{"id":8123,"date":"2025-05-01T15:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/8123\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T15:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:11:16","slug":"pwhl-announces-seattle-expansion-to-join-new-vancouver-club-on-west-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/8123\/","title":{"rendered":"PWHL announces Seattle expansion to join new Vancouver club on West Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Vancouver\u2019s professional women\u2019s hockey team plays its first game next fall, they will have some regional competition.<\/p>\n

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The Professional Women\u2019s Hockey League (PWHL) announced its second expansion team on Wednesday, which will play in Seattle.<\/p>\n

The new team, dubbed simply PWHL<\/a> Seattle for the time being, will share the Climate Pledge Arena with the NHL\u2019s Seattle Kraken.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe opportunity to start a new chapter of women\u2019s hockey in the Pacific Northwest, combined with calling the world-class Climate Pledge Arena home has so much meaning for our league,\u201d said PWHL executive vice president of Business Operaitons Amy Scheer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Kraken already have been unbelievably supportive, and it\u2019s a joy to have PWHL Seattle join the WNBA\u2019s Storm and the NWSL\u2019s Reign, who are skyscrapers in the city\u2019s towering sports landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As is fitting for a city nicknamed the Emerald City, the team\u2019s colours will be emerald green and cream.<\/p>\n

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The new team will join the league\u2019s single-entity ownership structure under The Walter Group.<\/p>\n

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It comes a week after the PWHL announced Vancouver would be its first expansion team, playing out of the Pacific Coliseum at the PNE, and sets up the foundation for an entertaining Pacific rivalry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen\u2019s teams from Seattle and Vancouver played against each other as early as 1921 and, given the proximity of our two newest cities \u2013 Vancouver is barely 140 miles away \u2013 I cannot wait for the first game in what I\u2019m sure will be one of our fiercest rivalries,\u201d said PWHL executive vice-presient of hockey operations Jayna Hefford.<\/p>\n

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The league says details of the expansion draft to build the two new clubs\u2019 rosters, and how they will integrate into the 2025 PWHL Draft, will be released in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

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Seattle\u2019s bid was led by the Oak View Group, which developed and operated the Climate Pledge Arena, and the Seattle Kraken.<\/p>\n

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The PWHL cited the city\u2019s facilities, active women\u2019s sports fanbase and strong turnout to January\u2019s PWHL Takeover Tour game, which drew 12,608 fans, as central to the successful bid.<\/p>\n

The 2025\/2026 season schedule, which will offer more details of how the league manages time zone and travel challenges created by having a pair of west coast teams alongside its original six eastern teams will be released in the late summer.<\/p>\n

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