SEATTLE, WA (February 27, 2026) – In the first game back for both teams after a pause in PWHL action for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, the Toronto Sceptres overtook the Seattle Torrent 5-2 in a back-and-forth game in front of a sold-out crowd of 17,335 fans at Climate Pledge Arena, setting a new U.S. arena attendance record for women’s hockey. Five of Toronto’s eight Olympians in the lineup got on the scoresheet, led by two points from Renata Fast. Canadian top scorer Daryl Watts connected with Jesse Compher on the opening goal just 28 seconds into the first period, the second fastest goal to start a game in the PWHL this season. Aneta Tejralová evened the scoring just before the end of the period at 19:48 on a tic-tac-toe play from Danielle Serdachny and Julia Gosling. Toronto got up again early in the second with Fast’s first goal of the season, deflected in off Hannah Murphy’s stick at 4:25, with Natalie Snodgrass again bringing Seattle even at 18:48. Emma Maltais potted the game-winner 5:56 into the third period, followed by two empty netters from Sara Hjalmarsson and Kali Flanagan to seal the Sceptres first West Coast win. Raygan Kirk turned away 29/31 shots for her third win of the season while Murphy saved 24/27.
Toronto looks to pick up momentum as they head up the coast to visit the Vancouver Goldeneyes on Sunday, while the Torrent fly to Ottawa to face the Charge on Tuesday.
Damn, they were tied 2-2 when I went to bed during the 2nd.
Feels like we come out sluggish every game and don’t turn it on until we get scored on the first time. I thought for sure we’d find the back of the net for a third goal in that third period, but it just never came together for us.
