The Seattle Torrent sit next to last in the overall Professional Women’s Hockey League standings with 12 points through ten games played. That’s a third of the PWHL’s 30-game schedule. As of Thursday, Seattle had played the fewest matches of any team.
The club’s expansion partner this season, the Vancouver Goldeneyes, also have 12 points, but sit in last place by virtue of the fact they’ve played two more games than the Torrent. The Goldeneyes visit the Toronto Sceptres on Saturday while the Torrent host the Boston Fleet on Sunday at Climate Pledge Arena.
A win against the first place club from Beantown could have monumental implications for the Seattle franchise, not least of which would be a boost of confidence for a team that returns home after taking a beating on the road. The Torrent are 3-and-2 at home, compared to 0-1-1-and-3 away from the Emerald City.
That would be zero regulation wins, an OT win, an OT loss, and three regulation losses.
One of the losses came at a neutral site in Dallas when the Torrent lost to the New York Sirens 4-3 back on December 28th. The game was part of the PWHL’s “Takeover Tour”, an ongoing set of promotional matches that continues around North America. It’s expected the league will add two to four expansion teams next season. Some of the Takeover Tour cities are viable possibilities; others not so much.
Torrent Notes:
— Hockey Canada announced last week that Seattle forward Julia Gosling had been named to Canada’s Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team for the 2026 Olympics in Italy.
— Seattle has the third best power play in the PWHL at 16.2% while the penalty kill sits fifth with a respectable 82.9%.
— Four of the eight PWHL teams make the playoffs.
Earlier PWHL:
— Seattle Torrent Pick Up 1st Ever Win
Earlier Kraken:
— Kraken’s Back-to-Back Challenge After 3-2 OT loss
Earlier Canucks:
— Canucks Sherwood Trade Talk Lacks Predictability
