Expansion is on the table for the six-team Professional Women’s Hockey League, and executives aren’t placing limitations on which North American markets they’ll consider in a bid to add as many as two franchises for the 2025-26 season.

Two other Minnesota teams are ranked in the top 20: St. Cloud State at No. 10 and Minnesota State-Mankato at No. 16. The Gophers are back on the ice at home this Friday-Saturday against No. 18 Penn State.

The Gophers’ attack was led by transfer Natalie Mlynkova, who scored a pair of goals, giving her three on the season. The fifth-year senior, a native of Czechia, came in as an accomplished offensive player, having scored 49 goals and adding 49 assists in her four seasons at Vermont.

The Minot State University (MSU) women’s hockey team started the 2024-2025 American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) as the preseason number three ranked team in the country. The first contest of the new season was against the number four ranked Midland University Warriors on the road in Fremont,

The six-team Professional Women’s Hockey League is launching its expansion process with plans to add two franchises for the start of the 2025-26 season, a league executive announced Tuesday. Speaking at the ESPNW Summit in New York,

A professional women’s baseball league aims to begin competition in the U.S. in 2026, according to a news release issued Tuesday. The Women’s Pro Baseball League will feature six teams, based in the northeastern United States,

The six-team Professional Women’s Hockey League will begin sending requests for proposals to several markets starting as early as next week.

After success in its inaugural season, the PWHL is looking to expand to new hockey markets sooner than expected.