{"id":655782,"date":"2026-05-08T10:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/655782\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:33:16","slug":"ottawa-charge-boston-fleet-hit-the-ice-at-the-ctc-tonight-heres-what-you-need-to-know-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/655782\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Charge, Boston Fleet hit the ice at the CTC tonight. Here’s what you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The PWHL playoffs are back in the nation’s capital as the Ottawa Charge get ready for a pair of clashes with the Boston Fleet at the Canadian Tire Centre.<\/p>\n

After two games in Boston, the semifinal series is tied as the teams head to Ottawa for Games 3 and 4.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s game will start at 7 p.m., while Game 4 gets underway Sunday at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Charge announced on April 25<\/a> that they’d be playing playoff games at the CTC, which can seat about 17,000 fans, instead of at their regular home at TD Place, which has only about 9,500 seats.<\/p>\n

As the Charge prepares for their first playoff puck drop at the CTC, here is what you need to know about cheering for Ottawa this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

High stakes for Game 3<\/p>\n

Heading into Friday’s game, the semifinal series between Ottawa and Boston is tied at one game apiece.<\/p>\n

Under the PWHL playoff structure, the first team to win three games will punch their ticket to the Walter Cup final, so Game 3 could provide a crucial advantage to either team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is the second playoff appearance for Ottawa and Boston. Both teams advanced to the finals in their respective postseason debuts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The semifinal winner will advance to play either the Minnesota Frost, the back-to-back Walter Cup champions, or the Montreal Victoire, who championed the regular season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Charge lost to the Frost in last year’s final.<\/p>\n

\"TheAhead of Friday night’s game against the Boston Fleet, the Ottawa Charge logo has taken over centre ice at the CTC. (Ottawa Charge)Larger attendance than TD Place expected<\/p>\n

The exact number of tickets sold for Game 3 is currently unknown, but a spokesperson for the Charge says Friday\u2019s game will have higher attendance numbers than if the teams faced off at Ottawa’s regular home. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have more fans than we would at TD Place for both games, but everyone who wants to come Friday and Sunday should be able to find last-minute tickets,\u201d the spokesperson wrote in an email.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The last time the Charge played at the CTC, they broke a franchise attendance record. Although Ottawa lost 3-0<\/a> to the Montreal Victoire on April 3, the team played for an electric crowd of over 17,000 fans.<\/p>\n

Plenty of tickets are still available for Friday\u2019s matchup, with the cheapest tickets selling for about $32 as of Thursday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pre-game festivities<\/p>\n

Three hours before puck drop, the Ottawa Charge fan zone will open up, bringing many of the team\u2019s postseason traditions from TD Place to outside the CTC.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There will be a live DJ, face painting and discounted food and beer.\u00a0Barbers will also be on-site offering free mullets for daring Charge fanatics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When the team arrives, fans can line up along \u201cElectric Avenue\u201d for the chance to greet players as they head inside the arena.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"AThe corner of Bank Street and Exhibition Way is transformed into “Charge Avenue” on April 30 celebrate the Ottawa Charge qualifying for the PWHL playoffs. (City of Ottawa)How to get to the game\u00a0<\/p>\n

Similar to Ottawa Senators games, OC Transpo will be running the 404, 405 and 406 buses to the CTC for fans looking to avoid driving.<\/p>\n

Bars across Ottawa are also chartering direct shuttles to the game, with spots like the Senate Tavern, Glebe Central Pub and Craft Beer Market offering round trips. <\/p>\n

Jordan Kruz, the general manager at Craft Beer Market near TD Place, is expecting fans to pack the bar on Friday, even though the team is playing far away from their original venue. <\/p>\n

“It’s amazing what the community’s done and how they’ve gotten behind [the Charge],” he said. <\/p>\n

Many bars other along Charge Avenue near Lansdowne will also be airing the game for fans without tickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-655782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655782","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=655782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}