The Montreal Victoire begin their Professional Women\u2019s Hockey League playoff run on Saturday, with Game 1 of a best-of-five semifinal series against the Minnesota Frost at Place Bell.<\/p>\n
But if you\u2019re looking to watch it on TV, you\u2019re out of luck. Amazon, which has the exclusive rights to one of the two first-round series under its PWHL broadcast rights deal, is airing the series on Prime Video.<\/p>\n
The other series, featuring the Ottawa Charge and Boston Fleet, is on TSN and RDS, as will be the PWHL finals featuring the winners of those series.<\/p>\n
How you can catch these games<\/p>\n
Subscribe to Amazon Prime and stream it<\/p>\n
If you don\u2019t already have Amazon Prime \u2014 which includes Amazon Prime Video and several other features, like free shipping on Amazon purchases \u2014 it can be bought<\/a> for $10\/month or $99\/year (which works out to $8.25\/month) or try it out 30 days for free. PWHL games come at no extra cost to Prime members. Once you\u2019re subscribed, you can watch the game:<\/p>\n on a computer, at primevideo.com<\/a><\/p>\n on a smartphone using the Prime Video app<\/a><\/p>\n on streaming devices like Roku and Chromecast<\/p>\n on latest-generation set-top boxes, including those for Bell Fibe and Vid\u00e9otron Helix, using the Prime Video app on many models of smart TVs<\/p>\n Go to a bar<\/p>\n Some sports bars will have the game on, including those like Le Nadia<\/a> that focus on women\u2019s sports. Check with your local watering hole if they\u2019ll have it on, and if they don\u2019t, ask them to put it on if they can.<\/p>\n Go to the game<\/p>\n It\u2019s more expensive than subscribing to Amazon, but tickets for home games were still available<\/a> starting at $50 each as we published this.<\/p>\n Follow on social media<\/p>\n You can follow the Victoire on X<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, YouTube<\/a> and TikTok<\/a>, in addition to the PWHL\u2019s social media (X<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, TikTok<\/a>).<\/p>\n Catch up later<\/p>\n Besides the usual highlights on TSN and Sportsnet after the game, the teams or league will post a highlights package on YouTube, and a few days after each match the PWHL makes the whole game available on its YouTube channel<\/a> to Canadian viewers.<\/p>\n What doesn\u2019t work<\/p>\n Unlike Amazon\u2019s deal with the NHL, you can\u2019t get around it by just tuning in to RDS. Amazon\u2019s deal is in both languages, across Canada (which means you can stream it in either language on Amazon). There are also no official radio broadcasts of the game.<\/p>\n Watching outside of Canada<\/p>\n Amazon\u2019s deal is only exclusive in Canada, so if you\u2019re in the United States or elsewhere, you\u2019ll have other ways to watch. Several U.S. TV stations will broadcast the games<\/a> including the Scripps Sports Network and FOX 9+ Minneapolis. And it\u2019s also streaming free on PWHL\u2019s YouTube<\/a>, except in Czechia and Slovakia where other rights deals are in place.<\/p>\n PWHL playoff schedule<\/p>\n Montreal Victoire (1) vs. Minnesota Frost (3):<\/p>\n Game 1: Saturday, May 2, 2 p.m. at Place Bell in Laval (Amazon Prime Video)<\/p>\n Game 2: Tuesday, May 5, 7 p.m. at Place Bell in Laval (Amazon Prime Video)<\/p>\n Game 3: Thursday, May 7, 7 p.m.* at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Minn. (Amazon Prime Video)<\/p>\n Game 4, if necessary: Date\/time TBD at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Minn. (Amazon Prime Video)<\/p>\n Game 5, if necessary: Date\/time TBD at Place Bell in Laval (Amazon Prime Video)<\/p>\n *Time may change depending on the Minnesota Wild\u2019s playoff schedule.<\/p>\n Boston Fleet (2) vs. Ottawa Charge (4):<\/p>\n Game 1: Thursday, April 30, 7 p.m. at Tsongas Center in Lowell, Mass. (TSN1, TSN3)<\/p>\n Game 2: Saturday, May 2, 7 p.m. at Tsongas Center in Lowell, Mass. (TSN3, TSN5)<\/p>\n Game 3: Friday, May 8, 7 p.m. at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa (TSN)<\/p>\n Game 4, if necessary: Sunday, May 10, 3 p.m. at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa (TSN)<\/p>\n Game 5, if necessary: Date\/time TBD at Tsongas Center in Lowell, Mass. (TSN)<\/p>\n \t\tEditor\u2019s Picks\t<\/p>\n \t\t