See Her Be Her

From NCAA history-maker to one of the PWHL’s most dangerous scorers, Toronto Sceptres forward Daryl Watts led her team in goals and points last season after building a résumé that includes an Isobel Cup title, an NCAA championship-winning OT goal, and becoming the first freshman ever to win the Patty Kazmaier Award.

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Finalists for the 2026 PWHL Player of the Year awards have officially been announced! The league has named its top three goaltenders, forwards, and defenders following a standout season across all positions. Winners will be announced at the league’s 2025-26 Awards Ceremony, on June 16 in Detroit.

The PWHL is going BIG next season!

Four expansion teams are officially joining the league for 2026-27: Hamilton, Detroit, Las Vegas and San Jose.

That brings the league to 12 teams just 3 seasons after it’s launch. Detroit gets Hockeytown back in the spotlight, Hamilton finally lands a pro women’s team of its own, Vegas adds another major league franchise to its sports empire, and San Jose gives the PWHL a huge foothold in California and the Bay Area.

The growth of this league has been unreal to watch!

Grace Zumwinkle has continued her rise as one of the PWHL’s top forwards,tiied for third in PWHL with 13 goals after becoming the first-ever PWHL Rookie of the Year in 2024 and earning All-Rookie Team honors. An Olympic gold medalist with Team USA in Milan and silver medalist in 2022, Zumwinkle is also a three-time IIHF Women’s World Championship silver medalist. Before turning pro, she recorded 209 points (109G, 100A) at the University of Minnesota, where she finished third all-time in goals and tied for second in game-winning goals while earning four All-WCHA selections and three All-Academic Team honors. When her sister Emily debuted for the Torrent last month, they became the first set of sisters to play in the PWHL.

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Your 2026 Walter Cup champions: Montréal Victoire 🏆

Montréal finished atop the regular season standings, built around one of the league’s stingiest defensive records and strong goaltending from Ann-Renée Desbiens. They carried that identity into the playoffs, winning a hard semifinal series against the two-time defending champion Minnesota Frost, a physical opponent, before taking the Walter Cup behind structured play, depth scoring, and timely special teams ex*****on in the Finals.

Montréal opened the Walter Cup Finals with a dramatic 3-2 overtime win in Game 1, followed it up with another win at home to take a 2-0 series lead, then responded after the Ottawa Charge pushed the series to a fourth game with a dominant 4-0 shutout victory to secure the franchise’s first Walter Cup title.

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Take up space. Stay loud.

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Veteran Scepter forward Emma Maltais made her mark out of the gates earning PWHL Rookie of the Year finalist honors in 2024 and a spot on the league’s All-Rookie Team.

An Olympic gold medalist with Team Canada (2022) and silver medalist in 2026, she’s also a four-time IIHF Women’s World Championship medalist. Before turning pro, Maltais rewrote the record books at Ohio State, finishing as the program’s all-time leader in points (206) and assists (140), highlighted by a single-season scoring record in her junior year. She was a two-time Patty Kazmaier Award Top 10 finalist and WCHA Rookie of the Year in 2017–18.

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After a hard-fought semifinal round, Montréal and Ottawa are set for a championship showdown for the Walter Cup.

The first-seed Montréal Victoire hosts the fourth-seed Ottawa Charge in Game 1 tonight at 7 p.m. ET at Place Bell. The best-of-five series marks the first all-Canadian Final in PWHL history.

Who’s taking it all? ⚡️

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Kelsie Whitmore keeps raising the bar. From making history in the Atlantic League to being the top WPBL draft pick, she’s proving baseball belongs to everyone.

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