Expansion to Seattle and Vancouver has given the Professional Women’s Hockey League eight teams for the 2025-26 season, but don’t expect the league to remain at that number for long.

Front Office Sports reported Wednesday that the 3-year-old league is targeting rapid expansion and could have a dozen teams at this time next year.

Seattle and Vancouver were selected as expansion cities after the PWHL held its Takeover Tour last season, placing neutral-site games in nine cities to determine the viability for future teams in various communities.

Now, the Takeover Tour is headed to 11 cities — seven first-time locales and four returning cities. Denver, Detroit, Edmonton and Quebec City will get second looks, with the tour stopping at Chicago, Dallas and Washington, D.C., and Calgary, Halifax

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