No name, lots of game: Women's pro hockey comes to Seattle

Seattle hockey fans rejoice! There is a new professional women’s team to root for, starting this fall.

The name of the team? Well … that’s yet to be determined, but there are many things we DO know about this upcoming third season of the Professional Women’s Hockey League.

This year, for the first time, the league is expanding into the Pacific Northwest, with teams in Vancouver and Seattle. There’ll now be 8 teams total vying for the “Walter Cup.” 

And things are moving FAST at PWHL Seattle: Players have been drafted, head coach Steve O’Rourke has been hired. 

There’s still a lot to be figured out, and the person making many of those decisions will be the new general manager Meghan Turner, who was the assistant GM of the Boston Fleet before being tapped for the head job here in Seattle.

Guest: Meghan Turner, General Manager of PWHL Seattle

Related Links:

• PWHL Turns To Turner To Lead New Seattle Women’s Team 

• PWHL Seattle GM Meghan Turner working to ‘create a community’ 

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