What we’re hearing about PWHL expansion: Detroit has buzz, Hamilton on the rise
Amid the excitement of the PWHL’s sellout at Madison Square Garden on Saturday came a reminder: More PWHL franchises are coming soon. “We’re ready to expand,” said Stan Kasten, the president of the MLB’s Los Angeles Dodgers and a PWHL advisory board member. “There is a line of cities eager to have us there, whether it’s for a couple Takeover Tour games or for a full-time team.
“We’re going to have news about that in the next few weeks. ” The league’s first wave of expansion added two new teams in Vancouver and Seattle this season. Before those teams even debuted on the ice, Amy Scheer, the league’s executive vice president of business operations, revealed the league would add two to four new teams by 2026-27.
If she were a betting woman, she said in November, the league would be adding four teams, getting to 12 franchises, up from the original six that launched in 2024. Is that still where she’d put her money? “Sure,” Scheer said in an interview with The Athletic .
“It could be two, it could be three, could be four. ” The PWHL has held specifics about its expansion plans close to the vest and has not confirmed that any decisions have been made at this time. The timeline for any announcement remains fluid as the league works through the many options Kasten alluded to last week.
“We are still having so many conversations and great conversations,” Scheer said. “There’s really no timeline. The answers will come when we feel comfortable making a final decision.
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