2025–26 Seattle Torrent season

2025–26 Seattle Torrent
League6th PWHL
2025–26 record2–0–1–2
Home record2–0–0–2
Road record0–0–1–0
Goals for10
Goals against12
Team information
General managerMeghan Turner[1]
CoachSteve O'Rourke[1]
CaptainHilary Knight
Alternate captainsEmily Brown
Alex Carpenter
ArenaClimate Pledge Arena
Average attendance11,262
Team leaders
GoalsAlex Carpenter
Julia Gosling (3)[2]
AssistsHannah Bilka
Hilary Knight (4)[2]
PointsHannah Bilka (6)[2]
Penalty minutesEmily Brown (6)[2]
Plus/minusAneta Tejralová
Alex Carpenter
Hilary Knight (3)[2]
WinsHannah Murphy (2)[3]
Goals against averageHannah Murphy (1.00)[3]

The 2025–26 Seattle Torrent season will be the team's first season as an expansion member of the Professional Women's Hockey League. They play their home games at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington.

Offseason

On May 21, 2025, the PWHL named Meghan Turner as the Seattle Torrent's first general manager. She was previously an assistant general manager for the Boston Fleet.[4][5]

On June 20, 2025, Seattle named Steve O'Rourke their first head coach. He most recently served as the head coach for the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League.[6]

On August 21, 2025, Seattle announced the hiring of Christine Bumstead and Clayton Beddoes as assistant coaches. Bumstead previously served as the performance coach for the Saskatoon Blades, and Beddoes previously served as an assistant coach for the Red Deer Rebels, both of the WHL.[7]

On November 14, 2025, Hilary Knight was named the inaugural team captain.[8]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on October 8, 2025.[9]

Pre-season camp
Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Box Score/Recap
November 15 @ Vancouver 0–3 Schroeder Pacific Coliseum [Recap 1]
November 16 @ Vancouver 4–2 Murphy 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.[10][11]

Regular season schedule (Home: 2–0–0–2; Road: 0–0–1–0)
November: 0–0–1–1, 1 points (Home: 0–0–0–1; Road: 0–0–1–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
1 November 21 @ Vancouver 3–4 OT Schroeder Pacific Coliseum 14,958 0–0–1–0 1 [Recap 3]
2 November 28 Minnesota 0–3 Schroeder Climate Pledge Arena 16,014 0–0–1–1 1 [Recap 4]
December: 2–0–0–1, 6 points (Home: 2–0–0–1; Road: 0–0–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
3 December 3 New York 2–1 Murphy Climate Pledge Arena 8,622 1–0–1–1 4 [Recap 5]
4 December 17 Ottawa 4–1 Murphy Climate Pledge Arena 9,389 2–0–1–1 7 [Recap 6]
5 December 21 Boston 1–3 Schroeder Climate Pledge Arena 11,023 2–0–1–2 7 [Recap 7]
6 December 23 Montreal Climate Pledge Arena
7 December 28 @ New York American Airlines 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
8 January 3 @ Toronto TD Coliseum
9 January 7 @ Boston Agganis Arena
10 January 11 @ Minnesota Grand Casino Arena
11 January 18 Boston Climate Pledge Arena
12 January 20 Toronto Climage Pledge Arena
13 January 25 Vancouver Ball Arena
14 January 28 @ Ottawa 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
15 February 27 Toronto Climate Pledge 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 4 @ Ottawa TD Place Arena
17 March 11 Boston Climate Pledge Arena
18 March 13 @ Minnesota Grand Casino Arena
19 March 15 @ Toronto Coca-Cola Coliseum
20 March 19 @ Montreal Place Bell
21 March 21 @ Boston Tsongas Center
22 March 25 New York Allstate Arena
23 March 29 Ottawa 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
24 April 4 @ New York TBD
25 April 7 @ Montreal Place Bell
26 April 8 @ Ottawa TD Place Arena
27 April 14 @ Vancouver Pacific Coliseum
28 April 18 Vancouver Climate Pledge Arena
29 April 22 Minnesota Climate Pledge Arena
30 April 25 @ Montreal Climate Pledge Arena

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


Player statistics

As of December 04, 2025[2]

Skaters

Regular Season[2]
Player GP G A Pts SOG +/− PIM
Julia Gosling 3 2 1 3 12 +1 2
Hannah Bilka 3 1 2 3 5 –3 2
Hilary Knight 3 1 2 3 10 +2 0
Alex Carpenter 3 1 1 2 13 +2 0
Emily Brown 3 0 1 1 2 –1 6
Danielle Serdachny 3 0 1 1 6 0 2
Anna Wilgren 3 0 1 1 6 0 2
Aneta Tejralová 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Lyndie Lobdell 2 0 0 0 1 –1 0
Lexie Adzija 3 0 0 0 6 –3 2
Cayla Barnes 3 0 0 0 1 –1 0
Jenna Buglioni 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Megan Carter 3 0 0 0 0 –2 2
Jessie Eldridge 3 0 0 0 5 –2 2
Mikyla Grant-Mentis 3 0 0 0 4 –5 2
Mariah Keopple 3 0 0 0 1 –2 0
Natalie Snodgrass 3 0 0 0 0 –4 0
Marah Wagner 3 0 0 0 1 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season[3]
Player GP TOI W L OT SOL GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Corinne Schroeder 2 121:36 0 1 1 0 7 3.45 52 0.865 0 0 0 0
Hannah Murphy 1 60:00 1 0 0 0 1 1.00 24 0.958 0 0 0 0

Awards and honors

The Torrent's first home game was attended by 16,014 fans, setting a record for the highest attendance at a professional women's hockey game at a U.S. arena. The same game set the record for the highest attendance at a PWHL team's main arena, surpassing the 14,958 who attended the Vancouver Goldeneyes' first home game, against the Torrent, a week earlier.[12][13]

Milestones

Regular season
Date Player Milestone
November 21, 2025[Recap 3] Julia Gosling 1st goal in franchise history
Anna Wilgren 1st assist in franchise history
10th career PWHL assist
Hilary Knight 20th career PWHL assist
Jenna Buglioni 1st career PWHL game
Marah Wagner
Corinne Schroeder 1st overtime loss in franchise history
November 28, 2025[Recap 4] Lyndie Lobdell 1st career PWHL game
Corinne Schroeder 1st loss in franchise history
December 3, 2025[Recap 5] Hannah Murphy 1st win in franchise history
1st career PWHL game

Transactions

Draft

Main article: 2025 PWHL Draft

The 2025 PWHL Draft was held on June 24, 2025.[14]

Due to the additions of the Vancouver Goldeneyes and Seattle Torrent teams, an expansion draft was held on June 9, 2025.[15] Seattle acquired Aneta Tejralová, Hannah Bilka, Jessie Eldridge, Julia Gosling, Anna Wilgren, Megan Carter, and Emily Brown in the expansion draft.

Drafted prospect signings
Date Player Draft Term Ref
July 15, 2025 Jenna Buglioni First round, eighth overall (2025) Two years [16][17]
July 16, 2025 Hannah Murphy Second round, 15th overall (2025) Two years [18][19]
November 20, 2025 Lily Delianedis Third round, 24th overall (2025) One year [20][21]
Lyndie Lobdell Fifth round, 40th overall (2025) One year [20][21]
Jada Habisch Fourth round, 31st 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.[15]

Free agent signings
Date Player Previous team Term Ref
June 5, 2025[a] Hilary Knight Boston Fleet One year [23][24]
Danielle Serdachny Ottawa Charge Two years [25][26]
Cayla Barnes Montreal Victoire Three years [27][28]
June 6, 2025[a] Alex Carpenter New York Sirens One year [29][30]
Corinne Schroeder New York Sirens Two years [31][32]
June 17, 2025 Mariah Keopple Montreal Victoire One year [33][34]
Lexie Adzija Boston Fleet Two years [35][34]
June 18, 2025 Natalie Snodgrass Ottawa Charge One year [36][34]
June 20, 2025 Mikyla Grant-Mentis Montreal Victoire Two years [37][34]
July 9, 2025 Carly Jackson Toronto Sceptres One year [38]
July 10, 2025 Anna Wilgren Montreal Victoire[b] One year [39]
November 20, 2025 Brooke Bryant Minnesota Frost One year [20][21]
Marah Wagner Skellefteå AIK (SDHL) One year [20][21]
Sydney Langseth Minnesota State University (WCHA) Reserve player contract [20][21]
Emily Zumwinkle Ohio State University (WCHA) Reserve player contract [20][21]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Expansion team exclusive signing window.
  2. ^ Restricted free agent selected in expansion draft.

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