DEC. 3: VANCOUVER AT BOSTON PRE-GAME PRIMER – PWHL

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 | 7 p.m. ET | Agganis Enviornment
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Eric Gallanty (Play-by-Play), Gigi Marvin (Analyst), Natalie Noury (Reporter)
VANCOUVER GOLDENEYES   
0-1-0-2 | 2 PTS | 7TH PLACE
High Scorer: Claire Thompson – 3 GP, 2-1-3 PTS
Final Sport: 5-1 L at NY on Nov. 29
BOSTON FLEET                                                          
2-0-0-0 | 6 PTS | 1ST PLACE (TIED)
High Scorer: Susanna Tapani – 2 GP, 2-1-3 PTS
Final Sport: 3-1 W at TOR on Nov. 29
2025-26 HEAD-TO-HEAD SEASON SCHEDULE:
Dec. 3 at BOS | Jan. 3 at BOS (DETROIT) | Mar. 10 at VAN | Mar. 24 at BOS | Apr. 7 at VAN (EDMONTON)
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
Vancouver remains to be seeking their first-ever highway win following a pair of regulation losses of their first two highway video games in Ottawa and New York. All six of the league’s unique six groups gained their first-ever highway video games in the course of the inaugural season. Final season, three groups gained their first highway video games whereas Ottawa and Toronto picked up their first highway win of their fourth highway video games, and Boston of their sixth.
4 of Vancouver’s 5 objectives scored in regulation have come within the third interval together with each of its objectives during the last two video games. Regardless of this, the Goldeneyes have extra photographs on objective this season in each the primary (22) and second (24) intervals than the third (20).
Claire Thompson is certainly one of 12 PWHL gamers and two defenders with no less than three factors to open the season. She has additionally blocked six photographs this season – essentially the most blocked photographs by every other skater with three or extra factors is 2.
Sophie Jaques has fired off 11 photographs on objective this season, three greater than every other PWHL defender. Jaques, who started her PWHL profession in Boston, led PWHL defenders with 75 photographs on objective final season whereas ending second within the inaugural season with 68 (one behind Sidney Morin’s 69).
Emerance Maschmeyer began Vancouver’s first two video games of the season and has gained twice in opposition to Boston in seven video games throughout her first two seasons with Ottawa. The Harvard College graduate was inducted into the Beanpot Corridor of Fame in 2023.
Sydney Bard and Emma Greco will face their former Fleet teammates for the primary time as members of the Goldeneyes. Bard, a fourth-round choose by Boston within the 2024 PWHL Draft, was chosen by Vancouver within the seventh-round of the Enlargement Draft. Greco signed with Vancouver within the offseason after taking part in the 2024-25 marketing campaign in Boston. Each defenders recorded three factors with Boston final season.
Boston is the second workforce in PWHL historical past to notch regulation wins in each of its first two video games of a season. Minnesota gained its first three in regulation within the inaugural PWHL season en path to its first Walter Cup title, beating Boston in 5 video games.
Aerin Frankel backstopped the Fleet to a 2-0 house win over Montréal (25 saves) and adopted it up with a 3-1 highway victory at Toronto (24 saves). The one objective allowed is tied for the fewest allowed in a two-game span in workforce historical past, additionally permitting only one objective over Feb. 21-25, 2024. Frankel gained each of these inaugural season video games with a mixed 70 saves.
Susanna Tapani has scored game-winning objectives in consecutive video games to start out the season, after scoring two GWG in 30 video games final season. That is her second time notching objectives in consecutive PWHL regular-season video games. She additionally did so in January final season when she scored twice at Minnesota and as soon as in opposition to Montréal.
Tapani will line up reverse Vancouver’s Michelle Karvinen for the primary time of their PWHL careers. The league’s solely two Finnish forwards have had legendary careers with their Nationwide Group, together with consecutive bronze medals on the 2018 and 2022 Olympics. They had been additionally teammates on the College of North Dakota in 2013-14, taking part in for Goldeneyes Head Coach Brian Idalski.
Abby Newhook grew to become the primary Fleet rookie to attain her first profession PWHL objective on Saturday in Toronto. The previous Boston School captain is not any stranger to the Boston College campus and suited up for the Eagles in a 3-2 additional time win over the Terriers at Agganis Enviornment on Nov. 15 of final season.
The Fleet misplaced each video games at Agganis Enviornment final season, together with 3-2 in additional time in opposition to the Victoire on Mar. 8 and 4-2 to the Sceptres on Mar. 26. Jamie Lee Rattray scored one of many workforce’s two objectives in opposition to Montréal and Tapani and Alina Müller each had two assists in opposition to Toronto.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“Boston brings a extremely gritty type of play. They’re very heavy on the backend with Megan Keller anchoring their defence. They’ve some actually expert forwards. They attempt to play a whole recreation and are bodily, and I believe that performs into their identification. I believe we’ve got what it takes to match that and exceed the stress that they will deliver us. We have to deliver a full, full 60-minute effort. Proper from the beginning, if we soar on pucks and we stress their D, they’re going to cough it up. If we exceed their grittiness, we play into our personal identification. With getting above pucks, supporting one another, and throwing hits, I believe that we will have some grade A scoring possibilities.” – Goldeneyes defender Sydney Bard
“We’ve had a powerful begin to the season and we’re actually wanting ahead to our first recreation at Agganis. I’m particularly excited for the environment, and it is a very particular one for me additionally as a result of I’ve some household coming to the sport. It’ll be nice to face a brand new opponent and see the place we stack up. There’s at all times loads to enhance in our recreation, and it is a new alternative to try this.” – Fleet ahead Susanna Tapani
WEDNESDAY’S GAME: The Fleet are internet hosting their first of 4 video games this season at Boston College’s Agganis Enviornment, welcoming the Vancouver Goldeneyes for the inaugural assembly between the 2 groups. The night’s theme, Girls’s Empowerment, will have fun the influence and achievements of girls in sports activities throughout Massachusetts. Followers will discover activations all through the concourse, together with Girls X, a women-centered academic group targeted on reimagining skilled improvement by way of applications led by ladies consultants, in addition to representatives from the NWSL’s Boston Legacy, set to start play in 2026. Moreover, a sign-making station sponsored by Midea might be accessible for followers to take pleasure in.
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