Seattle is the PWHL’s second expansion team after the announcement of Vancouver last week, and the league’s eighth franchise, with the original six markets in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Boston, New York and Minnesota. The team will join the league’s single-entity ownership structure under The Walter Group.

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The Minnesota Frost will have another opponent in the PWHL next season, as the league announced plans to add Seattle as its eighth team.