What went wrong with Goldeneyes, Torrent? Why the PWHL teams' debut seasons went sideways

Exactly five months ago, the Vancouver Goldeneyes and Seattle Torrent made their Professional Women’s Hockey League debuts with lofty expectations.Each roster was well stocked with talent, thanks to a player dispersion process that was designed to ensure the league’s first expansion teams were able to compete on Day 1. Seattle started the year with three of the PWHL’s most productive players of all time. Vancouver looked like the team to beat with a roster led by two of the sport’s top defenders, a superstar forward and some of the top league-wide free agents.Advertisement