{"id":590215,"date":"2026-04-08T12:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590215\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:42:16","slug":"edmonton-hosts-third-pwhl-takeover-tour-game-as-league-ponders-expansion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590215\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton hosts third PWHL Takeover Tour game as league ponders expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775652136_540_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Boston Fleet&#8217;s Shay Maloney (27) and Vancouver Goldeneyes&#8217; Ashton Bell (21) battle for the puck during second period PWHL hockey action in Edmonton on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jason Franson<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tApr 8, 2026 | 2:04 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>EDMONTON \u2014 Edmonton\u2019s hopes for an expansion franchise in the Professional Women\u2019s Hockey League got another boost Tuesday when 10,794 fans turned out for a third Takeover Tour game at Rogers Place.<\/p>\n<p>While attendance was down from the first of the three games played in Edmonton over the last two seasons, the enthusiastic fan response throughout the 5-1 Boston Fleet win over the Vancouver Goldeneyes caught the attention of the players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be great for the league,\u201d Goldeneyes captain Ashton Bell said of Edmonton getting a franchise. \u201cWe\u2019ve played two games here and the fans have been great\u2026they\u2019ve been hoping for a team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver, which along with the Seattle Torrent joined the PWHL this season, dropped its second neutral-site game in Edmonton. The Minnesota Frost defeated the Goldeneyes 2-1 in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Fleet&#8217;s Shay Maloney (27) and Vancouver Goldeneyes&#8217; Ashton Bell (21) battle for the puck during second period&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-590215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590215","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=590215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}