{"id":321477,"date":"2026-05-18T17:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/321477\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:41:06","slug":"montreal-leads-2026-walter-cup-finals-as-pwhl-teases-san-jose-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/321477\/","title":{"rendered":"Montr\u00e9al Leads 2026 Walter Cup Finals as PWHL Teases San Jose Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Montr\u00e9al is one win away from its first PWHL title, holding a towering 2-0 lead over Ottawa after this weekend\u2019s best-of-five Walter Cup finals<\/a> slate.<\/p>\n

Games 1 and 2 both went to overtime, with the Victoire taking Thursday\u2019s opener 3-2 off an Abby Roque game-winner<\/a>, before securing Saturday\u2019s 2-1 victory courtesy of Maggie Flaherty.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been a team all year that has defended by committee and as a collective, they did the job in both ends of the rink today,\u201d said head coach Kori Cheverie<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Walter Cup final series now shifts to Ottawa for Game 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s exciting. I think it’s going to be great to get back home and get in front of our fans,\u201d said Charge captain Brianne Jenner. \u201cIt was amazing last series and we’re just looking forward to their energy helping us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Report: PWHL to Add San Jose to 2026\/27 Expansion Team List<\/p>\n

The PWHL also made headlines off the ice, as San Jose<\/a> will reportedly join Detroit<\/a>, Hamilton, and Las Vegas in the rapidly expanding league.<\/p>\n

With an official announcement expected Tuesday, the California expansion squad will tip the PWHL\u2019s scales firmly south, with seven US-based and five Canadian teams. <\/p>\n

Where to Watch Montr\u00e9al vs Ottawa in the PWHL Walter Cup Finals<\/p>\n

Montr\u00e9al shoots for the sweep tonight at 6 PM ET, live on ION<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montr\u00e9al is one win away from its first PWHL title, holding a towering 2-0 lead over Ottawa after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[133994,133995,128207,128208,129496,129497,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-321477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-2026-pwhl-playoffs","tag-2026-walter-cup-finals","tag-montreal-victoire","tag-ottawa-charge","tag-pwhl-expansion","tag-pwhl-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}