Ice hockey-PWHL announces Vancouver expansion franchise for 2025-26 season

Mark Walter, Founder and CEO, TWG Global; Founder and CEO, Guggenheim Partners speaks at the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2024. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo

(Reuters) - The Professional Women's Hockey League on Wednesday announced Vancouver as its first expansion franchise, with the club set to launch in time for the 2025-26 season as its seventh team.

The team, which will be known as PWHL Vancouver until a permanent name is announced, will feature "pacific blue" as its primary colour and play out of the Pacific Coliseum that was once home to the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks.