2026 PWHL Expansion (SportsFan958)

In 2025 and 2026, the Professional Women’s Hockey League board of owners made an agreement for a $950 million expansion, from 6 teams to 20, which later will have 32 teams like the Men's National Hockey League has. The 5 teams have relocated to their NHL arenas to share with were the cities, Boston(TD Garden), Montreal(Bell Centre), New York(UBS Arena), Ottawa(Canadian Tire Centre), and Toronto(Scotiabank Arena).
=== Realignment ===
Conference 	Team 	City 	Arena 	Head Coach 	General Manager
Eastern Conference	PWHL Atlanta 	Atlanta, Georgia 	State Farm Arena 	Marian Hossa 	Bobby Hull
Eastern Conference	PWHL Baltimore 	Baltimore, Maryland 	CFG Bank Arena 	Julie Chu 	Martin Brodeur
Eastern Conference	PWHL Boston 	Boston, Massachusetts 	TD Garden 	Courtney Kessel 	Danielle Marmer
Eastern Conference	PWHL Buffalo 	Buffalo, New York 	KeyBank Center 	Tricia Dunn-Luoma 	Ryan Miller
Eastern Conference	PWHL Carolina 	Raleigh, North Carolina 	PNC Arena 	Cam Ward 	Chris Drury
Eastern Conference	PWHL Detroit 	Detroit, Michigan 	Little Caesars Arena 	Nicklas Lidstrom 	Brett Hull
Eastern Conference	PWHL Florida 	Sunrise, Florida 	Amerant Bank Arena 	Eric Staal 	Roberto Luongo
Eastern Conference	PWHL Montreal 	Montreal, Quebec 	Bell Centre 	Kori Cheverie 	Daniele Sauvageau
Eastern Conference	PWHL New York 	Elmont, New York 	UBS Arena 	Greg Fargo 	Pascal Doaust
Eastern Conference	PWHL Ottawa 	Ottawa, Ontario 	Canadian Tire Centre 	Carla MacLeod 	Michael Hirshfeld
Eastern Conference	PWHL Philadelphia 	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 	Wells Fargo Center 	Eric Lindros 	Emily Malmstrom
Eastern Conference	PWHL Pittsburgh 	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 	PPG Paints Arena 	Jaromir Jagr 	Mario Lemieux
Eastern Conference	PWHL Tampa Bay 	Tampa, Florida 	Amalie Arena 	Martin St. Louis 	Dave Andreychuk
Eastern Conference	PWHL Toronto 	Toronto, Ontario 	Scotiabank Arena 	Troy Ryan 	Gina Kingsbury
Eastern Conference	PWHL Virginia 	Norfolk, Virginia 	Norfolk Scope 	Laurie Baker 	Eric Weinrich
Eastern Conference	PWHL Washington 	Washington, D.C. 	Capital One Arena 	Kacey Bellamy 	Jeremy Roenick
 	PWHL Arizona 	Phoenix, Arizona 	Desert Diamond Arena 	Lyndsey Fry 	Dale Hawerchuk
 	PWHL Calgary 	Calgary, Alberta 	Scotiabank Saddledome 	Jarome Iginla 	Mike Vernon
 	PWHL Chicago 	Chicago, Illinois 	Allstate Arena 	Jonathan Toews 	Chris Chelios
 	PWHL Colorado 	Denver, Colorado 	Ball Arena 	Mats Sundin 	Joe Sakic
 	PWHL Dallas 	Dallas, Texas 	American Airlines Center	Sergei Zubov 	Mike Modano
 	PWHL Edmonton 	Edmonton, Alberta 	Rogers Place 	Rick Nash 	Mark Messier
 	PWHL Houston 	Houston, Texas 	Toyota Center 	Catherine Ward 	Brian Leetch
 	PWHL Las Vegas 	Paradise, Nevada 	Michelob Ultra Arena 	Phil Kessel 	Sara DeCosta
 	PWHL Los Angeles 	Los Angeles, California 	Crypto.com Arena 	Angela Ruggiero 	Dustin Brown
 	PWHL Minnesota 	Saint Paul, Minnesota 	Xcel Energy Center 	Ken Klee 	Ken Klee
 	PWHL Salt Lake 	Salt Lake City, Utah 	Delta Center 	Shane Doan 	Ryan Smith
 	PWHL San Diego 	San Diego, California 	Pechanga Arena 	Ryan Getzlaf 	Teemu Selanne
 	PWHL San Francisco	San Francisco, California 	Chase Center 	Brooks Orpik 	Sean Burke
 	PWHL San Jose 	San Jose, California 	SAP Center 	Patrick Marleau 	Joe Thornton
 	PWHL St. Louis 	St. Louis, Missouri 	Enterprise Center 	Ryan Smyth 	Chris Pronger
 	PWHL Vancouver 	Vancouver, British Columbia	Rogers Arena 	Hayley Wickenheiser	Kerry Weiland
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