According to various reports, the PWHL's first ever expansion franchise will be announced next week. That team, as reports state, will be heading to Vancouver, British Columbia.

Vancouver's The Province was the first to report that an expansion team is heading to the city. According to a press announcement by PR firm LBMG, a press conference involving local government and "key stakeholders" is scheduled for next Wednesday in Vancouver.

The Province also reported that the new Vancouver franchise is likely to play at the Pacific Coliseum.

Opened in 1968, the historic Pacific Coliseum was the original home for the NHL's Vancouver Canucks until 1995 when the team moved to the new Rogers Arena.

The PWHL visited Vancouver this year as part of their PWHL Takeover Tour playing in front of a sold out crowd of 19,038 at Rogers Arena. It was the top attended game at Rogers Arena this season, exceeding home attendance for the NHL's Vancouver Canucks as well.

Vancouver was home to a professio

SAINT PAUL, MN (March 30, 2025) – Taylor Heise scored Minnesota’s first and fifth goals in a 5-2 victory over Toronto in front of a season-high crowd of 9,536 at Xcel Energy Center on Sunday afternoon. The win ended the Frost’s three-game losing streak, while the loss ended the Sceptres’ three-game winning streak and five-game point streak. The three points from today’s win moves Minnesota back into fourth place in the PWHL standings - two points ahead of Ottawa, while Toronto remains in second place – three points behind Montréal. Scoring started early in the first period with Heise finding the back of the net at 1:01, followed quickly by Britta Curl-Salemme at 1:43 for the fastest two goals to open a game in PWHL history. The Frost increased their lead to 3-0 at 3:55 in the second frame on a goal by Sophie Jaques, then Liz Schepers made it 4-0 at 17:53. Toronto showed offensive life in the third period with Kali Flanagan putting the Sceptres on the board at 3:32, then Daryl Watts cut

ST. LOUIS, MO (March 29, 2025) - Tereza Vanišová’s two goals within 32 seconds late in the third period powered the Ottawa Charge past the Boston Fleet on Saturday afternoon during the final stop of the PWHL Takeover Tour™ at Enterprise Center in St. Louis. Ottawa leapfrogs Minnesota to take hold of the fourth and final playoff spot for the first time in nearly two months, as the playoff race continues with four games left for all six PWHL teams on the season. Boston took an early lead at 8:24 in the first period as Susanna Tapani capitalized off an Ottawa turnover to open the scoring. The game remained scoreless through the second period and the majority of the third period as Boston hung onto their one-goal lead. With four minutes remaining in the game, as Ottawa sought to swing the momentum in their favor, Vanišová found the equalizer to breathe life into the Charge bench, before burying the game winner just 32 seconds later on the power play. Gwyneth Philips earned her fifth career

SAINT PAUL, MN (March 26, 2025) – Powered by Laura Stacey’s four-point night, the Montréal Victoire become the first team to clinch a berth in the PWHL Playoffs with a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Frost on Wednesday night at Xcel Energy Center. Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin opened the scoring with an assist from Stacey six minutes into the first period to give Montréal the lead heading into the first intermission. For the second straight game against Minnesota, Stacey found the twine within the first 30 seconds of the second period, this time just 24 seconds into the frame, to double Montréal’s lead. Minnesota responded less than three minutes later with a goal from Kelly Pannek to cut the deficit in half after two periods of play. Eight minutes into the final frame, Poulin scored her second goal of the game from Stacey, and Stacey added an insurance marker on the power play at 14:40 to cap the night’s offense. Elaine Chuli earned her fourth win of the season between the pipes for

BOSTON, MA (March 26, 2025) - The Toronto Sceptres rallied with four goals in the third period–– including three in just over six minutes–– to complete a comeback victory over the Boston Fleet at a sold out Agganis Arena on Wednesday evening. Daryl Watts led the way for Toronto with two goals in the period, while Renata Fast scored the game-winner for the Sceptres. Hilary Knight scored both goals for the Fleet, with Alina Müller and Susanna Tapani picking up the assists on both tallies.

Knight’s first goal opened the scoring late in the first period, and Boston maintained its one-goal lead until the third frame. At 4:07, Watts collected her first of the night, tying the game at one. Less than two minutes later, Hayley Scamurra put Toronto ahead 2-1 with her first goal of the season. Continuing the momentum, Fast gave the Sceptres a two-goal lead at 10:16 with what would be the eventual game-winner.

Knight scored her 15th of the season for Boston’s final goal of the game to cut Tor

OTTAWA, ON (March 25, 2025) – The New York Sirens scored six unanswered goals in the third period, erasing a three-goal deficit, to earn a dominant 6-3 win over the Ottawa Charge at TD Place on Tuesday night. The Charge gained momentum early in the game with a shorthanded ‘jailbreak’ goal from Rebecca Leslie, followed by goals from Emily Clark and captain Brianne Jenner to put Ottawa up by three after two periods of play. However, the game was far from over as New York opened the floodgates in the third period to stifle Ottawa’s momentum. Jessie Eldridge put her team on the board 1:25 into the final frame, then Sarah Fillier found the twine on the power play to cut the Sirens’ deficit to 3-2. Jade Downie-Landry then scored a pair of goals less than four minutes apart to give the Sirens their first lead of the game, silencing the Ottawa crowd of 5,707. FIllier added to New York’s tally with her second of the night to extend the Sirens’ lead to two, and Alex Carpenter sealed the win for

LAVAL, QC (March 23, 2025) – The Toronto Sceptres held on for a 2-1 win against the Montréal Victoire on Sunday afternoon in front of a sold-out crowd of 10,172 at Place Bell. Kristen Campbell stole the show for the Sceptres with a season-high 32 saves, including 17 in the second period, backstopping her team to consecutive victories over their Canadian rivals after the Victoire won the first four meetings of the season. The win extends Toronto’s point streak to four games during the month of March and boosts the Sceptres ahead of Boston and into second-place in the PWHL standings, just three points behind Montréal with five games remaining. The Victoire entered the game with an opportunity to clinch a playoff berth with a regulation win but suffered a season-high third straight loss. Both Toronto goals were scored in the second period with Jesse Compher lighting the lamp for the fifth time in six games against the Victoire just 52 seconds into the middle frame, followed by a Natalie S

NEWARK, NJ (March 22, 2025) – Tereza Vanišová led the Ottawa Charge to a 5-2 victory over the New York Sirens with her second hat trick of the season on Saturday afternoon before a season-high crowd of 4,767 at Prudential Center. The win was Ottawa’s third in as many games this season in New York and the first of two games in four days between the teams. Charge captain Brianne Jenner opened the scoring on the power play with less than five minutes remaining in the first period to give Ottawa the lead. The Sirens responded midway through the second period with a power play marker of their own from Ella Shelton to knot the game at one. Vanišová then found the back of the net twice within a span of 2:18 to extend Ottawa’s lead to two after two periods of play. Abby Roque put her team back within one with the league’s first-ever ‘Michigan-style’ highlight-reel goal to start the third period, but Vanišová snuffed New York’s momentum with her third of the night just 1:52 later. Emily Clark t

TORONTO (March 19, 2025) – Daryl Watts’ two-goal performance lifted Toronto to a 2-1 win over New York on Wednesday night at a sold-out Coca-Cola Coliseum. The low-scoring game also featured an incredible goalie battle between Toronto netminder Kristen Campbell and New York’s Corinne Schroeder, who each made 27 saves.  Late in the first period, Watts opened the scoring with an unassisted goal from the high slot, giving the Sceptres a momentum boost going into the first intermission. At 1:20 in the second frame, Watts got her second goal of the evening with a shot from the point after a give-and-go play from Anna Kjellbin, who was making her Sceptres debut. Alex Carpenter cut Toronto’s lead in half with a tally from in tight at 10:39 of the second frame. The third period remained scoreless, and, with the 2-1 victory, the Sceptres extended their point streak to three games–– and their home point streak, which began on Jan. 25, to seven. The Sirens are now winless in five straight games o

LOWELL, MA (March 18, 2025) – Susanna Tapani scored a goal and an assist in regulation and netted the winning goal in the sixth round of the shootout to lead Boston to a 3-2 victory over Montréal on Tuesday night at the Tsongas Center. The victory places the Fleet five points behind the Victoire at the top of the league standings with back-to-back wins as part of a nine-game point streak. Boston captain Hilary Knight also had a multi-point performance, opening the scoring with a power play goal at 19:08 of the first period. Amanda Boulier responded at 6:08 of the second period with her first goal of the season and first of a two-point game for Montréal. Tapani gave Boston their second lead of the game at 11:47 until Anna Wilgren capitalized on a Victoire power play at 16:44 to knot the score 2-2. The shootout featured five goals on 12 total attempts with Tapani, Knight, and Alina Müller scoring for Boston, and Erin Ambrose and Marie-Philip Poulin scoring for Montréal. Emma Söderberg re

OTTAWA, ON (March 15, 2025) – Hilary Knight led the Boston Fleet to a 5-2 victory over the Ottawa Charge with a three-point performance on Saturday afternoon at a sold-out TD Place. The win moved Boston into second place in league standings with 38 points, while the Charge remain five points back from the fourth and final playoff position. After a scoreless first period, Alina Müller opened the scoring midway through the second, with Knight earning her first assist of the afternoon and Shay Maloney picking up the secondary assist. At 19:59, Tereza Vanišová scored the PWHL’s latest goal in a regulation period, tying the game at one going into the third frame.

Boston’s season-high four goals in the third period came consecutively, starting at 2:42 with Theresa Schafzahl's goal, which gave the Fleet their second lead of the game. The Fleet’s next two goals came from Knight and Jill Saulnier, with each player earning the only assist on the other’s tally, giving Boston a commanding 4-1 l