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p U S A H O C K E Y N E W S , P E O P L E & P R O G R A M S NOV/DEC 2025 USAHOCKEYMAGAZINE.COM // 13 Seattle will travel to Vancouver on Nov. 21 for a border Seattle will travel to Vancouver on Nov. 21 for a border battle on PWHL opening night. A week later, Seattle will battle on PWHL opening night. A week later, Seattle will have its first home game against the Minnesota Frost, the have its first home game against the Minnesota Frost, the reigning two-time Walter Cup champions. reigning two-time Walter Cup champions. Seattle is expected to have plenty of firepower on the ice too. Seattle is expected to have plenty of firepower on the ice too. Knight led all American-born players with 15 goals last sea- Knight led all American-born players with 15 goals last sea- son, while Alex Carpenter, her new teammate in Seattle, leads son, while Alex Carpenter, her new teammate in Seattle, leads all Americans with 43 points in the PWHL's first two seasons. all Americans with 43 points in the PWHL's first two seasons. "Seattle's awesome," Carpenter, who signed a one-year deal "Seattle's awesome," Carpenter, who signed a one-year deal with Seattle, said. "We had that Rivalry Series game there and with Seattle, said. "We had that Rivalry Series game there and it was amazing. Packed house. I've gotten so many messages it was amazing. Packed house. I've gotten so many messages from people that are so excited to have us there, and I got so from people that are so excited to have us there, and I got so many recommendations about everything to do. We have a many recommendations about everything to do. We have a really good group out there." really good group out there." Fans will have their eyes glued to the PWHL this season as Fans will have their eyes glued to the PWHL this season as women across the league will be looking to earn their respec- women across the league will be looking to earn their respec- tive spots for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan, Italy, tive spots for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan, Italy, this February. this February. Carpenter believes playing alongside fellow Americans Carpenter believes playing alongside fellow Americans such as Knight, Barnes and Hannah Bilka in Seattle will help such as Knight, Barnes and Hannah Bilka in Seattle will help build even further chemistry if the group ends up making the build even further chemistry if the group ends up making the U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team. U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team. "The level of the league and the speed and the pace will "The level of the league and the speed and the pace will make the Games in Milan so much better and, yeah, especially make the Games in Milan so much better and, yeah, especially for us in Seattle, it is nice to have that familiarity with some for us in Seattle, it is nice to have that familiarity with some teammates," Carpenter said. "Pretty much everybody (in the teammates," Carpenter said. "Pretty much everybody (in the league) has some solid group on one of their teams. Those league) has some solid group on one of their teams. Those groups will be tight, but (the U.S. Women's National Team) is groups will be tight, but (the U.S. Women's National Team) is so tight to begin with that when we all come back together, it's so tight to begin with that when we all come back together, it's like we never left." like we never left." P "Seattle's awesome. We had that Rivalry Series game there and it was amazing. Packed house." -ALEX CARPENTER PHOTOS BY Getty Images; PWHL PWHL SEATTLE WELCOME TOUR RECAP iqKZCZnpGno

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