PWHL welcomes Seattle Torrent and Vancouver Goldeneyes

NEW YORK and TORONTO— A serious milestone within the continued development of the Skilled Ladies’s Hockey League (PWHL) arrives at present with the disclosing of its latest staff identities, Seattle Torrent and Vancouver Goldeneyes. The long-awaited model reveal includes a identify and emblem for every staff, developed to replicate the delight, tradition, and power of their properties, whereas connecting to the broader identification of the PWHL. 

Seattle TorrentTorrent attracts inspiration from the highly effective waterways that form and join Washington’s distinctive panorama, symbolizing the staff’s dedication to carve its personal path. The emblem options an “S” that serves as each a letterform for Seattle and a rush of water, its flowing curves mirroring river channels. The first colour palette of Slate Inexperienced and Blue — each Shadow and Glacier Blue — displays the distinctive methods through which Seattle’s waterways form the area and pays tribute to Seattle’s distinctive sports activities neighborhood. The main colours are complemented by Foam, Haze Gray, and Basalt Black.

Vancouver Goldeneyes

The Goldeneyes identification is impressed by fiercely protecting Frequent Goldeneye, a chook native to Vancouver’s waterways, coastlines, and mountain vistas. Drawing inspiration from its velocity, energy, and precision in flight, the Goldeneyes replicate Vancouver’s indomitable and unified spirit as they soar to new heights. The staff’s emblem, a daring golden eye encircled by wings and pointing to the Pacific Northwest, includes a colour palette of the staff’s main colours, Pacific Blue, Coastal Cream, and Earthy Bronze, with hints of Sundown Gold and Sky Blue.

“The Seattle Torrent and Vancouver Goldeneyes are daring, distinctive, and true to who we’re as a league,” stated Amy Scheer, PWHL Govt Vice President of Enterprise Operations. “Every staff identification is deeply linked to its residence – Seattle attracts inspiration from the waterways that form its panorama, and Vancouver from its abundance of distinctive wildlife. We are able to’t wait to see these groups face off for the primary time on Friday, Nov. 21, in what guarantees to be the beginning of an unbelievable Pacific Northwest rivalry.”

“I’m so excited for buddies, household and followers to be taught that we’re formally the Seattle Torrent, and to be part of it,” stated Hilary Knight, Torrent ahead. “Everytime you’re wanting on the tradition of a bunch, you need it to be a very robust room — and to pair that with an unbelievable metropolis with a storied sports activities legacy and a model new identification that speaks to all of that, it’s an amazing recipe for us.”

“It means the world to me to have a staff identification for the inaugural season in Vancouver. The Goldeneyes identify is highly effective, daring, and difficult,” stated Jenn Gardiner, Goldeneyes ahead and Surrey, B.C. native. “This identification is an ideal reflection of who we’re, the place we come from, and that we are going to be relentless to play towards each single night time. Once I consider the Goldeneyes, I consider the panorama of British Columbia: the mountains, the ocean, and the grit that comes with rising up right here. We wish our followers to really feel the identical delight, and to see themselves as a part of the Goldeneyes. That is our identification, our province, and our alternative to indicate the remainder of the league what hockey in BC is all about. Let’s go Vancouver Goldeneyes!”

The PWHL led the design course of for each staff identities, collaborating with the inventive company Flower Store for Seattle’s identify and emblem. Kanan Bhatt-Shah, PWHL Vice President of Model & Advertising, oversaw the course of, which was grounded in native insights and neighborhood storytelling.

Crew gear and equipment representing the brand new manufacturers will likely be accessible instantly by The Official Store of the PWHL.

Followers can expertise the that means behind the brand new staff identities by launch movies debuting at present on Seattle and Vancouver’s social media accounts. As a part of the launch, the groups will transition into their new official social media handles — @pwhl_torrent and @pwhl_goldeneyes — on Instagram, Threads, and TikTok. The Bluesky accounts will likely be pwhltorrent.bsky.social and pwhlgoldeneyes.bsky.social, whereas the X accounts will stay @pwhl__seattle and @pwhl__vancouver. Each groups will also be discovered on Fb, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

New staff web sites additionally go dwell at present, serving because the central hubs for tickets, information, and staff info. To go to the Seattle Torrent’s web site, please click on right here, and to go to the Vancouver Goldeneyes’ web site, click on right here.

The 2 groups will meet for the primary time in Vancouver’s inaugural residence opener at Pacific Coliseum on Friday, Nov. 21. Season Ticket Memberships, Partial Season Ticket Packages, 3-Recreation Mini Packs and Single Recreation Tickets can be found now at thepwhl.com/tickets.

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