PWHL fans will get more games and a bigger playoff race in 2026-27, as the league’s fourth season expands to 12 teams and a record 180 regular-season games. The schedule runs from Saturday, Dec. 5 through Sunday, April 18, with new Eastern and Western Conferences and eight postseason spots at stake.
A new road to the Walter Cup
Each team will play 30 regular-season games, including 18 within its conference and 12 against the other conference. The league says every team will visit a primary or secondary home venue in all 12 markets at least once, giving fans the opportunity to see all teams.
- Eastern Conference: Boston Fleet, PWHL Hamilton, Montréal Victoire, New York Sirens, Ottawa Charge and Toronto Sceptres.
- Western Conference: PWHL Detroit, PWHL Las Vegas, Minnesota Frost, PWHL San Jose, Seattle Torrent and Vancouver Goldeneyes.
The top four teams in each conference will qualify for the Walter Cup playoffs, doubling the field from the league’s first three postseasons. Four best-of-three first-round series will lead into best-of-five conference finals and the best-of-five PWHL Walter Cup Finals presented by Scotiabank.
The first-place team in each conference will choose its opening-round opponent from the third- and fourth-place teams in its conference.
“The introduction of conferences and an expanded playoff format will deepen rivalries and fuel the competitiveness that makes PWHL action so exciting from the very first puck drop until the Walter Cup is raised.”
Jayna Hefford, PWHL Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations
Where fans can watch
U.S. national coverage includes 19 Saturday broadcasts, highlighted by the ION Game of the Week plus PWHL All-Star on ION.
In Canada, TSN will carry 55 games and Sportsnet 30, while Prime Video will have 20 games on exclusive Tuesdays. CBC will carry 26 Saturday games, including eight in primetime through Hockey Night in Canada.
All 30 Montréal Victoire games will be broadcast in French: 18 on RDS, six on Radio-Canada through ICI TÉLÉ and ICI TOU.TV, and six on Prime Video. New Victoire audio coverage will also be available through ICI PREMIÈRE and Radio-Canada OHdio.
All 180 regular-season games will be available globally on the PWHL’s YouTube channel and thepwhl.com. In Canada, those platforms will carry games when they are not being shown by a national media partner. Additional network coverage, including regional over-the-air partnerships, will be announced before the season.
Planning a trip to the rink
The PWHL Takeover Tour returns for a third straight season, growing from 16 to 24 games. Each team will play four Tour games, with those locations currently marked TBD on the schedule. Non-primary venue games are also listed as TBD and will be announced locally in the coming weeks.
The schedule includes 49 Saturday games and 39 Sunday games. All teams will take a one-week break around the debut of PWHL All-Star on March 7, 2027, at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, with coverage on ION, TSN and Radio-Canada.
Flex Packs go on sale beginning at noon local time in all 12 markets. Season Ticket Memberships and Half Packs are also available where offered, while single-game tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. in each host market. Ticket information is available at thepwhl.com/tickets.
Source: official PWHL release.
Source: thepwhl.com
