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PWHL teams 2026-27: all 12 teams, arenas, coaches and Walter Cup history

By Étienne ParadisEditor, guides Fact-checked by Catherine Dubé Updated

The PWHL starts its fourth season on December 5, 2026 with 12 teams, up from eight last season. Four clubs are brand new: PWHL Detroit, PWHL Hamilton, PWHL Las Vegas and PWHL San Jose. For the first time the league is split into two conferences, and four of the eight returning teams changed head coach over the summer.

Here is every team for 2026-27: where it plays, who runs the bench, when it joined and what it has won. The Montréal Victoire come first, because they are the champions and because this is a Montréal site. For the full season calendar and the points table, see our PWHL standings and schedule page.

All 12 PWHL teams at a glance

Team Conference City Home arena Head coach First season
Montréal Victoire Eastern Laval, Que. Place Bell Kori Cheverie 2024
Boston Fleet Eastern Boston, Mass. Agganis Arena François Méthot 2024
PWHL Hamilton Eastern Hamilton, Ont. TD Coliseum Kris Sparre 2026-27
New York Sirens Eastern Newark, N.J. Prudential Center Greg Fargo 2024
Ottawa Charge Eastern Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Tire Centre Carla MacLeod 2024
Toronto Sceptres Eastern Toronto, Ont. Coca-Cola Coliseum Pascal Rhéaume 2024
PWHL Detroit Western Detroit, Mich. Little Caesars Arena Josh Sciba 2026-27
PWHL Las Vegas Western Las Vegas, Nev. T-Mobile Arena Kim Weiss 2026-27
Minnesota Frost Western St. Paul, Minn. Grand Casino Arena Ken Klee 2024
PWHL San Jose Western San Jose, Calif. SAP Center Troy Ryan 2026-27
Seattle Torrent Western Seattle, Wash. Climate Pledge Arena Christine Bumstead 2025-26
Vancouver Goldeneyes Western Vancouver, B.C. Pacific Coliseum Cara Gardner Morey 2025-26

Arenas are the venues listed for each team's 2026-27 home opener. Every team also plays some games away from its own rink on the league's Takeover Tour, four per team this season.

Montréal Victoire

  • Arena: Place Bell, Laval, also home to the AHL's Laval Rocket.
  • Head coach: Kori Cheverie, from New Glasgow, N.S., the first woman to coach a team to the Walter Cup.
  • Joined: one of the six charter teams. The league announced its first six markets, Montréal included, in August 2023, and the first PWHL game was played on January 1, 2024. The club played its first season as PWHL Montréal and took the Victoire name in September 2024.
  • Walter Cup: champions in 2026.

The club played three games at Place Bell in its first season, all in front of capacity crowds of 10,172, and made it the main home for 2024-25. In 2024 the league said the team would keep training at the Verdun Auditorium, home of Centre 21.02, a high-performance centre for women's hockey. Games are at Place Bell: all 12 home dates at a named venue on this season's calendar are in Laval, plus Takeover Tour dates still to be placed.

Last season was the best in the club's history. Montréal finished first with a 16-6-2-6 record and 62 points, set a league record with 22 wins and won 10 games at Place Bell alone. In the playoffs they beat the Minnesota Frost in the semifinal, then the Ottawa Charge 3-1 in the final, clinching with a 4-0 win in Game 4 at the Canadian Tire Centre on May 20, 2026. Ann-Renée Desbiens had the shutout, and Marie-Philip Poulin was named playoff MVP with eight points.

The 2026-27 season opens at Place Bell on December 5 at 7 p.m. ET against PWHL Hamilton, with the championship banner going up that night. Our Montréal Victoire schedule lists all 30 games, and the Victoire betting guide covers the rules that matter if you bet on them.

Eastern Conference

Boston Fleet. A charter team, which played as PWHL Boston in 2024 and reached the first Walter Cup Final, losing to Minnesota in five games. The Fleet finished second last season on 62 points, level with Montréal, and lost their semifinal to Ottawa in double overtime. François Méthot was named head coach in June 2026, after Kris Sparre left for Hamilton. Home games are at Agganis Arena in Boston.

PWHL Hamilton. Awarded on May 13, 2026, the same day as Las Vegas. Kris Sparre, the Fleet's coach, was named its first head coach on May 27 and Meghan Duggan its general manager. Home is the renovated TD Coliseum, with more than 16,000 seats. Hamilton is the Victoire's first opponent of the season and visits Place Bell twice in December.

New York Sirens. A charter team. They finished seventh last season with 36 points. Greg Fargo is head coach and home games are at the Prudential Center in Newark.

Ottawa Charge. A charter team and the losing finalist in each of the last two seasons: 3-1 to Minnesota in 2025 and 3-1 to Montréal in 2026. Ottawa took the fourth and last playoff spot last season with 44 points, then upset Boston. Carla MacLeod is head coach. The Charge play 13 games at the Canadian Tire Centre this season.

Toronto Sceptres. A charter team and host of the first PWHL game in January 2024. Troy Ryan coached them for three seasons before leaving for San Jose; former NHL forward Pascal Rhéaume was named head coach in June 2026. Toronto finished fifth last season with 38 points. Home is Coca-Cola Coliseum.

Western Conference

PWHL Detroit. Announced in May 2026 as the first of four expansion teams for 2026-27. Josh Sciba is head coach and Manon Rhéaume general manager. Home games are at Little Caesars Arena; the home opener is December 12 against New York.

PWHL Las Vegas. Awarded with Hamilton on May 13, 2026. Kim Weiss is head coach and Dominique DiDia general manager. Home is T-Mobile Arena, home of the NHL's Golden Knights.

Minnesota Frost. A charter team and the league's only two-time champion. As PWHL Minnesota they won the first Walter Cup in 2024, beating Boston in five games, and they repeated in 2025 with a 3-1 series over Ottawa, clinched by Liz Schepers in overtime. Last season they finished third with 50 points and a league-record 91 goals, then lost to Montréal in the semifinal. Ken Klee is head coach. Home is Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul.

PWHL San Jose. The fourth expansion team for 2026-27, announced in May 2026. Troy Ryan is both general manager and head coach, the first person in league history to hold both jobs. Home is SAP Center, home of the NHL's Sharks.

Seattle Torrent. Joined with Vancouver for 2025-26 and finished eighth with 31 points. The team parted ways with Steve O'Rourke in May 2026 and named Christine Bumstead head coach in June. Home is Climate Pledge Arena.

Vancouver Goldeneyes. The league's first expansion team, announced in April 2025. Vancouver finished sixth last season with 37 points and won the first overall pick in the 2026 draft through the Gold Plan. Cara Gardner Morey, the club's first general manager, moved behind the bench as head coach in July 2026. Home is the Pacific Coliseum.

Walter Cup history

Season Champion Runner-up Series
2024 Minnesota Boston 3-2
2024-25 Minnesota Frost Ottawa Charge 3-1
2025-26 Montréal Victoire Ottawa Charge 3-1

Through three seasons, only Minnesota and Ottawa have reached the final twice; Montréal and Boston have been there once each. None of the six newer teams has played a playoff game yet.

What the new teams mean for bettors

Six of the 12 teams have played one season or none: Seattle and Vancouver have one, the four expansion clubs none. Expansion rosters, eight teams with a head coach new to the club and a 30-game schedule make early-season form hard to read, and there is no PWHL history at all for the Detroit, Hamilton, Las Vegas and San Jose matchups. If you bet the league, wait for real results before trusting a number, and read our Victoire betting guide for how the 3-2-1-0 points table and Mise-o-jeu's hockey rules affect a bet. Keep it to an amount you can afford to lose; Jeu : aide et référence is free and open 24/7 at 1 800 461-0140.

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Frequently asked questions

How many teams are in the PWHL in 2026-27?
Twelve. The six charter teams (Boston, Minnesota, Montréal, New York, Ottawa, Toronto), Seattle and Vancouver, which joined in 2025-26, and four expansion teams: Detroit, Hamilton, Las Vegas and San Jose.
What are the new PWHL teams for 2026-27?
PWHL Detroit (Little Caesars Arena, coach Josh Sciba), PWHL Hamilton (TD Coliseum, Kris Sparre), PWHL Las Vegas (T-Mobile Arena, Kim Weiss) and PWHL San Jose (SAP Center, Troy Ryan). All four were announced in May 2026.
Where do the Montréal Victoire play?
At Place Bell in Laval, next to Montmorency metro station. All 12 home games with a named venue on the 2026-27 calendar are there, plus five Takeover Tour games whose venues are still to be announced.
Which PWHL teams are Canadian?
Five: the Montréal Victoire, Ottawa Charge, Toronto Sceptres and PWHL Hamilton in the Eastern Conference, and the Vancouver Goldeneyes in the Western Conference.
Who has won the Walter Cup?
Minnesota won the first two, beating Boston 3-2 in 2024 and Ottawa 3-1 in 2025. The Montréal Victoire won in 2026, beating Ottawa 3-1, the first Canadian team to win it.