{"id":555347,"date":"2026-03-23T13:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/555347\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:29:09","slug":"pwhl-lights-up-winnipeg-during-takeover-tour-as-fans-clamor-for-expansion-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/555347\/","title":{"rendered":"PWHL lights up Winnipeg during Takeover Tour as fans clamor for expansion team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-leagues-and-governing-bodies \">The Ottawa Charge defeated the Montreal Victoire 2-1 in front of a sold-out crowd of 15,225 at Winnipeg\u2019s Canada Life Centre on Sunday night in a PWHL Takeover Tour game. The league is looking at additional franchises for next season, and the turnout and atmosphere on Sunday might mean Winnipeg could \u201cmake a late charge for an expansion team\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegsun.com\/sports\/leslie-puts-a-charge-into-the-pwhl-debut-in-winnipeg\/article_3c9953bb-fd46-43be-9eda-c7345c412351.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WINNIPEG SUN, 3\/22<\/a>). The vibes \u201cwere exceedingly positive\u201d inside the arena, as \u201csqueals of excitement sailed around the stands while Charge and Victoire players sped up and down the ice.\u201d Artists Taylor Swift and Chappell Roan \u201cblasted from the speakers between plays,\u201d and the jumbotron \u201cwas constantly alight with beaming faces and dancing bodies.\u201d The PWHL \u201chas had a tangible impact on hockey in Manitoba well before its inaugural game in the province.\u201d And \u201cjudging by the cheers of \u2018We want a team\u2019\u201d that ricocheted around the arena, \u201cthe dream is very much alive for Winnipeg hockey fans\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/breakingnews\/2026\/03\/22\/pro-womens-hockey-game-inspirational\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, 3\/22<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ottawa Charge defeated the Montreal Victoire 2-1 in front of a sold-out crowd of 15,225 at Winnipeg\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,5239,145676,22073,4143],"class_list":{"0":"post-555347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-winnipeg","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-pwhl","12":"tag-winnipeg","13":"tag-womens-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}