More than hour before game time at the Pacific Coliseum young fans started holding up homemade signs to salute the Vancouver Goldeneyes.

The PWHL is off to a strong start.

The Goldeneyes play their first- regular season game against their Seattle Torrent expansion cousins beginning at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Coliseum . It’s the third year for women’s hockey pro league, and Vancouver and Seattle bring the PWHL to eight teams. The Goldeneyes are the first hockey tenant for the Coliseum since the WHL’s Vancouver Giants left for the Langley Events Centre ahead of the 2016-17 season.

The Goldeneyes announced Thursday that the game is sold out. Capacity at the Pacific Coliseum is listed 15,041.

We’ll be live blogging the event. Please keep checking back for updates.

6:30 p.m.: Goldeneye

See Full Page