2025–26 Boston Fleet season

2025–26 Boston Fleet
League1st PWHL
2025–26 record6–0–0–1
Home record3–0–0–0
Road record3–0–0–1
Goals for18
Goals against8
Team information
General managerDanielle Marmer[1]
CoachKris Sparre[1]
CaptainMegan Keller
Alternate captainsAlina Müller
Jamie Lee Rattray
ArenaTsongas Center
Agganis Arena
Average attendance4,673
Team leaders
GoalsMegan Keller
Abby Newhook (3)[2]
AssistsFour tied at (4)[2]
PointsMegan Keller (7)[2]
Penalty minutesJill Saulnier (6)[2]
Plus/minusAbby Newhook (4)[2]
WinsAerin Frankel (5)[3]
Goals against averageAerin Frankel (0.83)[3]

The 2025–26 Boston Fleet season will be the team's third season as a member of the Professional Women's Hockey League. They play their home games at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts and at Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts.

Offseason

Coaching changes

On June 23, 2025, former Fleet head coach Courtney Birchard-Kessel was named head coach of the NCAA's Princeton Tigers women's program. She previously served as an assistant coach for the Tigers under Cara Gardner Morey, who relinquished her role to become the inaugural general manager of Vancouver Goldeneyes.[4]

One month later, on July 23, the Fleet named Kris Sparre as their new head coach. He most recently served as an assistant coach for the San Diego Gulls, the American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Anaheim Ducks.[5]

On October 15, 2025, the Fleet announced the hiring of Jordan Lavallée Smotherman, Derek Whitmore, and Kacey Bellamy to the coaching staff. Smotherman served as head coach of HC Innsbruck during the 2024–25 ICE Hockey League season. Whitmore most recently served as an assistant coach for the Chicago Steel of the USHL. Bellamy is an Olympic gold medallist and eight–time IIHF Women's World Championship gold medallist who served as a scout and player liaison during the 2022–23 PHF season.[6]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on October 8, 2025.[7]

Pre-season camp
Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Box Score/Recap
November 15 @ Montreal 2–3 OT Levy Verdun Auditorium [Recap 1]
November 17 @ Montreal 2–3 Thiele Verdun Auditorium [Recap 2]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boston 7 6 0 0 1 18 8 +10 18
2 Montreal 6 3 1 0 2 14 8 +6 11
3 Toronto 7 3 0 2 2 15 17 −2 11
4 Minnesota 6 3 0 1 2 17 12 +5 10
5 Seattle 6 3 0 1 2 12 13 −1 10
6 Vancouver 7 2 1 0 4 14 20 −6 8
7 Ottawa 8 1 2 0 5 16 24 −8 7
8 New York 7 2 0 0 5 13 17 −4 6
Updated to match(es) played on December 23, 2025. Source: PWHL

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on October 1, 2025.[8][9][10]

Regular season schedule (Home: 3–0–0–0; Road: 3–0–0–1)
November: 2–0–0–0, 6 points (Home: 1–0–0–0; Road: 1–0–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
1 November 23 Montreal 2–0 Frankel Tsongas Center 5,166 1–0–0–0 3 [Recap 3]
2 November 29 @ Toronto 3–1 Frankel Coca-Cola Coliseum 8,277 2–0–0–0 6 [Recap 4]
December: 4–0–0–1, 12 points (Home: 2–0–0–0; Road: 2–0–0–1)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
3 December 3 Vancouver 2–0 Frankel Agganis Arena 3,516 3–0–0–0 9 [Recap 5]
4 December 7 Minnesota 4–1 Frankel Agganis Arena 5,338 4–0–0–0 12 [Recap 6]
5 December 17 @ New York 2–0 Frankel Prudential Center 1,884 5–0–0–0 15 [Recap 7]
6 December 19 @ Minnesota 2–5 Frankel Grand Casino Arena 7,216 5–0–0–1 15 [Recap 8]
7 December 21 @ Seattle 3–1 Levy Climate Pledge Arena 11,023 6–0–0–1 18 [Recap 9]
8 December 27 @ Ottawa TD Place Arena
January: 0–0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
9 January 3 Vancouver Little Caesars Arena
10 January 7 Seattle Agganis Arena
11 January 11 Ottawa Scotiabank Centre
12 January 14 Toronto Tsongas Center
13 January 18 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
14 January 28 New York Tsongas Center
February: 0–0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
15 February 28 @ Ottawa TD Place Arena
March: 0–0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
16 March 5 @ New York Prudential Center
17 March 10 @ Vancouver Pacific Coliseum
18 March 11 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
19 March 15 @ Montreal Place Bell
20 March 17 Toronto Agganis Arena
21 March 21 Seattle Tsongas Center
22 March 24 Vancouver Tsongas Center
23 March 27 @ Toronto Coca-Cola Coliseum
24 March 29 @ Minnesota Grand Casino Arena
April: 0–0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
25 April 7 @ Vancouver Rogers Place
26 April 11 Montreal TD Garden
27 April 15 Minnesota Tsongas Center
28 April 17 @ Montreal Place Bell
29 April 22 Ottawa Tsongas Center
30 April 25 New York Tsongas Center

  Regulation Win (3 points)   Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Regulation Loss (0 points)


Player statistics

As of December 19, 2025[2]

Skaters

Regular Season[2]
Player GP G A Pts SOG +/− PIM
Megan Keller 6 2 4 6 11 +2 0
Jamie Lee Rattray 6 0 4 4 4 0 2
Haley Winn 6 0 4 4 15 +2 0
Abby Newhook 6 3 0 3 9 +4 0
Susanna Tapani 6 2 1 3 10 +1 0
Alina Müller 6 1 2 3 14 +2 0
Olivia Mobley 2 1 1 2 1 0 0
Shay Maloney 6 1 1 2 13 +3 0
Jill Saulnier 6 1 1 2 15 +2 6
Theresa Schafzahl 6 1 1 2 3 +2 0
Sophie Shirley 6 0 2 2 5 –1 2
Liz Schepers 5 1 0 1 7 –1 0
Riley Brengman 6 1 0 1 7 0 2
Ella Huber 6 1 0 1 18 –3 2
Hannah Brandt 6 0 1 1 4 0 0
Hadley Hartmetz 6 0 1 1 4 +1 0
Olivia Zafuto 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Zoe Boyd 5 0 0 0 5 +3 2
Rylind MacKinnon 5 0 0 0 1 +2 0
Laura Kluge 6 0 0 0 2 0 2
Daniela Pejšová 6 0 0 0 7 –1 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season[3]
Player GP TOI W L OT SOL GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Aerin Frankel 6 359:27 5 1 0 0 5 0.83 159 0.969 3 0 0 0

Awards and honors

Milestones

Regular season
Date Player Milestone
November 23, 2025[Recap 3] Megan Keller 10th career PWHL goal
Alina Müller 25th career PWHL assist
Riley Brengman 1st career PWHL game
Ella Huber
Abby Newhook
Haley Winn
November 29, 2025[Recap 4] Susanna Tapani 20th career PWHL goal
Alina Müller 15th career PWHL goal
Abby Newhook 1st career PWHL goal
Hannah Brandt 15th career PWHL assist
Jill Saulnier 5th career PWHL assist
Olivia Mobley 1st career PWHL game
December 3, 2025[Recap 5] Hadley Hartmetz 1st career PWHL assist
December 7, 2025[Recap 6] Riley Brengman 1st career PWHL assist
Haley Winn
December 17, 2025[Recap 7] Ella Huber 1st career PWHL goal
1st career PWHL penalty
December 19, 2025[Recap 8] Olivia Mobley 1st career PWHL goal
1st career PWHL assist
Riley Brengman 1st career PWHL goal

Three Star Awards

Main article: List of 2025–26 PWHL Three Star Awards

Starting Six

The Starting Six is voted on each month by the Women's Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association (PHWA) and PWHL broadcast personnel.[11] The following are Boston Fleet players who have been named to the Starting Six.

Starting Six players
Month Position Player
November[11] F Susanna Tapani
D Megan Keller
G Aerin Frankel

Transactions

Draft

Main article: 2025 PWHL Draft

The 2025 PWHL Draft was held on June 24, 2025.[12]

Drafted prospect signings
Date Player Draft Term Ref
August 13, 2025 Ella Huber Second round, 10th overall (2025) Two years [13][14]
August 20, 2025 Haley Winn First round, second overall (2025) Three years [15][16]
November 20, 2025 Olivia Mobley Third round, 18th overall (2025) One year [17][18]
Riley Brengman Fourth round, 26th overall (2025) One year [17][18]
Abby Newhook Fifth round, 34th overall (2025) One year [17][18]
Amanda Thiele Sixth round, 42nd overall (2025) One year [17][18]

Free agency

The free agency period began on June 16, 2025 at 9:00 am ET, with a pause between June 27 and July 8.[19] Prior to the start of the free agency period, there was an exclusive signing window from June 4–8 for the Seattle and Vancouver expansion teams.[20]

Free agent signings
Date Player Previous team Term Ref
June 18, 2025 Chloé Aurard New York Sirens One year [21][22]
Liz Schepers Minnesota Frost Two years [21][22]
June 20, 2025 Zoe Boyd Ottawa Charge One year [23][22][24]
Rylind MacKinnon Toronto Sceptres One year [23][22][24]
Abbey Levy New York Sirens One year [23][22][25]
Laura Kluge Toronto Sceptres One year [26][22]
November 20, 2025 Loren Gabel Boston Fleet[a] Reserve player contract [17][18]
Mia Biotti Harvard University (ECAC) Reserve player contract [17][18]

Contract extensions/terminations

Player contract extensions
Date Player Term Ref
June 17, 2025 Susanna Tapani One year [27][28]
Jill Saulnier One year [29][24]
Theresa Schafzahl One year [29][24]
June 27, 2025 Hadley Hartmetz One year [30]
July 14, 2025 Shay Maloney Two years [31][32]
July 24, 2025 Loren Gabel One year [33][34]
August 4, 2025 Aerin Frankel Two years[b] [35][36]
Megan Keller Two years[b] [35][36]
Alina Müller Two years[b] [35][36]
November 20, 2025 Olivia Zafuto Reserve player contract[c] [17][18]
Player contract terminations
Date Player Term remaining Ref
November 19, 2025 Chloé Aurard One year[d] [37][38]
November 20, 2025 Loren Gabel One year[a] [17][18]

Retirements

Player retirements
Date Player Team(s) Ref
August 5, 2025 Jillian Dempsey Montreal Victoire (2024), Boston Fleet (2024–25) [39]
September 2, 2025 Amanda Pelkey Boston Fleet (2024–25) [40]

Reserve activations

Reserve player activations
Date Activated player Absent player Notes Ref
November 23, 2025 Olivia Zafuto Zoe Boyd 10 day contract [41]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Initially signed to a one year contract extension that was terminated and replaced with a reserve player contract.
  2. ^ a b c Extension will come into effect for the 2026–27 season.
  3. ^ Was a reserve player for the 2024–25 season.
  4. ^ Released from preseason/training camp.

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Recaps

  1. ^ "Boston @ Montreal (Preseason)". ThePWHL.com. November 15, 2025. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
  2. ^ "Boston @ Montreal (Preseason)". ThePWHL.com. November 17, 2025. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
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  4. ^ a b "Boston – Toronto – November 29, 2025". ThePWHL.com. November 29, 2025. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Vancouver – Boston – December 3, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 3, 2025. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Minnesota – Boston – December 7, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 7, 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Boston – New York– December 17, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 17, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Boston – Minnesota – December 19, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 19, 2025. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  9. ^ "Boston – Seattle – December 21, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 21, 2025. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
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