2025–26 Ottawa Charge season

2025–26 Ottawa Charge
League7th PWHL
2025–26 record1–2–0–5
Home record1–0–0–2
Road record0–2–0–3
Goals for16
Goals against24
Team information
General managerMichael Hirshfeld[1]
CoachCarla MacLeod[1]
CaptainBrianne Jenner
Alternate captainsEmily Clark
Jocelyne Larocque[2]
ArenaTD Place Arena
Average attendance6,017
Team leaders
GoalsRebecca Leslie (4)[3]
AssistsRory Guilday
Brianne Jenner (5)[3]
PointsBrianne Jenner (8)[3]
Penalty minutesJocelyne Larocque (10)[3]
Plus/minusStephanie Markowski (2)[3]
WinsGwyneth Philips (3)[4]
Goals against averageGwyneth Philips (2.44)[4]

The 2025–26 Ottawa Charge season will be the team's third season as a member of the Professional Women's Hockey League. They play their home games at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario.

The dates and locations of the 2025–26 PWHL Takeover Tour were announced on November 10, 2025.[5]

Offseason

Coaching changes

On August 29, 2025, the Charge announced the hiring of Juuso Toivola as an assistant coach. He previously served as head coach for the Finland women's national ice hockey team. Ottawa also announced the departure of assistant coach Dean Jackson.[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 16 Toronto 2–3 OT Angers TD Place Arena [Recap 1]
November 17 Toronto 0–3 Philips TD Place Arena [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 5 3 1 0 1 13 6 +7 11
3 Toronto 6 3 0 1 2 12 13 −1 10
4 Minnesota 6 3 0 1 2 17 12 +5 10
5 Vancouver 7 2 1 0 4 14 20 −6 8
6 Seattle 5 2 0 1 2 13 17 −4 7
7 New York 7 2 0 0 5 13 17 −4 6
8 Ottawa 7 1 1 0 5 12 21 −9 5
Updated to match(es) played on December 21, 2025. Source: PWHL

Regular season

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

Regular season schedule (Home: 1–0–0–2; Road: 0–2–0–3)
November: 1–0–0–1, 3 points (Home: 1–0–0–1; Road: 0–0–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
1 November 22 New York 0–4 Philips TD Place Arena 7,371 0–0–0–1 0 [Recap 3]
2 November 26 Vancouver 5–1 Philips TD Place Arena 5,507 1–0–0–1 3 [Recap 4]
December: 0–2–0–4, 4 points (Home: 0–0–0–1; Road: 0–2–0–3)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
3 December 2 Minnesota 1–5 Philips TD Place Arena 5,174 1–0–0–2 3 [Recap 5]
4 December 4 @ Toronto 1–3 Philips Coca-Cola Coliseum 7,715 1–0–0–3 3 [Recap 6]
5 December 16 @ Vancouver 1–2 Philips Pacific Coliseum 9,250 1–0–0–4 3 [Recap 7]
6 December 17 @ Seattle 1–4 Ahola Climate Pledge Arena 9,389 1–0–0–5 3 [Recap 8]
7 December 21 @ Minnesota 3–2 OT Philips Allstate Arena 7,238 1–1–0–5 5 [Recap 9]
8 December 23 @ Toronto 4–3 OT Philips Coca-Cola Coliseum 8,108 1–2–0–5 7 [Recap 10]
9 December 27 Boston 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
10 January 3 Minnesota TD Place Arena
11 January 9 Vancouver TD Place Arena
12 January 11 @ Boston Scotiabank Centre
13 January 13 @ Montreal Place Bell
14 January 20 @ New York Prudential Center
15 January 24 @ Montreal Place Bell
16 January 28 Seattle TD Place Arena
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 28 Boston 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
18 March 4 Seattle TD Place Arena
19 March 8 @ New York Prudential Center
20 March 11 Montreal TD Place Arena
21 March 14 @ Vancouver Pacific Coliseum
22 March 18 @ Minnesota Grand Casino Arena
23 March 22 Montreal Canada Life Centre
24 March 29 @ Seattle Climate Pledge 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 1 Toronto Scotiabank Saddledome
26 April 8 Seattle TD Place Arena
27 April 11 @ Toronto Coca-Cola Coliseum
28 April 18 New York TD Place Arena
29 April 22 @ Boston Tsongas Center
30 April 25 Toronto TD Place Arena

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


Player statistics

As of December 21, 2025[3]

Skaters

Regular Season[3]
Player GP G A Pts SOG +/− PIM
Brianne Jenner 7 3 3 6 24 –4 2
Rebecca Leslie 7 2 3 5 20 –2 0
Rory Guilday 7 1 4 5 8 –7 4
Gabbie Hughes 5 0 3 3 8 –5 2
Anna Shokhina 6 1 1 2 7 0 2
Mannon McMahon 7 1 1 2 11 0 6
Peyton Hemp 7 0 2 2 9 –1 6
Fanuza Kadirova 6 1 0 1 10 –3 0
Anna Meixner 7 1 0 1 6 –1 4
Ronja Savolainen 7 1 0 1 16 –2 0
Sarah Wozniewicz 7 1 0 1 11 –3 2
Samantha Isbell 6 0 1 1 3 –2 0
Jocelyne Larocque 7 0 1 1 8 –3 10
Stephanie Markowski 7 0 1 1 10 +1 0
Kateřina Mrázová 7 0 1 1 10 –6 2
Olivia Wallin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kate Reilly 4 0 0 0 3 +1 0
Taylor House 6 0 0 0 2 –1 0
Emily Clark 7 0 0 0 27 –6 2
Brooke Hobson 7 0 0 0 1 –2 2
Alexa Vasko 7 0 0 0 6 –1 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season[4]
Player GP TOI W L OT SOL GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Gwyneth Philips 6 356:46 2 4 0 0 14 2.35 200 0.930 0 0 0 2
Sanni Ahola 1 60:00 0 1 0 0 3 3.00 23 0.870 0 0 0 0

Awards and honours

Milestones

Regular season
Date Player Milestone
November 22, 2025[Recap 3] Rory Guilday 1st career PWHL game
Peyton Hemp
Fanuza Kadirova
Sarah Wozniewicz
November 26, 2025[Recap 4] Brianne Jenner 20th career PWHL goal
Rory Guilday 1st career PWHL assist
Stephanie Markowski 5th career PWHL assist
Peyton Hemp 1st career PWHL penalty
Anna Shokhina 1st career PWHL penalty
1st career PWHL game
December 2, 2025[Recap 5] Rory Guilday 1st career PWHL goal
1st career PWHL penalty
Gabbie Hughes 20th career PWHL assist
December 4, 2025[Recap 6] Fanuza Kadirova 1st career PWHL goal
Samantha Isbell 1st career PWHL assist
Anna Shokhina
Sarah Wozniewicz 1st career PWHL penalty
December 16, 2025[Recap 7] Anna Shokhina 1st career PWHL goal
Peyton Hemp 1st career PWHL assist
December 21, 2025[Recap 9] Sarah Wozniewicz 1st career PWHL goal

Three Star Awards

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

Player of the Week

Player of the Week recipients
Week Player
December 1, 2025[10] Brianne Jenner

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 Ottawa Charge players who have been named to the Starting Six.

Starting Six players
Month Position Player
November[11] F Brianne Jenner


Transactions

Draft

Main article: 2025 PWHL Draft
See also: List of Ottawa Charge draft picks

The 2025 PWHL Draft was held on June 24, 2025, with Ottawa as the host city.[12] The Charge made six draft picks, with Cornell University forward and United States women's national ice hockey team member Rory Guilday as their first round pick at fifth overall. She was followed by Anna Shokhina at 13, Sarah Wozniewicz at 21, Peyton Hemp at 29, Sanni Ahola at 37, and Fanuza Kadirova at 45.[13]

Drafted prospect signings
Date Player Draft Term Ref
July 11, 2025 Sarah Wozniewicz Third round, 21st overall (2025) One year [14][15]
July 14, 2025 Anna Shokhina Second round, 13th overall (2025) One year [16][17]
Sanni Ahola Fifth round, 37th overall (2025) One year [16][17]
Fanuza Kadirova Sixth round, 45th overall (2025) One year [16][17]
July 25, 2025 Rory Guilday First round, fifth overall (2025) Three years [18][19]
November 20, 2025 Peyton Hemp Fourth round, 29th overall (2025) One year [20][21]
Olivia Wallin Sixth round, 47th overall (2025) Reserve player contract [20][21]

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.[22] 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.[23]

Free agent signings
Date Player Previous team Term Ref
June 19, 2025 Élizabeth Giguère New York Sirens One year [24][25]
June 20, 2025 Brooke Hobson New York Sirens One year [26][25]
June 21, 2025 Emma Bergesen SDE Hockey (SDHL) One year [27][25]
November 20, 2025 Kathryn Reilly Quinnipiac University (ECAC) One year [20][21]
Kendra Woodland University of New Brunswick (U Sports) One year [20][21]
Vita Poniatovskaia Yale University (ECAC) Reserve player contract [20][21]
November 24, 2025 Reece Hunt Luleå HF (SDHL) Reserve player contract [28]

Contract extensions/terminations

Player contract extensions
Date Player Term Ref
June 18, 2025 Rebecca Leslie Two years [29][30]
Taylor House One year [29][30]
July 10, 2025 Anna Meixner One year [31][32]
Samantha Isbell One year [31][32]
Logan Angers One year [31][32]
Jessica Adolfsson One year [31][32]
July 11, 2025 Stephanie Markowski One year [33][34]
July 24, 2025 Mannon McMahon One year [35][36]
July 27, 2025 Gwyneth Philips Two years[a] [37][38]
August 7, 2025 Emily Clark Two years[a] [39][40]
November 20, 2025 Alexa Vasko One year [20][21]
November 25, 2025 Gabbie Hughes One year[a] [41]
Ronja Savolainen One year[b] [41]
Player contract terminations
Date Player Term remaining Ref
November 19, 2025 Élizabeth Giguère One year[c] [42]
Emma Bergesen One year[c] [42]
Jessica Adolfsson One year[c] [42]
Logan Angers One year[c] [42]

Retirements

Player retirements
Date Player Team(s) Ref
June 1, 2025 Victoria Bach Toronto Sceptres (2024), Ottawa Charge (2024–25) [43]

Reserve activations

Reserve player activations
Date Activated player Absent player Notes Ref
December 15, 2025 Olivia Wallin Gabbie Hughes 10 day contract [44]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Extension will come into effect for the 2026–27 season.
  2. ^ Extension will come into effect for the 2027–28 season.
  3. ^ a b c d Released from preseason/training camp.

References

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  43. ^ Kennedy, Ian (June 1, 2025). "Victoria Bach Announces Her Retirement From Hockey". The Hockey News. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  44. ^ "Charge sign Olivia Wallin to 10 day contract". Professional Women's Hockey League. December 15, 2025. Retrieved December 15, 2025.

Recaps

  1. ^ "Toronto @ Ottawa (Preseason)". ThePWHL.com. November 16, 2025. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  2. ^ "Toronto @ Ottawa (Preseason)". ThePWHL.com. November 17, 2025. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "New York – Ottawa – November 22, 2025". ThePWHL.com. November 22, 2025. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Vancouver – Ottawa – November 26, 2025". ThePWHL.com. November 26, 2025. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Minnesota – Ottawa – December 2, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 2, 2025. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Ottawa – Toronto – December 4, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 4, 2025. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Ottawa – Vancouver – December 16, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 16, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  8. ^ "Ottawa – Seattle – December 17, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 17, 2025. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Ottawa – Minnesota – December 21, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 21, 2025.
  10. ^ "Ottawa – Toronto – December 23, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 23, 2025. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
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