The 2025–26 Ottawa Charge season was the team's third season as a member of the Professional Women's Hockey League. They played their regular season home games at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario and their playoff games at the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata.
The dates and locations of the 2025–26 PWHL Takeover Tour were announced on November 10, 2025.
The team made it to the Walter Cup Finals for the second season, where they lost to the Montreal Victoire in four games.
Offseason Coaching changes On August 29, 2025, the Charge announced the hiring of as an assistant coach. He previously served as head coach for the Finland women's national ice hockey team. Ottawa also announced the departure of assistant coach Dean Jackson.
Schedule and results
Preseason
The preseason schedule was published on October 8, 2025.
| November 16 || Toronto || 2–3 || OT || Angers || TD Place Arena
| November 17 || Toronto || 0–3 || || Philips || TD Place Arena
Standings
Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on October 1, 2025.
| 1 || November 22 || New York || 0–4 || || Philips || TD Place Arena || 7,371 || 0–0–0–1 || 0
| 2 || November 26 || Vancouver || 5–1 || || Philips || TD Place Arena || 5,507 || 1–0–0–1 || 3
| 3 || December 2 || Minnesota || 1–5 || || Philips || TD Place Arena || 5,174 || 1–0–0–2 || 3
| 4 || December 4 || @ Toronto || 1–3 || || Philips || Coca-Cola Coliseum || 7,715 || 1–0–0–3 || 3
| 5 || December 16 || @ Vancouver || 1–2 || || Philips || Pacific Coliseum || 9,250 || 1–0–0–4 || 3
| 6 || December 17 || @ Seattle || 1–4 || || Ahola || Climate Pledge Arena || 9,389 || 1–0–0–5 || 3
| 7 || December 21 || @ Minnesota || 3–2 || OT || Philips || Allstate Arena || 7,238 || 1–1–0–5 || 5
| 8 || December 23 || @ Toronto || 4–3 || OT || Philips || Coca-Cola Coliseum || 8,108 || 1–2–0–5 || 7
| 9 || December 27 || Boston || 3–2 || SO || Philips || TD Place Arena || 8,497 || 1–3–0–5 || 9
| 10 || January 3 || Minnesota || 5–2 || || Philips || TD Place Arena || 8,235 || 2–3–0–5 || 12
| 11 || January 9 || Vancouver || 4–2 || || Philips || TD Place Arena || 7,889 || 3–3–0–5 || 15
| 12 || January 11 || @ Boston || 2–1 || SO || Ahola || Scotiabank Centre || 10,452 || 3–4–0–5 || 17
| 13 || January 13 || @ Montreal || 1–2 || || Philips || Place Bell || 7,408 || 3–4–0–6 || 17
| 14 || January 20 || @ New York || 4–3 || OT || Philips || Prudential Center || 2,759 || 3–5–0–6 || 19
| 15 || January 24 || @ Montreal || 1–3 || || Philips || Place Bell || 10,172 || 3–5–0–7 || 19
| 16 || January 28 || Seattle || 4–2 || || Philips || TD Place Arena || 6,787 || 4–5–0–7 || 22
| 17 || February 28 || Boston || 1–2 || SO || Philips || TD Place Arena || 8,572 || 4–5–1–7 || 23
| 18 || March 4 || Seattle || 4–3 || || Philips || TD Place Arena || 6,997 || 5–5–1–7 || 26
| 19 || March 8 || @ New York || 2–6 || || Philips || Prudential Center || 8,264 || 5–5–1–8 || 26
| 20 || March 14 || @ Vancouver || 3–2 || SO || Philips || Pacific Coliseum || 11,201 || 5–6–1–8 || 28
| 21 || March 18 || @ Minnesota || 0–5 || || Philips || Grand Casino Arena || 6,673 || 5–6–1–9 || 28
| 22 || March 22 || Montreal || 2–1 || OT || Philips || Canada Life Centre || 15,225 || 5–7–1–9 || 30
| 23 || March 29 || @ Seattle || 2–0 || || Philips || Climate Pledge Arena || 16,586 || 6–7–1–9 || 33
| 24 || April 1 || Toronto || 1–2 || || Philips || Scotiabank Saddledome || 16,150 || 6–7–1–10 || 33
| 25 || April 3 || Montreal || 0–3 || || Philips || Canadian Tire Centre || 17,114 || 6–7–1–11 || 33
| 26 || April 8 || Seattle || 3–5 || || Philips || TD Place Arena || 6,644 || 6–7–1–12 || 33
| 27 || April 11 || @ Toronto || 2–0 || || Philips || Coca-Cola Coliseum || 8,716 || 7–7–1–12 || 36
| 28 || April 18 || New York || 5–1 || || Philips || TD Place Arena || 8,605 || 8–7–1–12 || 39
| 29 || April 22 || @ Boston || 2–1 || OT || Philips || Tsongas Center || 5,215 || 8–8–1–12 || 41
| 30 || April 25 || Toronto || 3–0 || || Philips || TD Place Arena || 8,306 || 9–8–1–12 || 44
|- style="text-align:center;" |
Playoffs Ottawa clinched a playoff berth in their last regular season game against Toronto, after winning 3–0. On the same day, it was announced that the Charge would play all of their home games at the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata.
| 1 || April 30 || @ Boston || 1–2 || || Philips || Tsongas Center || 4,285 || 0–1 ||
| 2 || May 2 || @ Boston || 3–1 || || Philips || Tsongas Center || 6,017 || 1–1 ||
| 3 || May 8 || Boston || 2–1 || || Philips || Canadian Tire Centre || 13,112 || 2–1 ||
| 4 || May 10 || Boston || 4–3 || 2OT || Philips || Canadian Tire Centre || 11,297 || 3–1 ||
| 1 || May 14 || @ Montreal || 2–3 || OT || Philips || Place Bell || 5,062 || 0–1 || |- | 2 || May 16 || @ Montreal || 1–2 || OT || Philips || Place Bell || 9,232 || 0–2 || |- | 3 || May 18 || Montreal || 2–1 || || Philips || Canadian Tire Centre || 16,894 || 1–2 || |- |4 || May 20 || Montreal || 0–4 || || Philips || Canadian Tire Centre || 12,362 || 1–3 ||
Player statistics
Skaters
Regular Season Player Brianne Jenner 30 12 14 26 80 8 Rebecca Leslie 30 14 9 23 99 10 Gabbie Hughes 28 5 11 16 40 16 Sarah Wozniewicz 30 7 6 13 69 8 Fanuza Kadirova 28 10 2 12 48 14 Ronja Savolainen 30 4 6 10 55 10 Emily Clark 30 3 6 9 77 4 Peyton Hemp 30 2 7 9 45 31 Kateřina Mrázová 30 2 7 9 31 8 Rory Guilday 30 1 8 9 34 18 Jocelyne Larocque 30 1 7 8 29 18 Stephanie Markowski 30 1 4 5 31 6 Brooke Hobson 23 1 3 4 18 8 Michela Cava 17 0 4 4 24 6 Kate Reilly 25 0 4 4 13 16 Alexa Vasko 30 2 1 3 25 10 Emma Greco 17 0 2 2 13 6 Brooke McQuigge 17 0 1 1 7 4 Olivia Wallin 2 0 0 0 0 0 Vita Poniatovskaia 7 0 0 0 2 2 Taylor House 29 0 0 0 8 8
Playoffs Player Fanuza Kadirova 4 2 3 5 9 2 Jocelyne Larocque 4 1 3 4 4 2 Ronja Savolainen 4 2 1 3 6 2 Michela Cava 4 1 2 3 6 0 Rebecca Leslie 4 1 2 3 9 0 Rory Guilday 4 0 2 2 6 6 Kateřina Mrázová 4 0 2 2 4 0 Brooke Hobson 4 1 0 1 3 2 Gabbie Hughes 4 1 0 1 9 4 Sarah Wozniewicz 4 1 0 1 4 2 Taylor House 4 0 1 1 1 0 Brianne Jenner 4 0 1 1 10 6 Emily Clark 4 0 0 0 10 2 Emma Greco 4 0 0 0 0 0 Peyton Hemp 4 0 0 0 8 2 Stephanie Markowski 4 0 0 0 1 0 Brooke McQuigge 4 0 0 0 1 0 Kate Reilly 4 0 0 0 3 2 Alexa Vasko 4 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltenders
Regular Season Player Gwyneth Philips 28 1643:15 16 11 0 1 58 2.12 844 0.931 3 0 0 2 Sanni Ahola 2 124:37 1 1 0 0 4 1.93 55 0.927 0 0 0 0 Kendra Woodland 1 45:10 0 0 0 0 2 2.66 16 0.875 0 0 0 0
Playoffs Player Gwyneth Philips 4 259:46 3 1 0 0 7 1.62 142 0.951 0 0 1 2
Awards and honours
Milestones
Regular season Date Player Milestone November 22, 2025 Rory Guilday 1st career PWHL game Peyton Hemp Fanuza Kadirova Sarah Wozniewicz November 26, 2025 Brianne Jenner 20th career PWHL goal Rory Guilday 1st career PWHL assist Stephanie Markowski 5th career PWHL assist Peyton Hemp 1st career PWHL penalty Anna Shokhina 1st career PWHL penalty 1st career PWHL game Kate Reilly 1st career PWHL game December 2, 2025 Rory Guilday 1st career PWHL goal 1st career PWHL penalty Gabbie Hughes 20th career PWHL assist December 4, 2025 Fanuza Kadirova 1st career PWHL goal Samantha Isbell 1st career PWHL assist Anna Shokhina Sarah Wozniewicz 1st career PWHL penalty December 16, 2025 Anna Shokhina 1st career PWHL goal Peyton Hemp 1st career PWHL assist December 17, 2025 Sanni Ahola 1st career PWHL loss 1st career PWHL game December 21, 2025 Sarah Wozniewicz 1st career PWHL goal December 23, 2025 Gabbie Hughes 15th career PWHL goal Rebecca Leslie 10th career PWHL goal Rory Guilday 5th career PWHL assist December 27, 2025 Fanuza Kadirova 1st career PWHL assist January 3, 2026 Kateřina Mrázová 10th career PWHL goal Sarah Wozniewicz 1st career PWHL assist January 11, 2026 Brianne Jenner 25th career PWHL goal Kate Reilly 1st career PWHL penalty Sanni Ahola 1st career PWHL win January 13, 2026 Ronja Savolainen 5th career PWHL goal Fanuza Kadirova 1st career PWHL penalty January 28, 2026 Kateřina Mrázová 20th career PWHL assist February 28, 2026 Rebecca Leslie 15th career PWHL goal March 4, 2026 Alexa Vasko 5th career PWHL goal Fanuza Kadirova Peyton Hemp 5th career PWHL assist Kate Reilly 1st career PWHL assist March 8, 2026 Brooke Hobson 10th career PWHL assist Brooke McQuigge Emma Greco 5th career PWHL assist March 14, 2026 Sarah Wozniewicz 5th career PWHL assist March 22, 2026 Brianne Jenner 30th career PWHL assist Ronja Savolainen 15th career PWHL assist March 29, 2026 Sarah Wozniewicz 5th career PWHL goal Peyton Hemp 1st career PWHL goal Vita Poniatovskaia 1st career PWHL game April 11, 2026 Vita Poniatovskaia 1st career PWHL penalty April 22, 2026 Brianne Jenner 30th career PWHL goal Rebecca Leslie 20th career PWHL goal April 25, 2026 Fanuza Kadirova 10th career PWHL goal
Playoffs Date Player Milestone April 30, 2026 Rory Guilday 1st career PWHL playoff assist Rebecca Leslie 20th career PWHL assist May 2, 2026 Fanuza Kadirova 1st career PWHL playoff goal Ronja Savolainen Gabbie Hughes 1st career PWHL playoff goal 20th career PWHL goal Rory Guilday 10th career PWHL assist Jocelyne Larocque 5th career PWHL playoff assist Taylor House 1st career PWHL playoff assist May 8, 2026 Kateřina Mrázová 1st career PWHL playoff assist Fanuza Kadirova May 10, 2026 Brooke Hobson 1st career PWHL playoff goal Sarah Wozniewicz Jocelyne Larocque 30th career PWHL assist Fanuza Kadirova 5th career PWHL assist Gwyneth Philips 1st career PWHL playoff assist 1st career PWHL assist
Three Star Awards
Player of the Week
Player of the Week recipients Week Player December 1, 2025 Brianne Jenner January 12, 2026 Brianne Jenner
Starting Six
The Starting Six is voted on each month by the Women's Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association (PHWA) and PWHL broadcast personnel. The following are Ottawa Charge players who have been named to the Starting Six. Starting Six players Month Position Player November F Brianne Jenner
Transactions
Draft
The 2025 PWHL Draft was held on June 24, 2025, with Ottawa as the host city. The Charge made six draft picks, with Cornell University forward and United States women's national ice hockey team member Rory Guilday as their first round pick at fifth overall. She was followed by Anna Shokhina at 13, Sarah Wozniewicz at 21, Peyton Hemp at 29, Sanni Ahola at 37, and Fanuza Kadirova at 45.
Drafted prospect signings Date Player Draft Term Ref July 11, 2025 Third round, 21st overall (2025) One year July 14, 2025 Second round, 13th overall (2025) One year Fifth round, 37th overall (2025) One year Sixth round, 45th overall (2025) One year July 25, 2025 First round, fifth overall (2025) Three years November 20, 2025 Fourth round, 29th overall (2025) One year Sixth round, 47th overall (2025) Reserve player contract
Free agency The free agency period began on June 16, 2025, at 9:00 am ET, with a pause between June 27 and July 8. Prior to the start of the free agency period, there was an exclusive signing window from June 4–8 for the Seattle and Vancouver expansion teams.
Free agent signings Date Player Previous team Term Ref June 19, 2025 New York Sirens One year June 20, 2025 New York Sirens One year June 21, 2025 SDE Hockey (SDHL) One year November 20, 2025 Quinnipiac University (ECAC) One year University of New Brunswick (U Sports) One year Yale University (ECAC) Reserve player contract November 24, 2025 Luleå HF (SDHL) Reserve player contract January 6, 2026 Rochester Institute of Technology (AHA) Reserve player contract February 3, 2026 HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies (SWHL A) Reserve player contract
Contract extensions/terminations Player contract extensions Date Player Term Ref June 18, 2025 Two years One year July 10, 2025 One year One year One year One year July 11, 2025 One year July 24, 2025 One year July 27, 2025 Two years August 7, 2025 Two years November 20, 2025 One year November 25, 2025 One year One year