PWHL to replace NHL on CBC’s ‘Hockey Night in Canada,’ with 4th season to open in early December

The newly expanded PWHL launches its fourth season with all 12 teams competing during the first weekend of December, and will include women’s hockey replacing the NHL on CBC’s iconic “Hockey Night in Canada” broadcast, the league announced on Monday.

The season will begin with three games on Dec. 5, starting with the Seattle Torrent traveling to Vancouver to face the Goldeneyes in a repeat of last season’s opener between the PWHL’s two 2025 expansion teams.

The reigning champion Montreal Victoire will launch the PWHL’s new broadcasting agreement with CBC in a prime-time game hosting the yet-to-be-named expansion team in Hamilton. And fellow expansion team San...