Overview
- - The semifinals begin Thursday, with top-seeded Montréal selecting the two-time champion Minnesota as its opponent and Boston opening at home against Ottawa.
- - Both rounds use best-of-five series, with regional TV and YouTube carrying the semis and the Walter Cup finals airing nationwide in the U.S. on ION.
- - The league tallied 1,116,497 fans across 120 games this season, boosted by expansion teams Seattle and Vancouver leading average attendance.
- - Vancouver earned the No. 1 draft pick through the PWHL’s Gold Plan, and league officials say 2–4 new teams are targeted for next season, creating roster uncertainty.
- - Minnesota chases a three-peat against a Montréal team that swept the season series, in a postseason where lower seeds have won every series to date.