Purple Reign

April 23 2025 marked a huge milestone in the PWHL as our first ever expansion team was announced in Vancouver and the entire Purple Trio couldn't be more happier for them Vancouver is a natural fit as they will be the first team in the league to be the primary tenant of its home arena with their practice facility just a few steps away and following the almighty success of the Takeover Tour they ha...

This year's IIHF World Championships were electric in Czechia as the competition came to Europe and oh my was our Kelly Pannek on fire as she helped Team USA go undefeated to take the Gold Originally only me and Lady were going to be on today's show as Pluto doesn't normally follow the tournament but as this year he kept making snipe remarks we thought we'd drag him into the studio as well

On March 30 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour concluded at Enterprise Center, St. Louis as the pressure was on for the Ottawa Charge as they were the only team yet to win on the tour and what a way to get it in drmatic fashion scoring two goals 32 seconds apart St. Louis I know that you could have done better in terms of attendance and whilst I'm not mad I am however disappointed as you only just manage...

A few years ago in the UK a major snow blizzard struck with the media nicknaming it the Beast of the East and with our Minnesota Frost on a road trip which included their Takeover Tour stops in Raleigh & Detroit I feel that's what we had become The team needed to improve from last month and while there were a few road bumps along the way I was pleased that Nicole Hensley got back in net an...

During the eighth stop of the PWHL Takeover Tour in Detroit an historic milestone was achieved as the league welcome a million fans in attendance across PWHL games since we launched last year This is an incredible moment as for other sports teams that would take decades to reach and we've done it in 14 months flat something that should be celebrated not just for the PWHL but for womens sport itsel...

On March 16 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour made its eight stop and returned to Little Caesars Arena, Detroit exaclty one year to the day from when they hosted the Fleet & Charge on the Takeover Weekend This time it was our Minnesota Frost & the New York Sirens wenr head to head and the crowd did not disappoint as once again Michgan came out in full support and took back the record for the hig...

On March 7 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour made its seventh stop at Lenovo Center, Raleigh in what felt like a home from home game as my Minnesota Frost had the entre crowd on their side as they blanked the Charge for the first shutout win by any team on the tour so far GAME RECAP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXRYHqJ88y4 Ottawa Charge 0-5 Minnesota Frost Raleigh you came out loud and proud and th...

On February 23 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour made its sixth stop at Keybank Center, Buffalo as the New York Sirens finally made their first apperance on the tour in what was a massive letdown attendance wise from Buffalo fans giving the Purple Trio even more proof that New York isn't working as a PWHL market GAME RECAP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h82nk8LSud4 Boston Fleet 3-2 New York Sirens (S...

While the PWHL went on break during the Rivalry Series my attention was firmly on the Final Qualification for next year's Olympics with Japan, Sweden and Germany taking the last spots and with that the groups are set and with the potential for PWHL involvement it makes for a very interesting tournment to come

While I was rooting for Connor McDavid and Canada in the 4 Nations final the unthinkable happened in Ottawa when Charge forward Tereza Vanisova and the Fleet's Jill Saulnier fought each other in the first ever fight in the PWHL While there is plenty of debate as to whether this was an official fight or not at the end of the day punches were thrown and the incident went viral even making the Daily...

For the first time since before christmas the Frost were back to a healthy squad alas tha didn't help matters in what has been a terrible month as they only picked up four points throughout February While our record for the month was poor it is not a true reflection of our team's perfromance as only one game were Minnesota out from the start, but there was a huge silver lining as we finally got ou...

Let's face it Tsongas Center is not the easist of the primary home venues in the PWHL to get to despite getting decent attendance however the Boston Fleet have announced exciting news as for two of their games in March they will be changing venues to a lot closer to Boston itself

On February 16 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour made its fifth stop at Rogers Place, Edmonton in what felt like a home from home for most of the players in both the Sceptres & Charge lineups as the fans got a treat with both teams finding success on the powerplay GAME RECAP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEH7VYbVJGQ Thank you for Edmonton for showing your support for the PWHL and like Denver you...

As the PWHL paused for the Rivalry Series two thirds of the Purple Trio meet up for a genuine conversation about its relevance in the claendar especially as there is now a proffesional league for women to play hockey in as we present our cases

The first month of January was jam-packed and I'm not talking about the raspberry kind as the Frost had a massive start to 2025 despite not firing on all cylinders In fact Taylor Heise during a post game interview said it perfectly we've been sick, sick, sick with the bug even hitting me despite living in Manchester on the other side of the pond and I'm still not duly recovered given some of my bl...

On January 19 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour made its fourth stop at Videotron Centre, Quebec City as the province got its first taste of professional hockey for the first time in 30 years as the Victoire & Charge went head to head in another heated battle GAME RECAP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgJ7S7P8rVg Ottawa Charge 1-2 Montreal Victoire Quebec City clearly came out in support but I&#39...

On January 12 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour made its third stop at Ball Arena Denver as our Minnesota Frost finally got to taste the sights & sounds of netural site hockey as they hosted top of the table rivals Le Victoire de Montreal as Sophie Jacques played a huge role in the Frost's 4-2 win in her first game back from LTIR GAME RECAP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWePsa6KvR8 Montreal Vict...

Year 2 of the PWHL has begun and for our Minnesota Frost so does the defense of our Walter Cup as the first month of the season saw us reunited with all of the Inaugural Six and the team showed no signs of slowing down Some of the highlights of the month of course include raising our Walter Cup banner at the Xcel Energy Center as well as the first set of rematches against our playoff foes the Bost...

On January 8 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour made its secons stop at Rogers Arena. Vancouver which with regards to womens hockey holds a special place in my heart but its even more special for Victoire captain Marie Philip-Poulin who got two big goals in her team's 4-2 win over the Toronto Sceptres GAME RECAP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXfMaI_1Als Montreal Victoire 4-2 Toronto Sceptres Vancouve...

On January 5 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour kicked off at Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle as the Boston Fleet gave the Emerald City its moneys worth erasing a 2-0 deficit on the powerplay and sent the game in a shootout where Hannah Bilka got the winner in the shootout to snap their three game losing streak and end the Victoire's win streak at four GAME RECAP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3HpGnBN...

With the clock now turned to the new year the Purple Trio look back on what was an unforgettable first year of the Professinal Womens Hockey League reflecting on some of the stand out moments of the past 12 months

One of the big things that made the PWHL stand out in Year 1 was its commitment to neutral sites as a way to grow the product and for Year 2 that intitive has grown further with nine markets getting to host gamesAnd the good news is all six teams will be involved which is a relief for us Frost fans as both Minnesota & New York were snubbed from these events last yearTakeover Tour DatesJan 5: M...

Whilst I'm not a gamer myself this is indeed another huge milestone for womens hockey as you are now able to play with all the PWHL teams in the video game NHL25

This past weekend saw the PWHL committ its first offence as instead of that wekend's games being avaliable on YouTube as they're supposed to be they were instead sent to Twitch via the league's official website This was a move that had the entire fandom in agreement that it was a stupid idea and it even caused a barmy between the Purple Trio that is still ongoing

I don't do advertising but I need to make an exception for the Jocks in Jills podcast which I discovered not long after the jerseys were revealed, the show presented by Tessa & Julia is a must see for all of us who are involved with womens hockeyWhether you're new to the PWHL or if like me you've been with the league since day 1 this show should be part of your weekly schedules as not only do...