The Professional Women’s Hockey League will add a franchise in Seattle ahead of next season.
Seattle joins Vancouver as the PWHL’s first two expansion teams, bringing the growing league to eight teams now spanning west to east across North America. The other teams are located in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Boston, the New York Area and Minnesota.
The long-rumoured expansion to Seattle was confirmed on Wednesday morning.
Jayna Hefford, the league’s executive vice president of hockey operations, pointed to Seattle’s rich history of supporting women’s sports, a growing youth hockey community and access to top facilities as a few reasons why the city was appealing.
“Seattle has been incredible in supporting women’s hockey, whether that…