for the first time since Seattle joined the PWHL this season. The Sceptres are the final team the Torrent have yet to play. Seattle is 1-0-1-1 against Canadian teams this season, with the overtime loss coming in Vancouver in their only other game played north of the border on Nov. 21.
The Torrent lost to the Sirens, 4-3, in Dallas and have just one point in their two road games this season (OTL at Vancouver). The Torrent and Goldeneyes are the only PWHL teams without a road win this season.
Hilary Knight tallied her sixth assist of the season on Sunday against New York, second most in the league (Britta Curl-Salemme has 7A). The Torrent captain leads the PWHL with 20 assists since the beginning of last season.
Knight was named to the U.S. Olympic roster for the fifth time in her illustrious career and will be joined in Milano Cortina by teammates Cayla Barnes and Alex Carpenter for their third Winter Games and Hannah Bilka in her Olympic debut.
Two of Seattle’s six Ontario-born players scored their first goals of the season Sunday, including St. Thomas native Lexie Adzija and Brampton’s Mikyla Grant-Mentis who is expecting 45 friends and family in attendance today. Bradford’s Hannah Murphy made 37 saves Sunday and will have 20 family and friends in town for her first PWHL game in the province.
The Torrent have a trio of former Sceptres including top scorer Julia Gosling (London) and defender Megan Carter (Milton). Both were picked by Toronto in the first two rounds of the 2024 draft, then selected by Seattle in the Expansion Draft. The pair will have a lot of support in the crowd, with groups of 15 and 32 respectively. Goaltender Carly ‘CJ’ Jackson was a member of Toronto for the team’s first two seasons.
The Sceptres have alternated wins and losses in their last five games after a 5-1 loss to the Frost on Tuesday. It was their most goals allowed this season and matched the largest loss in team history (the other two times were in January 2024 vs. New York (4-0) and vs. Ottawa (5-1).
Including the Takeover Tour in Halifax, Toronto has lost three straight games as the home team. The only other time they lost three in a row at home was their first three games at Mattamy Athletic Centre to open the inaugural season.
Daryl Watts owns a three-game goal streak, tied for the longest goal streak by any PWHL player this season (with Abby Newhook). It is tied for the longest goal streak in Sceptres history with Natalie Spooner, who had two three-game streaks in the 2024 season. Watts became the second player in PWHL history to reach 50 career points with her goal on Tuesday. Carpenter and Kendall Coyne Schofield are on the brink of the milestone with 49 career points each.
Raygan Kirk stopped all seven shots faced in third period relief on Tuesday. She’s faced 30 or more shots in three of her first five starts of the season, tied for second behind Ottawa’s Gwyneth Philips with five such games in eight starts.
Renata Fast, who contributed an assist on Tuesday in her return from a three-game absence to injury, was born in Hamilton and calls nearby Burlington home. Growing up, she spent a lot of time in Hamilton visiting her grandparents. The Sceptres have two more Burlington natives, including forwards Emma Maltais and Lauren Messier.
Several Sceptres have minor hockey ties to Hamilton and the nearby areas, including goaltender Elaine Chuli and Messier who played in Stoney Creek. Fast and Maltais were part of the Burlington Barracudas, with the latter also representing the Eagles at a younger age.
Today is Jess Kondas’ 26th birthday. The defender made her PWHL debut just over a year ago (Dec. 27, 2024) and scored a goal on her first career shot.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“It’s always special to play close to home in front of friends and family who helped me get to where I am today. Growing up playing and coaching for the Stoney Creek Girls Hockey Association, I know how strong the hockey community is in the Hamilton area and it’s awesome to see them rewarded with a PWHL game. I’m excited for young players to have this experience in their own backyard and envision themselves playing in this league one day.” – Torrent defender Megan Carter
“I’m so pumped to play in Hamilton! It’s super cool to play so close to home and in a city so hungry for hockey. The updated TD Coliseum looks sweet, and I can’t wait to take on the Seattle Torrent for the first time on Saturday. We’re looking to come out strong and kick some butt for the crowd and hope to welcome a lot of our Sceptres fans and some from further outside of the GTA – a similar, but different, home crowd.” – Sceptres forward Emma Maltais
SATURDAY’S GAME: The Seattle Torrent and Toronto Sceptres bring PWHL action to Hamilton as part of the DoorDash PWHL Takeover Tour™. Hamilton is one of seven new cities on this season’s Takeover Tour along with Calgary, Chicago, Dallas, Halifax, Washington, D.C. and Winnipeg. TD Coliseum becomes the 30th venue to host a PWHL game all-time, and today’s contest is the first hockey game played here since the completion of the venue’s $300 million renovation. The venue, originally known as Copps Coliseum, hosted a pre-Olympic exhibition called the TSN Challenge between the Canadian National Women’s Team and the U.S. back on November 30, 2001. A crowd of 8,566 fans watched the Americans win 1-0, with Canada going on to win its first Olympic gold in Salt Lake City at the 2002 Winter Games. Coached by current Montréal Victoire GM and recent Hockey Hall of Fame inductee, Danièle Sauvageau, the Canadian team featured Jayna Hefford (PWHL EVP of Hockey Operations), Cassie Campbell-Pascall (PWHL Special Advisor), Vicky Sunohara (Scepters Coach Consultant), Caroline Ouellette (Victoire Assistant Coach), Kim St-Pierre (Victoire Director of Business Operations), and PWHL broadcast analysts Becky Kellar and Cheryl Pounder. The PWHL has partnered with local nonprofits including KidSport Hamilton, the Hamilton Girls Hockey Association, Ancaster Avalanche Girls Hockey Association, Flamborough Girls Hockey Association, Stoney Creek Sabres Girls Hockey Association, and Girls Who Can – City of Hamilton Recreation for today’s game to promote gender equity and empower the next generation of female leaders by offering access to live women's sports experiences. Hamilton’s pro sports scene will be represented at today’s game with members of the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger Cats and CPL’s Forge FC expected to be in attendance. This is also the first time in PWHL history that two Takeover Tour games will occur on the same day, with Boston and Vancouver battling in Detroit tonight.