The PWHL Seattle Torrent split a pair of pre-season scrimmages over the weekend with their expansion cousins, the Vancouver Goldeneyes. Both games were played at Pacific Coliseum, home of the Goldeneyes.
Seattle won the Sunday contest 4-2, after dropping Saturday’s game 3-0. The Torrent and Goldeneyes will reconvene on the same Pacific Coliseum ice surface for each team’s franchise opener, Friday, Nov. 21.
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Although the Torrent penalty kill got more opportunities this weekend than coach Steve O’Rourke would have preferred, Seattle’s PK didn’t allow a goal on four Vancouver chances on Saturday, and four more on Sunday. The Torrent went 0-2 on the power play Saturday, and didn’t have a man advantage chance on Sunday.
The games weren’t open to media or fans.
Sunday: Torrent 4, Goldeneyes 2
According to a team press release, here’s how Seattle coach O’Rourke organized his lines on Sunday:
Forwards:
Julia Gosling – Danielle Serdachny – Jessie Eldridge
Lexie Adzija – Jenna Buglioni – Natalie Snodgrass
Mikyla Grant-Mentis – Lily Delianedis – Jada Habisch
Marah Wagner – Olivia Wallin – Brooke Bryant
Defenders:
Emily Brown – Lyndie Lobdell
Anna Wilgren – Lily Yovetich
Mariah Keopple – Emily Zumwinkle
Goaltenders:
Hannah Murphy
Carly ‘CJ’ Jackson
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Mikyla Grant-Mentis and Jenna Buglioni scored 20 seconds apart in the 1st period to give Seattle a 2-0 lead.
Olivia Wallin at 14:18 of the 2nd period and Marah Wagner at 3:22 of the 3rd scored the other Torrent goals. Wagner had the only multi-point game, adding an assist on Wallin’s tally. Shots were deadlocked 26-26. Vancouver outhit Seattle 27-13, led by five from center Hannah Miller, who played five seasons in China.
In the Seattle net, Jackson played 40 minutes, stopping 17 of 18 Goldeneyes shots. Murphy made seven saves in her 20 minutes, beaten only by a Madison Samoskevich 2nd period penalty shot
Saturday: Goldeneyes 3, Torrent 0
Here’s how coach O’Rourke organized his lines on Saturday:
Forwards:
Hannah Bilka – Alex Carpenter – Hilary Knight
Mikyla Grant-Mentis – Jenna Buglioni – Brooke Bryant
Lexie Adzija – Lily Delianedis – Natalie Snodgrass
Marah Wagner – Sydney Langseth – Jada Habisch
Defenders:
Aneta Tejralová – Cayla Barnes
Anna Wilgren – Lyndie Lobdell
Megan Carter – Lily Yovetich
Goaltenders:
Corinne Schroeder
Carly ‘CJ’ Jackson
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Seattle outshot Vancouver 26-20. Defender Anna Wilgren led the way with four SOG. Defender Lyndie Lobdell and forward Lexie Adzija had three apiece. Only the Goldeneyes put pucks in the net, one per period. For the Torrent, Schroeder made 12 saves on 14 shots in 40 minutes of work; Jackson stopped 5 of 6 shots in her 20 minutes. Vancouver led in hits, 16-14.
Captain Knight
To the surprise of absolutely no one, veteran forward Hilary Knight has been named Torrent captain. Saying as much was Seattle Kraken assistant coach Jessica Campbell, who on Friday presented Knight with her ‘C’-emblazoned Torrent jersey, and admitted as a playing opponent, “chasing her around.”
From a team press release: “Knight is no stranger to having the ‘C’ on her jersey, having captained the Boston Fleet in its first two PWHL seasons, and as Team USA’s captain since 2023, leading the team to gold at the 2023 and 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championships.
“The Sun Valley, Idaho native was a finalist for the 2024-25 PWHL Forward of the Year and Billie Jean King MVP awards, before becoming the first player to sign with the Torrent ahead of the team’s inaugural campaign.
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“Knight has represented the United States at four straight Olympics, winning one gold and three silver medals, and at a record 15 IIHF Women’s World Championships, capturing 10 golds and five silvers. She is the tournament’s all-time leader in goals, assists and points, and holds the record for most Olympic games played by a U.S. women’s hockey player.”