PWHL will play ‘Takeover Tour’ video games in Chicago, Dallas, Detroit and extra

The Professional Women’s Hockey League will play 16 neutral-site video games this season as a part of the “PWHL Takeover Tour,” the league introduced on Monday.

The tour will go throughout the United States and Canada with seven new stops in Calgary, Chicago, Dallas, Halifax, Hamilton, Washington, D.C., and Winnipeg, and can return to Denver, Detroit, Edmonton and Quebec City. It’s the third straight season the league will play at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, which set a U.S. skilled ladies’s hockey attendance report of 14,288 final season.

For the primary time, 5 markets will host two video games over the course of the season: Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Edmonton and Halifax.

The video games will largely be performed in NHL buildings, save for the 18,000-seat (NHL-caliber) Videotron Centre in Quebec City; TD Coliseum, the place the previous OHL Hamilton Bulldogs performed earlier than relocating to Brantford in 2023-24, in Hamilton; and Allstate Arena, dwelling to the AHL’s Chicago Wolves, within the suburbs of Chicago.

All eight groups — the Boston Fleet, Minnesota Frost, New York Sirens, Montreal Victoire, Ottawa Charge, Toronto Sceptres, Seattle Torrent and Vancouver Goldeneyes — will play in no less than three of the neutral-site video games this season.

“Season Two’s PWHL Takeover Tour was the first of its kind, giving fans across North America the chance to experience the excitement of a regular-season game in their home venues,” stated Amy Scheer, PWHL govt vp of enterprise operations. “The passion and support from fans, and the enthusiasm from cities eager to engage with our league, have fueled our ambition to grow the Tour for Season Three.”

Last season, the PWHL hosted a profitable nine-stop tour with a complete of 123,601 followers and record-breaking attendance first in Denver, then once more in Detroit. According to the league, the neutral-site video games welcomed followers from all 50 U.S. states and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories, with an estimated 80 p.c of attendees at their first-ever PWHL recreation.

The league additionally drew huge crowds in Seattle (12,608) and Vancouver (19,038) in January, simply three months earlier than saying enlargement to every marketplace for the 2025-26 season.

This season’s elevated barnstorming schedule comes amid speak of the PWHL including extra groups within the not-so-distant future. At an Ottawa City Council assembly discussing town’s new area improvement challenge final month, Scheer advised councillors the league is increasing and rising.

“We added Vancouver and Seattle this year. Two teams. We’re going to expand at least two to four teams next year,” she stated. “We are in growth mode, and this league is exploding.”

The league has but to formally announce any enlargement plans for 2026-27 right now.

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PWHL Takeover Tour schedule

• Wednesday, Dec. 17: Montreal vs. Toronto at Scotiabank Centre (Halifax)
• Sunday, Dec. 21: Ottawa vs. Minnesota at Allstate Arena (Chicago)
• Saturday, Dec. 27: Minnesota vs. Vancouver at Rogers Place (Edmonton)
• Sunday, Dec. 28: Seattle vs. New York at American Airlines Center (Dallas)
• Saturday, Jan. 3: Seattle vs. Toronto at TD Coliseum (Hamilton)
• Saturday, Jan. 3: Vancouver vs. Boston at Little Caesars Arena (Detroit)
• Sunday, Jan. 11: Ottawa vs. Boston at Scotiabank Centre (Halifax)
• Sunday, Jan. 11: Vancouver vs. Montreal at Videotron Centre (Quebec City)
• Sunday, Jan. 18: Montreal vs. New York at Capital One Arena (D.C.)
• Sunday, Jan. 25: Vancouver vs. Seattle at Ball Arena (Denver)
• Sunday, March 15: New York vs. Minnesota at Ball Arena (Denver)
• Sunday, March 22: Montreal vs. Ottawa at Canada Life Centre (Winnipeg)
• Wednesday, March 25: New York vs. Seattle at Allstate Arena (Chicago)
• Saturday, March 28: New York vs. Montreal at Little Caesars Arena (Detroit)
• Wednesday, April 1: Toronto vs. Ottawa at Scotiabank Saddledome (Calgary)
• Tuesday, April 7: Boston vs. Vancouver at Rogers Place (Edmonton)