Detroit officially lands Professional Women's Hockey League team

Detroit — A Professional Women's Hockey League team is officially coming to Detroit. The PWHL on Wednesday announced its expansion to the city, formally declaring a new franchise that'll play its home contests at Little Caesars Arena. The team will begin its participation in the league in the 2026-27 season, which starts this fall.

A team name and logo will be announced at a later date. For now, the franchise's primary colors will be black and silver, with white as a secondary color. Red will also be included as an accent color, "a nod to the city’s celebrated sports history, in particular, the Red Wings' and Hockeytown's hockey stewardship in the United States for more than 100 years," read the PWHL's release.

"The palette is distinct from any other team in the league, with the primary colors intended to evoke Detroit’s innovative and industrial spirit, matched with the resilient identity of Metro Detroiters," the release added. Ally Financial is the team's inaugural partner. Detroit's jerseys will feature an Ally patch on the chest.

"Detroit sports fans are the best in the world. From selling out arenas to setting attendance records, our fans show out when women’s hockey shows up," Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said. "Michiganders have already brought so much talent to the PWHL and U.