2025–26 Vancouver Goldeneyes season

2025–26 Vancouver Goldeneyes
League5th PWHL
2025–26 record2–1–0–4
Home record2–1–0–1
Road record0–0–0–3
Goals for14
Goals against20
Team information
General managerCara Gardner Morey[1]
CoachBrian Idalski[1]
CaptainAshton Bell
Alternate captainsSarah Nurse
Claire Thompson
ArenaPacific Coliseum
Average attendance11,459
Team leaders
GoalsAbby Boreen (3)[2]
AssistsClaire Thompson
Tereza Vanišová (4)[2]
PointsClaire Thompson (6)[2]
Penalty minutesEmma Greco (17)[2]
Plus/minusSydney Bard (2)[2]
WinsEmerance Maschmeyer (2)[3]
Goals against averageEmerance Maschmeyer (2.66)[3]

The 2025–26 Vancouver Goldeneyes season is the team's ongoing first season as an expansion member of the Professional Women's Hockey League. They play their home games at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on October 8, 2025.[4]

Pre-season camp
Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Box Score/Recap
November 15 Seattle 3–0 Maschmeyer Pacific Coliseum [Recap 1]
November 16 Seattle 2–4 Campbell Pacific Coliseum [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.[5][6]

Regular season schedule (Home: 2–1–0–1; Road: 0–0–0–3)
November: 0–1–0–2, 2 points (Home: 0–1–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–2)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
1 November 21 Seattle 4–3 OT Maschmeyer Pacific Coliseum 14,958 0–1–0–0 2 [Recap 3]
2 November 26 @ Ottawa 1–5 Maschmeyer TD Place Arena 5,507 0–1–0–1 2 [Recap 4]
3 November 29 @ New York 1–5 Campbell Prudential Center 3,517 0–1–0–2 2 [Recap 5]
December: 2–0–0–2, 6 points (Home: 2–0–0–1; Road: 0–0–0–1)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
4 December 3 @ Boston 0–2 Maschmeyer Agganis Arena 3,516 0–1–0–3 2 [Recap 6]
5 December 6 New York 4–0 Maschmeyer Pacific Coliseum 9,502 1–1–0–3 5 [Recap 7]
6 December 16 Ottawa 2–1 Campbell Pacific Coliseum 9,250 2–1–0–3 8 [Recap 8]
7 December 20 Montreal 2–4 Maschmeyer Pacific Coliseum 12,127 2–1–0–4 8 [Recap 9]
8 December 27 Minnesota Rogers Place
9 December 31 @ New York 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 3 @ Boston Little Caesars Arena
11 January 7 @ Ottawa TD Place Arena
12 January 11 @ Montreal Videotron Centre
13 January 17 @ Toronto TBD
14 January 22 Seattle Pacific Coliseum
15 January 25 @ Seattle Ball Arena
16 January 28 @ Minnesota Grand Casino 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
17 March 1 Toronto Pacific Coliseum
18 March 10 Boston Pacific Coliseum
19 March 14 Ottawa Pacific Coliseum
20 March 18 New York Pacific Coliseum
21 March 21 Minnesota Pacific Coliseum
22 March 24 @ Boston Tsongas Center
23 March 29 Toronto Coca-Cola Coliseum
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 @ Montreal Place Bell
25 April 4 @ Minnesota Grand Casino Arena
26 April 7 Boston Rogers Place
27 April 14 Seattle Pacific Coliseum
28 April 18 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
29 April 21 Montreal Pacific Coliseum
30 April 25 Minnesota Pacific Coliseum

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


Player statistics

As of December 16, 2025[2]

Skaters

Regular Season[2]
Player GP G A Pts SOG +/− PIM
Claire Thompson 6 2 3 5 8 –1 2
Abby Boreen 6 3 1 4 21 +2 0
Jenn Gardiner 6 2 2 4 13 –2 0
Sophie Jaques 6 1 2 3 16 –4 0
Gabby Rosenthal 6 1 1 2 8 +2 0
Michela Cava 6 0 2 2 8 –2 0
Michelle Karvinen 6 0 2 2 8 –4 2
Hannah Miller 6 0 2 2 7 –5 0
Tereza Vanišová 6 0 2 2 7 0 2
Sarah Nurse 1 1 0 1 5 +1 0
Ashton Bell 6 1 0 1 6 –2 0
Katie Chan 6 1 0 1 3 –1 2
Brooke McQuigge 6 0 1 1 5 –3 2
Anna Segedi 5 0 0 0 6 –3 2
Sydney Bard 6 0 0 0 8 +2 0
Mellissa Channell-Watkins 6 0 0 0 2 –6 0
Izzy Daniel 6 0 0 0 2 –2 0
Emma Greco 6 0 0 0 1 0 17
Darcie Lappan 6 0 0 0 3 0 0
Maddy Samoskevich 6 0 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular Season[3]
Player GP TOI W L OT SOL GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Emerance Maschmeyer 4 236:20 2 2 0 0 9 2.28 120 0.925 1 0 0 0
Kristen Campbell 2 120:00 1 1 0 0 6 3.00 62 0.903 0 0 0 0

Awards and honors

Milestones

Regular season
Date Player Milestone
November 21, 2025[Recap 3] Sarah Nurse 1st goal in franchise history
Abby Boreen 1st game-winning goal in franchise history
1st assist in franchise history
Claire Thompson 5th career PWHL goal
Katie Chan 1st career PWHL game
Michelle Karvinen
Darcie Lappan
Maddy Samoskevich
Emerance Maschmeyer 1st overtime win in franchise history
November 26, 2025[Recap 4] Michela Cava 20th career PWHL assist
Michelle Karvinen 1st career PWHL assist
Emerance Maschmeyer 1st loss in franchise history
December 6, 2025[Recap 10] Jenn Gardiner 15th career PWHL assist
Emerance Maschmeyer 1st regulation win in franchise history
1st shutout in franchise history
December 16, 2025[Recap 11] Katie Chan 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.[7] The following are Vancouver Goldeneyes players who have been named to the Starting Six.

Starting Six players
Month Position Player
November[7] D Claire Thompson


Transactions

Draft

Main article: 2025 PWHL Draft
See also: List of Vancouver Goldeneyes draft picks

The 2025 PWHL Draft was held on June 24, 2025.[8] Vancouver made five draft picks, selecting longtime Finland women's national ice hockey team forward Michelle Karvinen at seventh overall. She was the first pick in franchise history, followed by Nina Jobst-Smith at 19, Brianna Brooks at 32, Maddy Samoskevich at 39, and Chanreet Bassi at 48. They were originally assigned picks 16 and 23 but traded them to the Toronto Sceptres in exchange for pick 19 and goaltender Kristen Campbell.[9]

Due to the additions of the Vancouver and Seattle teams, an expansion draft was held on June 9, 2025.[10] Vancouver acquired Ashton Bell, Brooke McQuigge, Abigail Boreen, Izzy Daniel, Gabby Rosenthal, Denisa Křížová, and Sydney Bard in the expansion draft.

Drafted prospect signings
Date Player Draft Term Ref
October 6, 2025 Michelle Karvinen First round, Seventh overall (2025) One year [11][12]
October 28, 2025 Nina Jobst-Smith Third round, 19th overall (2025) Two years [13][14]
Brianna Brooks Fourth round, 32nd overall (2025) One year [13][14]
Madison Samoskevich Fifth round, 39th overall (2025) One year [13][14]

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.[15] 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.[10]

Free agent signings
Date Player Previous team Term Ref
June 4, 2025[a] Claire Thompson Minnesota Frost One year [16][17][18]
Sophie Jaques Minnesota Frost Three years [19][18]
June 5, 2025[a] Emerance Maschmeyer Ottawa Charge Two years [20][21]
Sarah Nurse Toronto Sceptres One year [22][23]
Jennifer Gardiner Montreal Victoire One year [24][25]
June 16, 2025 Hannah Miller Toronto Sceptres Three years [26][27][28]
June 17, 2025 Michela Cava Minnesota Frost Two years [29][30][28]
Tereza Vanišová Ottawa Charge Two years [29][30][28]
Mellissa Channell-Watkins Minnesota Frost One year [31][32][28]
Emma Greco Boston Fleet Two years [31][28]
June 20, 2025 Gabby Rosenthal New York Sirens[b] One year [33][28]
July 11, 2025 Brooke McQuigge Minnesota Frost[b] One year [34]
November 20, 2025 Katie Chan Färjestad BK (SDHL) One year [35][36]
Kimberly Newell KRS Vanke Rays (ZhHL) One year [35][36]
Brianna Brooks Vancouver Goldeneyes[c] Reserve player contract [35][36]
Darcie Lappan MoDo Hockey (SDHL) Reserve player contract[d] [35][36]
Malia Schneider SDE Hockey (SDHL) Reserve player contract [35][36]

Contract extensions/terminations

Player contract extensions
Date Player Term Ref
August 14, 2025 Ashton Bell Two years[e] [37][38]
Player contract terminations
Date Player Term remaining Ref
November 19, 2025 Brianna Brooks One year[f] [39]

Trades

Trades involving the Goldeneyes
Date Details Ref
June 24, 2025 To Vancouver Goldeneyes
Kristen Campbell
Third round pick – 2025 PWHL Draft
(#19 – Nina Jobst-Smith) 		To Toronto Sceptres
Second round pick – 2025 PWHL Draft
(#16 – Kiara Zanon)
Third round pick – 2025 PWHL Draft
(#23 – Clara Van Wieren) 		[40]
November 19, 2025 To Minnesota Frost
Denisa Křížová 		To Vancouver Goldeneyes
Anna Segedi 		[41][42]

Reserve activations

Reserve player activations
Date Activated player Absent player Notes Ref
November 20, 2025 Darcie Lappan Nina Jobst-Smith LTIR [35]
December 5, 2025 Malia Schneider Sarah Nurse LTIR [43]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Expansion team exclusive signing window.
  2. ^ a b Restricted free agent selected in expansion draft.
  3. ^ Initially signed to a one year standard player agreement that was terminated after being cut from training camp.
  4. ^ Subsequently signed a standard player agreement following training camp to fill in for Nina Jobst-Smith who is on LTIR. Length of contract has not been specified.
  5. ^ Extension will come into effect for the 2026–27 season.
  6. ^ Released from preseason/training camp.

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Recaps

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  4. ^ a b "Vancouver – Ottawa – November 26, 2025". ThePWHL.com. November 26, 2025. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  5. ^ "Vancouver – New York – November 29, 2025". ThePWHL.com. November 29, 2025. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  6. ^ "Vancouver – Boston – December 3, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 3, 2025. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  7. ^ "New York – Vancouver – December 6, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 6, 2025. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
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  9. ^ "Montreal – Vancouver – December 20, 2025". ThePWHL.com. December 20, 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
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