The 2025–26 Vancouver Goldeneyes season is the team's ongoing first season as an expansion member of the Professional Women's Hockey League. They play their home games at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Schedule and results
Preseason
The preseason schedule was published on October 8, 2025.
| November 15 || Seattle || 3–0 || || Maschmeyer || Pacific Coliseum
| November 16 || Seattle || 2–4 || || Campbell || Pacific Coliseum
Standings
Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on October 1, 2025.
| 1 || November 21 || Seattle || 4–3 || OT || Maschmeyer || Pacific Coliseum || 14,958 || 0–1–0–0 || 2
| 2 || November 26 || @ Ottawa || 1–5 || || Maschmeyer || TD Place Arena || 5,507 || 0–1–0–1 || 2
| 3 || November 29 || @ New York || 1–5 || || Campbell || Prudential Center || 3,517 || 0–1–0–2 || 2
| 4 || December 3 || @ Boston || 0–2 || || Maschmeyer || Agganis Arena || 3,516 || 0–1–0–3 || 2
| 5 || December 6 || New York || 4–0 || || Maschmeyer || Pacific Coliseum || 9,502 || 1–1–0–3 || 5
| 6 || December 16 || Ottawa || 2–1 || || Campbell || Pacific Coliseum || 9,250 || 2–1–0–3 || 8
| 7 || December 20 || Montreal || 2–4 || || Maschmeyer || Pacific Coliseum || 12,127 || 2–1–0–4 || 8
| 8 || December 27 || Minnesota || 1–2 || OT || Maschmeyer || Rogers Place || 10,264 || 2–1–1–4 || 9
| 9 || December 31 || @ New York || 0–2 || || Maschmeyer || Prudential Center || 2,735 || 2–1–1–5 || 9
| 10 || January 3 || @ Boston || 4–3 || || Maschmeyer || Little Caesars Arena || 9,624 || 3–1–1–5 || 12
| 11 || January 9 || @ Ottawa || 2–4 || || Campbell || TD Place Arena || 7,889 || 3–1–1–6 || 12
| 12 || January 11 || @ Montreal || 0–1 || || Maschmeyer || Videotron Centre || 14,624 || 3–1–1–7 || 12
| 13 || January 17 || @ Toronto || 1–2 || OT || Maschmeyer || Scotiabank Arena || 17,856 || 3–1–2–7 || 13
| 14 || January 22 || Toronto || 5–0 || || Campbell || Pacific Coliseum || 14,006 || 4–1–2–7 || 16
| 15 || January 25 || @ Seattle || 3–1 || || Maschmeyer || Ball Arena || 11,612 || 5–1–2–7 || 19
| 16 || January 28 || @ Minnesota || 1–4 || || Campbell || Grand Casino Arena || 5,249 || 5–1–2–8 || 19
| 17 || March 1 || Toronto || 1–2 || || Maschmeyer || Pacific Coliseum || 13,264 || 5–1–2–9 || 19
| 18 || March 10 || Boston || 1–2 || OT || Campbell || Pacific Coliseum || 9,731 || 5–1–3–9 || 20
| 19 || March 14 || Ottawa || 2–3 || OT || Campbell || Pacific Coliseum || 11,201 || 5–1–4–9 || 21
| 20 || March 18 || New York || 5–2 || || Campbell || Pacific Coliseum || 9,296 || 6–1–4–9 || 24
| 21 || March 21 || Minnesota || 1–3 || || Campbell || Pacific Coliseum || 10,366 || 6–1–4–10 || 24
| 22 || March 24 || @ Boston || 0–2 || || Campbell || Tsongas Center || 4,178 || 6–1–4–11 || 24
| 23 || March 29 || @ Toronto || 3–2 || || Maschmeyer || Coca-Cola Coliseum || 8,631 || 7–1–4–11 || 27
| 24 || April 1 || @ Montreal || 0–3 || || Maschmeyer || Place Bell || 9,176 || 7–1–4–12 || 27
| 25 || April 4 || @ Minnesota || 5–6 || || Maschmeyer || Grand Casino Arena || 8,392 || 7–1–4–13 || 27
| 26 || April 7 || Boston || 1–5 || || Maschmeyer || Rogers Place || 10,794 || 7–1–4–14 || 27
| 27 || April 14 || Seattle || 4–1 || || Maschmeyer || Pacific Coliseum || 10,094 || 8–1–4–14 || 30
| 28 || April 18 || @ Seattle || 6–5 || OT || Campbell || Climate Pledge Arena || 12,719 || 8–2–4–14 || 32
| 29 || April 21 || Montreal || 4–3 || || Campbell || Pacific Coliseum || 10,946 || 9–2–4–14 || 35
| 30 || April 25 || Minnesota || 4–3 || OT || Maschmeyer || Pacific Coliseum || 11,310 || 9–3–4–14 || 36
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Player statistics
Skaters
Regular Season Player Sophie Jaques 30 9 11 20 110 8 Jenn Gardiner 30 9 10 19 59 4 Hannah Miller 30 7 11 18 77 12 Claire Thompson 28 4 13 17 46 18 Sarah Nurse 19 9 6 15 71 10 Tereza Vanišová 30 4 11 15 57 10 Izzy Daniel 28 7 3 10 39 12 Abby Boreen 30 4 5 9 57 14 Michelle Karvinen 30 3 6 9 43 16 Ashton Bell 30 2 4 6 26 0 Mannon McMahon 17 3 1 4 19 8 Anna Meixner 17 1 3 4 21 0 Nina Jobst-Smith 20 0 3 3 32 0 Gabby Rosenthal 26 1 1 2 24 12 Anna Segedi 27 1 1 2 17 2 Sydney Bard 30 0 2 2 19 0 Mellissa Channell-Watkins 30 0 2 2 23 4 Anna Shokhina 16 1 0 1 7 4 Katie Chan 17 1 0 1 6 4 Maddy Samoskevich 27 1 0 1 5 6 Darcie Lappan 12 0 1 1 4 0 Sini Karjalainen 2 0 0 0 0 0 Malia Schneider 3 0 0 0 1 0
Goaltenders
Regular Season Player Emerance Maschmeyer 19 1072:24 7 9 2 0 46 2.57 547 0.916 1 0 0 0 Kristen Campbell 13 719:44 5 5 2 0 26 2.17 300 0.913 1 0 0 0
Awards and honours
Milestones
Regular season Date Player Milestone November 21, 2025 Sarah Nurse 1st goal in franchise history Abby Boreen 1st game-winning goal in franchise history 1st assist in franchise history Claire Thompson 5th career PWHL goal Katie Chan 1st career PWHL game Michelle Karvinen Darcie Lappan Maddy Samoskevich Emerance Maschmeyer 1st overtime win in franchise history November 26, 2025 Michela Cava 20th career PWHL assist Michelle Karvinen 1st career PWHL assist Katie Chan 1st career PWHL penalty Emerance Maschmeyer 1st loss in franchise history Anna Segedi 1st career PWHL game December 6, 2025 Jenn Gardiner 15th career PWHL assist Maddy Samoskevich 1st career PWHL penalty Emerance Maschmeyer 1st regulation win in franchise history 1st shutout in franchise history December 16, 2025 Katie Chan 1st career PWHL goal December 20, 2025 Sophie Jaques 15th career PWHL goal December 27, 2025 Ashton Bell 10th career PWHL assist Darcie Lappan 1st career PWHL assist January 3, 2026 Hannah Miller 20th career PWHL goal January 9, 2026 Michelle Karvinen 1st career PWHL goal Nina Jobst-Smith 1st career PWHL game January 17, 2026 Nina Jobst-Smith 1st career PWHL assist January 22, 2026 Sarah Nurse 20th career PWHL goal Izzy Daniel 5th career PWHL goal Jenn Gardiner 20th career PWHL assist January 25, 2026 Hannah Miller 30th career PWHL assist March 18, 2026 Tereza Vanišová 20th career PWHL goal Anna Segedi 1st career PWHL goal Anna Meixner 5th career PWHL assist April 4, 2026 Sophie Jaques 20th career PWHL goal Claire Thompson 30th career PWHL assist April 14, 2026 Maddy Samoskevich 1st career PWHL goal Anna Segedi 1st career PWHL assist April 18, 2026 Jenn Gardiner 10th career PWHL goal 1st career PWHL hat trick Sophie Jaques 40th career PWHL assist Michelle Karvinen 5th career PWHL assist April 21, 2026 Tereza Vanišová 30th career PWHL assist April 25, 2026 Abby Boreen 15th career PWHL assist
Player of the Week Awards
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 Vancouver Goldeneyes players who have been named to the Starting Six. Starting Six players Month Position Player November D Claire Thompson
2026 PWHL Awards
Defender of the Year
Sophie Jaques was a finalist for the PWHL's Defender of the Year Award for the 2025-2026 season, along with Megan Keller of the Boston Fleet and Renata Fast of the Toronto Sceptres. The award went to Keller.
Transactions
Draft
The 2025 PWHL Draft was held on June 24, 2025. Vancouver made five draft picks, selecting longtime Finland women's national ice hockey team forward Michelle Karvinen at seventh overall. She was the first pick in franchise history, followed by Nina Jobst-Smith at 19, Brianna Brooks at 32, Maddy Samoskevich at 39, and Chanreet Bassi at 48. They were originally assigned picks 16 and 23 but traded them to the Toronto Sceptres in exchange for pick 19 and goaltender Kristen Campbell.
Due to the additions of the Vancouver and Seattle teams, an expansion draft was held on June 9, 2025. Vancouver acquired Ashton Bell, Brooke McQuigge, Abigail Boreen, Izzy Daniel, Gabby Rosenthal, Denisa Křížová, and Sydney Bard in the expansion draft.
Drafted prospect signings Date Player Draft Term Ref October 6, 2025 First round, Seventh overall (2025) One year October 28, 2025 Third round, 19th overall (2025) Two years Fourth round, 32nd overall (2025) One year Fifth round, 39th overall (2025) One year
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 4, 2025 Minnesota Frost One year Minnesota Frost Three years June 5, 2025 Ottawa Charge Two years Toronto Sceptres One year Montreal Victoire One year June 16, 2025 Toronto Sceptres Three years June 17, 2025 Minnesota Frost Two years Ottawa Charge Two years Minnesota Frost One year Boston Fleet Two years June 20, 2025 New York Sirens One year July 11, 2025 Minnesota Frost One year November 20, 2025 Färjestad BK (SDHL) One year KRS Vanke Rays (ZhHL) One year Vancouver Goldeneyes Reserve player contract MoDo Hockey (SDHL) Reserve player contract SDE Hockey (SDHL) Reserve player contract
Contract extensions/terminations Player contract extensions Date Player Term Ref August 14, 2025 Two years
Player contract terminations Date Player Term remaining Ref November 19, 2025 One year
Trades Trades involving the Goldeneyes Date Details Ref June 24, 2025 To Vancouver Goldeneyes Kristen Campbell Third round pick – 2025 PWHL Draft(#19 – Nina Jobst-Smith) To Toronto Sceptres Second round pick – 2025 PWHL Draft(#16 – Kiara Zanon) Third round pick – 2025 PWHL Draft(#23 – Clara Van Wieren) November 19, 2025 To Minnesota FrostDenisa Křížová To Vancouver GoldeneyesAnna Segedi January 18, 2026 To Ottawa Charge Michela CavaBrooke McQuiggeEmma Greco To Vancouver Goldeneyes Mannon McMahonAnna MeixnerAnna Shokhina
Reserve activations
Reserve player activations Date Activated player Absent player Notes Ref November 20, 2025 Darcie Lappan Nina Jobst-Smith LTIR December 5, 2025 Malia Schneider Sarah Nurse LTIR January 22, 2026 N/A 10 day contract
Notes
References
Recaps
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