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National Post
20 hours ago
- Business
- National Post
What to expect for the Ottawa Charge ahead of PWHL expansion
Article content Looming over the Ottawa Charge playoff run, even with the opportunity to capture the Walter Cup hanging in the balance, was the knowledge that the team was playing its final hockey together. Article content Article content The PWHL's foray into Seattle and Vancouver, just two years after the league's inception, hung in the minds of Charge players as they battled for a championship. Article content As close-knit as the team became, Ottawa — just like the five other PWHL franchises — will surrender four players between the two new teams' exclusive free-agent signing window and the expansion draft. Those two processes will give Seattle and Vancouver 12-player rosters ahead of the annual draft later in the month. Article content For Ottawa's part, it will have the limited ability to defend itself by protecting just three players before the signing window, followed by one more protection once they have lost two players between the signing window and the expansion draft. Article content That means losing more than just depth players, but frontline contributors to the club's surprising finals run. Meanwhile, the league's newest members will enter next season with fully stocked cupboards and real championship ambitions. Article content Article content Ottawa will make its three-player protection list public at noon on Tuesday. From there, Seattle and Vancouver will open their exclusive signing window starting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday until 5 p.m. on June 8, in which they can sign up to five players each. Article content Free agents are ineligible to be protected by their teams, making them available for contract signings with the league's West Coast franchises and eventually the rest of the league should they remain unsigned. Article content The signing window introduces an interesting wrinkle compared to the expansion processes typical of the NHL. That's because for every player that Seattle and Vancouver sign in their exclusive window, it also means one less player that they can pick up in the expansion draft on June 9. Article content Article content
CBC
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBC
N.B. player part of Walter Cup-winning PWHL team
Social Sharing New Brunswick hockey player Marlene Boissonault never believed she'd be hoisting "something equivalent" to the Stanley Cup. "I'm thrilled. It's a very unique feeling," she said. "Right now, it's just about enjoying the moment." Boissonault was called up to the Professional Women's Hockey League's Minnesota Frost around two months ago. On Monday, the Frost won its second back-to-back Walter Cup, beating out the Ottawa Charge 2-1 in overtime of Game 4. "There was a very strong purpose for the entire team to make sure that we proved the point," she said. "We call it Minnesota against the world." WATCH | 'It's one of those things where, as a kid, you never even dreamed of': N.B hockey player celebrates PWHL championship 1 day ago Duration 4:28 Boissonault, originally from Dundee, N.B., is third goaltender for the Frost so she didn't play in the playoffs, but she practiced with the team and was on the ice for the presentation of the coveted Walter Cup. Last season, Boissonault was Montreal's third goaltender, but didn't make the team this season out of training camp. But she kept training and after the trade deadline, when Minnesota's third goaltender was claimed by another team, the opportunity arose for her to join the Frost. The PWHL, which had its first game in January 2024, is expanding with new teams debuting in Seattle and Vancouver next season. Each existing team will lose four players through expansion. "Nobody in the league is really kind of guaranteed a spot next year yet, in terms of on the same teams, with the two expansions that we have," Boissonault said. "So everybody has a unique goal that they're going to be, you know, forging here in the summer. "Everybody obviously wants a spot for next year to be able to continue having those dreams and for me, myself, I'm included in that pack." Boissonault said she's happy women's hockey is finally getting the traction it deserves — not only when it comes to the live broadcasts, but also at the grassroots level. "You have young girls that come up to us and want autographs and photos, and now they say they want to play in the PWHL one day," she said.
Toronto Star
4 days ago
- Sport
- Toronto Star
Rooney, Schepers, Philips named PWHL's three stars of the week
TORONTO - Ottawa Charge goaltender Gwyneth Philips, Minnesota Frost goaltender Maddie Rooney and forward Liz Schepers have been named the PWHL's three stars of the week. Philips capped her standout rookie campaign with 36 saves in a 2–1 overtime loss in Game 4 of the Walter Cup final on Monday, earning the Ilana Kloss Playoff MVP award despite the Charge dropping the best-of-five series.
Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Rooney, Schepers, Philips named PWHL's three stars of the week
TORONTO – Ottawa Charge goaltender Gwyneth Philips, Minnesota Frost goaltender Maddie Rooney and forward Liz Schepers have been named the PWHL's three stars of the week. Philips capped her standout rookie campaign with 36 saves in a 2–1 overtime loss in Game 4 of the Walter Cup final on Monday, earning the Ilana Kloss Playoff MVP award despite the Charge dropping the best-of-five series. She led all post-season goaltenders with a 1.23 goals-against average and a .952 save percentage, following a regular season where she posted a 2.11 GAA and .919 save percentage. The 24-year-old started the season as Emerance Maschmeyer's backup before the latter went down with a lower-body injury in mid-March. Rooney was stellar on the other side, making 33 saves in Minnesota's title-clinching win to finish the playoffs undefeated at 5–0. She turned aside 30 or more shots in three straight games for the first time in her career, closing the post-season with a 1.75 GAA and .932 save percentage — both third among playoff goalies. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Schepers scored the overtime winner on Monday to secure a second straight Walter Cup for the Frost. The 26-year-old's goal was her only point of the playoffs and came on her lone shot in Game 4. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 30, 2025.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Minnesota Frost repeat as PWHL champions
Minnesota Frost fans in for some big fun at the X for Game 3 The Minnesota Frost beat the Ottawa Charge in Game 2 of the PWHL championships on the road Thursday, and now they get to come home for Game 3 at the Xcel Energy Center on Saturday.
