2025–26 New York Sirens season

2025–26 New York Sirens
League6 PWHL
2025–26 record2–0–0–3
Home record1–0–0–1
Road record1–0–0–2
Goals for10
Goals against13
Team information
General managerPascal Daoust[1]
CoachGreg Fargo[1]
CaptainMicah Zandee-Hart
Alternate captainsSarah Fillier
Jaime Bourbonnais
ArenaPrudential Center
Average attendance2,701
Team leaders
GoalsTaylor Girard (3)[2]
AssistsMaddi Wheeler (3)[2]
PointsTaylor Girard
Paetyn Levis
Maddi Wheeler (3)[2]
Penalty minutesKristýna Kaltounková
Micah Zandee-Hart (19)[2]
Plus/minusMaddi Wheeler (5)[2]
WinsKayle Osborne (2)[3]
Goals against averageKayle Osborne (2.04)[3]

The 2025–26 New York Sirens 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 Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Offseason

Coaching changes

On August 5, 2025, the Sirens announced the hiring of Valérie Bois as an assistant coach. She previously served as head coach of the 2025 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship winning Bishop's Gaiters. New York also announced the departure of assistant coaches Mike Sommer and Lauren Williams.[4]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on October 8, 2025.[5]

Pre-season camp
Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Box Score/Recap
November 13 Minnesota 2–5 Doyle Codey Arena [Recap 1]
November 14 Minnesota 6–2 Osborne Codey Arena [Recap 2]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boston 5 5 0 0 0 13 2 +11 15
2 Montreal 4 2 1 0 1 9 4 +5 8
3 Vancouver 6 2 1 0 3 12 16 −4 8
4 Seattle 4 2 0 1 1 9 9 0 7
5 Toronto 5 2 0 1 2 8 10 −2 7
6 Minnesota 4 2 0 0 2 10 7 +3 6
7 New York 6 2 0 0 4 10 13 −3 6
8 Ottawa 6 1 0 0 5 9 19 −10 3
Updated to match(es) played on December 17, 2025. Source: PWHL

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on October 1, 2025.[6][7]

Regular season schedule (Home: 1–0–0–1; Road: 1–0–0–3)
November: 2–0–0–1, 6 points (Home: 1–0–0–0; Road: 1–0–0–1)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
1 November 22 @ Ottawa 4–0 Osborne TD Place Arena 7,371 1–0–0–0 3 [Recap 3]
2 November 25 @ Montreal 0–4 Osborne Place Bell 8,391 1–0–0–1 3 [Recap 4]
3 November 29 Vancouver 5–1 Osborne Prudential Center 3,517 2–0–0–1 6 [Recap 5]
December: 0–0–0–3, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0–1; Road: 0–0–0–2)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
4 December 3 @ Seattle 1–2 Osborne Climate Pledge Arena 8,622 2–0–0–2 6 [Recap 6]
5 December 6 @ Vancouver 0–4 Osborne Pacific Coliseum 9,502 2–0–0–3 6 [Recap 7]
6 December 17 Boston 0–2 Osborne Prudential Center 1,884 2–0–0–4 6 [Recap 8]
7 December 21 Toronto Prudential Center
8 December 28 Seattle American Airlines Center
9 December 31 Vancouver Prudential Center
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
10 January 2 Montreal Prudential Center
11 January 6 @ Toronto Coca-Cola Coliseum
12 January 16 Minnesota Prudential Center
13 January 18 Montreal Capital One Arena
14 January 20 Ottawa Prudential Center
15 January 25 @ Minnesota Grand Casino Arena
16 January 28 @ Boston 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
17 February 26 Montreal Prudential Center
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
18 March 5 Boston Prudential Center
19 March 8 Ottawa Prudential Center
20 March 15 @ Minnesota Ball Arena
21 March 18 @ Vancouver Pacific Coliseum
22 March 25 @ Seattle Allstate Arena
23 March 28 @ Montreal Little Caesars 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
24 April 1 Minnesota Prudential Center
25 April 4 Seattle TBD
26 April 11 @ Minnesota Grand Casino Arena
27 April 15 Toronto Prudential Center
28 April 18 @ Ottawa TD Place Arena
29 April 21 @ Toronto Coca-Cola Coliseum
30 April 25 @ Boston 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 18, 2025[2]

Skaters

Regular Season[2]
Player GP G A Pts SOG +/− PIM
Taylor Girard 6 3 0 3 8 +2 0
Paetyn Levis 6 2 1 3 12 +3 4
Maddi Wheeler 6 0 3 3 15 +5 4
Lauren Bernard 6 0 2 2 5 +1 0
Anne Cherkowski 6 0 2 2 19 –5 2
Elle Hartje 6 0 2 2 7 +2 6
Jincy Roese 6 0 2 2 5 +1 0
Nicole Vallario 2 1 0 1 1 +1 0
Sarah Fillier 6 1 0 1 23 –4 0
Kristýna Kaltounková 6 1 0 1 22 0 19
Maja Nylén Persson 6 1 0 1 8 0 0
Kristin O'Neill 6 1 0 1 16 +1 2
Casey O'Brien 6 0 1 1 11 –3 0
Allyson Simpson 6 0 1 1 7 +3 8
Micah Zandee-Hart 6 0 1 1 7 0 19
Jaime Bourbonnais 4 0 0 0 6 +1 2
Anna Bargman 6 0 0 0 2 0 0
Emmy Fecteau 6 0 0 0 7 0 2
Savannah Norcross 6 0 0 0 3 –1 0
Kayla Vespa 6 0 0 0 4 +1 2

Goaltenders

Regular Season[3]
Player GP TOI W L OT SOL GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Kayle Osborne 6 353:16 2 4 0 0 12 2.04 139 0.914 1 0 0 0

Awards and honors

Milestones

Regular season
Date Player Milestone
November 22, 2025[Recap 3] Taylor Girard 1st career PWHL hat-trick
Maddi Wheeler 1st career PWHL assist
1st career PWHL game
Kristýna Kaltounková 1st career PWHL penalty
1st career PWHL game
Anna Bargman 1st career PWHL game
Anne Cherkowski
Casey O'Brien
November 29, 2025[Recap 5] Paetyn Levis 5th career PWHL goal
Nicole Vallario 1st career PWHL goal
1st career PWHL game
Kristýna Kaltounková 1st career PWHL goal
Allyson Simpson 5th career PWHL assist
Anne Cherkowski 1st career PWHL assist
Casey O'Brien 1st career PWHL assist
December 3, 2025[Recap 6] Lauren Bernard 5th career PWHL assist
Anne Cherkowski 1st career PWHL penalty

Three Star Awards

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

Player of the Week

Player of the Week recipients
Week Player
November 24, 2025[8][9] Taylor Girard

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.[10] The following are New York Sirens players who have been named to the Starting Six.

Starting Six players
Month Position Player
November[10] F Taylor Girard


Transactions

Draft

Main article: 2025 PWHL Draft

The 2025 PWHL Draft was held on June 24, 2025.[11] Colgate University forward Kristýna Kaltounková was selected first overall by the New York Sirens, becoming the highest drafted player from the Czech Republic and the first European to be granted the top pick.[12]

Drafted prospect signings
Date Player Draft Term Ref
September 8, 2025 Kristýna Kaltounková First round, first overall (2025) Three years [13][14]
September 12, 2025 Anne Cherkowski Second round, 13th overall (2025) Three years [15][16]
October 6, 2025 Dayle Ross Fourth round, 25th overall (2025) One year [17][18]
November 18, 2025 Casey O'Brien First round, 3rd overall (2025) One year [19][20]
Maddi Wheeler Fourth round, 27th overall (2025) One year [20]
Anna Bargman Fifth round, 33rd overall (2025) One year [20]
Kaley Doyle Sixth round, 41st overall (2025) One year [20]

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.[21] 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.[22]

Free agent signings
Date Player Previous team Term Ref
June 18, 2025 Jincy Roese Ottawa Charge One year [23][24]
June 21, 2025 Savannah Norcross Luleå HF (SDHL) One year [25][24]
November 20, 2025 Nicole Vallario EV Zug Women's Team (SWHL A) Reserve player contract[a] [26][27]

Contract extensions/terminations

Player contract extensions
Date Player Term Ref
June 18, 2025 Taylor Girard One year [28][29]
June 20, 2025 Lauren Bernard One year [30]
Kayla Vespa One year [30]
July 9, 2025 Allyson Simpson Two years [31][32]
July 10, 2025 Sarah Fillier Two years [33][34]
September 22, 2025 Maja Nylén Persson Three years[b] [35]
November 5, 2025 Micah Zandee-Hart One year[c] [36][37]
November 18, 2025 Jaime Bourbonnais One year[c] [38][39]
Kayle Osborne One year[d] [38][39]
November 20, 2025 Olivia Knowles Reserve player contract[e] [26][27]
Player contract terminations
Date Player Term remaining Ref
July 27, 2025 Noora Tulus One year [40][41]

Trades

Trades involving the New York Sirens
Date Details Ref
June 24, 2025 To New York Sirens
First round pick – 2025 PWHL Draft
(#3 – Casey O'Brien)
Fourth round pick – 2025 PWHL Draft
(#27 – Maddi Wheeler) 		To Toronto Sceptres
Ella Shelton 		[42]
To New York Sirens
Kristin O'Neill
Fourth round pick – 2025 PWHL Draft
(#28 – Callie Shanahan) 		To Montreal Victoire
Abby Roque 		[43]

Reserve activations

Reserve player activations
Date Activated player Absent player Notes Ref
November 20, 2025 Nicole Vallario Dayle Ross LTIR [26]
December 18, 2025 Olivia Knowles[f] Dayle Ross LTIR [44]

Notes

  1. ^ Signed a standard player agreement following training camp to fill in for Dayle Ross who is on LTIR. Length of contract has not been specified.
  2. ^ This three-year contract represents a one-year extension (through the 2027–28 season) to the original three-year contract she signed after being drafted last year.
  3. ^ a b Extension will come into effect for the 2026–27 season.
  4. ^ Extension will come into effect for the 2027–28 season.
  5. ^ Was a reserve player for the 2024–25 season.
  6. ^ This transaction returns Nicole Vallario to the reserve player roster.

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Recaps

  1. ^ "Minnesota @ New York (Preseason)". ThePWHL.com. November 13, 2025. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
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  4. ^ "New York – Montreal – November 25, 2025". ThePWHL.com. November 25, 2025. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Vancouver – New York – November 29, 2025". ThePWHL.com. November 29, 2025. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  6. ^ a b "New York – Seattle – December 3, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 3, 2025. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
  7. ^ "New York – Vancouver – December 6, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 6, 2025. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
  8. ^ "Boston – New York– December 17, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 17, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
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