Overview
- The Torrent announced Friday that they have parted ways with head coach Steve O’Rourke and that general manager Meghan Turner thanked him in a team release.
- Seattle finished the season with the league’s worst record at 8-1-5-16 and set single-season marks for regulation losses and total defeats.
- The team allowed the most goals in the PWHL while scoring near the bottom of the league, a combination that undercut on-ice results all year.
- Injuries to key players, including captain Hilary Knight and forward Hannah Bilka after the Olympic break, disrupted line chemistry and limited the team’s consistency.
- With four new expansion teams joining the league and a new five-phase offseason protection process planned, the Torrent have opened an immediate coaching search that will shape roster decisions and player retention.