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

The Frost have the championship experience in returning to the finals after a four-game semifinal series win over Toronto. The Charge, who knocked off regular-season champion Montreal in four games, are playoff newcomers after missing the postseason in the PWHL’s inaugural season last year.

When the PWHL announced Seattle as the second city in its first wave of expansion (one week after announcing Pacific Northwest neighbor Vancouver), the decision felt less like a surprise and more like a long-awaited inevitability.

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.