The Professional Women’s Hockey League finished up their first ever season on Wednesday. The PWHL is made up of six teams. Three teams are from the United States and three teams are from Canada. The unique thing about this women’s hockey league is that they are working with the National Hockey League. The full extent that the two leagues are working together is still not full known. The PWHL still does not have names or logos for any of their teams. The league is off to a good start after setting a few women’s sports attendance records. The best part of this league is that all of the games are free to watch on YouTube. They have my attention.
The PWHL had all six of their teams play in twenty four regular season games. The PWHL regular season started on January 1st, 2024. The PWHL was initially not going to have a season this year. They were going to give the league more time to prepare with it starting in 2024-25. The players complained that they didn’t want to take a year off and so the season happened less than six months after the league was announced. They played twenty four games this season. I think that will be expanded for next season. PWHL Toronto came in first place during the regular season.
The top four teams qualified for the PWHL Playoffs. The bottom two teams were eliminated from playoff contention. The playoff format was best of five with two rounds. There was a semifinal round followed by the Walter Cup Finals. PWHL Toronto, PWHL Montreal, PWHL Boston, and PWHL Minnesota secured playoff spots. PWHL Ottawa and PWHL New York were eliminated from playoff contention. The opponents were not based on seeding. PWHL Toronto got to pick their semifinals opponent while the other two teams would face each other.
PWHL Toronto played PWHL Minnesota in the semifinals. PWHL Minnesota won that series 3-2. Four out of the five games were shutouts. PWHL Toronto was eliminated. PWHL Minnesota advanced to the Walter Cup Finals. PWHL Montreal played PWHL Boston. PWHL Boston swept that series winning all three games in overtime. PWHL Montreal was eliminated. PWHL Boston advanced to the Walter Cup Finals. In the PWHL semifinals there were four shutouts, four overtime games, seven overtime periods, and a sweep.
PWHL Minnesota took on PWHL Boston in the Walter Cup Finals. PWHL Boston won game one 4-3. PWHL Minnesota won game two 3-0 and game three 4-1. PWHL Boston won game four 1-0 in double overtime. PWHL Minnesota won game five 3-0. PWHL Minnesota won the Walter Cup. PWHL are the first ever Professional Women’s Hockey League Champions.
The PWHL is the best women’s sports league right now. It is yet to be seen if the success will continue. I am hoping that this league is successful. So far it has been. I am really interested in what the future holds for the team brands. Hopefully we will be getting those at the PWHL draft or before next season.
Zac Electrifly 
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