It’s finally PWHL Playoff season! With Toronto’s announcement tonight, we officially have our semifinal match-ups and schedule. Toronto finished first in the regular season standings, granting them the right to pick their semifinal opponent. They picked Minnesota for their best-of-five series, leaving Montréal to face Boston.
Schedules
How to watch
Per the league’s release, TSN and RDS are the exclusive broadcast home of the playoffs in Canada. All Montréal games and the Final will be on RDS. Boston’s and Minnesota’s games will be on their regional networks, NESN and Bally Sports North respectively. MSG Network will have select games, and the league’s YouTube will continue to stream the games as well.
Toronto and Montréal both locked their playoff spots in early, but it took until the final two days of the regular season to see who would take the final two spots. On the penultimate day, Minnesota lost to New York, leaving their – and Ottawa’s – fate up to Ottawa the next day, while Boston’s nail-bitter of a much-needed regulation win over Montréal secured their spot. The final day saw Ottawa fall to Toronto, sending Minnesota – who is currently on a five-game losing streak – to the playoffs.
2024 Draft Order
The final two days of regular season play also locked in the draft order. New York was guaranteed the first pick by way of the Gold Plan after they were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Ottawa will pick second as they are the other team that did not make the playoffs.
From there, the order goes in backwards regular season standings – Minnesota will pick third, Boston fourth, Montréal fifth, and Toronto sixth. The seven-round draft will be a traditional format with the order staying the same each round. It will be held in Minnesota at a location and date to be announced.
- New York
- Ottawa
- Minnesota
- Boston
- Montréal
- Toronto