Overview
- ION will carry the best-of-five Walter Cup Finals nationwide, marking the PWHL’s first U.S. linear-television championship broadcast.
- Official game dates will be announced after semifinalists are confirmed, with the playoff format featuring two best-of-five semifinals ahead of the Finals in May.
- ION will also televise the March 28 Takeover Tour game between New York and Montréal in Detroit, the league’s first nationally televised game in the United States.
- Scripps president and CEO Adam Symson cited heightened demand after Team USA’s Olympic gold and pointed to the company’s established WNBA and NWSL coverage.
- The league reports a 23% year-over-year rise in average attendance, strong Olympic participation from its players, and plans to add up to four teams next season.