The PWHL is bringing women's professional hockey to locations from Raleigh, North Carolina, to the Pacific Northwest by releasing its nine-date schedule of neutral site games on Monday.
Billed as a “Takeover Tour,” the six-team league selected six U.S. cities – Raleigh, Buffalo, Detroit, St. Louis, Denver and Seattle – as well as Canadian stops in Vancouver and Quebec City, with a venue yet to be announced. The announcement comes as the PWHL prepares to open its second season on November 30, and the league plans to expand by up to two teams by 2025-26.
“Bringing PWHL games to fans in both countries is a natural next step as we continue to grow our audience,” said Amy Scheer, PWHL senior vice president of business operations. “The PWHL’s Takeover Tour allows us to showcase our game and our exceptional athletes with a larger North American presence – an exciting moment for our players and an important step for our company as we consider expansion.”
The league is also exploring the possibility of holding games at neutral sites in Europe after this season.
The PWHL returns to Detroit with defending champion Minnesota playing New York on March 16. Last year, Detroit drew a crowd of 13,736 when it hosted one of the league's two neutral-site games – the other was in Pittsburgh.