The PWHL announced the expansion of the league from six to eight teams for the 2025-2026 season. The momentous announcement is a huge step for professional wome

After a couple of exhilarating semifinal series, two teams remain in the 2025 PWHL Playoffs, as the reigning champion Minnesota Frost and Ottawa Charge get set to duke it out for the Walter Cup.

It’s not like you weren’t warned. The outrage at the PWHL expansion draft plans is coming through at the highest of decibels right now. On the one hand, it’s expected. Teams that have spent the better part of two seasons building up their teams to compete for a Walter Cup are now being told everyone on their roster save their top three choices to protect is now free for the expansion teams in Vancouver and Seattle to scoop up and call their own immediately.

The Professional Women's Hockey League's newest expansion teams in Vancouver and Seattle will get their start on building their rosters June 4.

Toronto Sceptres head coach Troy Ryan says being unhappy with the result shouldn't mean being unhappy with where the team is headed. The Sceptres fell 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday to lose its best-of-five semifinal against the defending Walter Cup champion Minnesota Frost in four games.

The PWHL features the best players in the world. This year, the incoming draft class pushed some of the inaugural cohort to Europe to play bigger minutes, re-find their scoring, or to continue to develop.