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Purple Reign
Purple Reign recaps everything going on in the Professional Women's Hockey League for the Miinesota Frost, in each show we will recap how each game has gone for our Frost throughout the regular season and Walter Cup olayoffs We'll also keep you up to date on what's going on around the league in our bonus episodes which you'll also be able to find on the official George Hand YouTube channel Feel The Freeze
Episodes
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Say it With Your Chest
In an unexpected announcement our Back to Back Walter Cup champions Minnesota Frost have revealed the first ever championship jerseys in the PWHLWhile there…
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Set The Record
On October 29 the Ottawa City Council held a meeting where both Jayna Hefford and Amy Scheer attended representing the PWHL where they set the record straight…
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Seat The Charge
A council meeting has now taken place and the PWHL fights back as the city council and mayor try to paint our league as the bad guysThe Purple Trio gathers to…
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Mixed Signals
Our two new expansion teams have their jerseys and it looked like they were all set for the Inaugral Six route which the Purple Trio thought was going to…
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Reduce Charge
Alarm bells are ringing in Chage Avenue as there are fears that TD Place could be demolished and replaced with a smaller arena with less capacityThis is an…
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Walter Play In
On a recent episode of the Women's Hockey Report one of the hosts talked about something that New York Sirens General Manager pitched to the league regarding a…
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Preseason Worlds
While getting involved with the World Championships over the last two years has been thrilling in terms off league play it has caused a massive disruption but…
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Year 3 Term Dates
October began with the release of the 2025/26 schedules, this should have been an exciting moment but with the league still playing 30 games and with no World…
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Dreamland Update
We have a podcast update for you guys as we can officially confirm that Dreamland which was originally conceived as a one off miniseries is becoming an…
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Expansion DIY
Over the summer the PWHL took its first step of growth with the first ever expansion draft and oh my did Seattle & Vancouver make the most of it But not…
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My First Reservations
My time as PWHL advocate as felt like a honeymoon but now I have my first set of reservations as Seattle & Vancouver haven't even put their heels on yet and…
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Pacific Coaches
Both Vancouver and Seattle have taken their next steps as we get ever closer to their PWHL debuts as both have now their first ever head coachesIt's a tale of…
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Sophomore Yearbook
The 2024/25 season built on the almighty success that the PWHL had in Year 1 as our second season saw the Inaugural Six receive their names and brands while…
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Spare The Fleet
It was never going to be easy for the Fleet to replace Courtney Kessel but surely there was someone who had prior experience of coaching women's hockey out…
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Frozen Decker
The Back to Back Walter Cup champions bolstered their bench staff by hiring decorative athlete and future Hockey Hall of Famer Brianna Decker, this is a huge…
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Fair or Foul
A recent news report suggests that Captain Clutch herself Marie Philip-Poulin is considering taking a pay cut to ensure that the Montreal Victoire can stay…
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Preseason Rivalries
The PWHL 2025/26 season is almost here but before that there is the small matter of preseason as we now know who will play who and whereIt's quite a lively…
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Coaching Backwards
With our two newest members Seattle & Vancouver having hired their first coaches and Bosron have now replaced Courtney Kessel the PWHL have taken a massive…
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2.8 Sophmore Report Card
To wrap up our second season we hand out each of the Inaugural Six their report cards as the Purple Trio give their thoughts on how each team performed…
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Predictable Awards
It's that time of year again when we dust off the gladrags and discover who takes home the trophy at the PWHL Awards 2025 however this year's awards season was…
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Daniele the Builder
A huge historic moment took place in the day of the Entry Draft in Ottawa as the Hockey Hall of Fame announced the 2025 Class which includes Montreal Victoire…
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Kessel Leaves The Fleet
Courtney Kessel has pplayed a huge role behind the bench of the Boston Fleet on the league's first two years which is why her departure is a huge blow for both…
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2.7 Frost Bites Ontario
It's the return of the playoff show on Purple Reign as we get to look back on an entertaining Walter Cup Playoffs that saw your Frost defend their crown…
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High Rollers
The 2025 edition of the PWHL Entry Draft was an eventful night not just because we had two new teams make their first selections but there was a lot of trades…
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French Recruits
Earlier in the year we found out not just which countries got the final spots to the Olympics but also the groups however at the time we did not know what the…
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Gold in Newark
For the second year in a row the New York Sirens won the Gold Plan again by default as the playoff races went right down to the wire literally as we…
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Future Takeover
I didn't think we would be making this episode yet as we currently don't know if the Takeover Tour will be coming back but an interesting article over the…
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A Fairer Draft
The PWHL Entry Draft 2025 in Ottawa is right around the corner and we now know how the draft order will go down and whilst Pluto & Lady might not be too…
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Calm Everyone
To quote Taylor Swift "You Need to Calm Down" Let's face it the first ever expansion in the PWHL hasn't gone down as well as lots of fans feel it puts both…
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Expansion Begins
A few days on after the first ever Expansion Draft the Purple Trio are back together to go through all of the shocks and jaw dropping drama that has unfolded…
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Phillips Upstages McDavid
Regardless who won the Walter Cup there was only one candidate for the PWHL Playoff MVP Award and so it was no surprise when the Charge's Gwyneth Phillips was…
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You've Seen Nothing Yet
During the Walter Cup Finals a very interesting article was released and it was full of promise for a very bright future highlight more expansion to come along…
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Expansion Pioneers
The first pieces for any expansion team is general managers and for both Seattle & Vancouver they have got some of the very best and well respected candidates…
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Girls on Tour 2024/25
The calendar year of 2025 saw a massive moment for the PWHL with their first ever Takeover Tour which saw the Inaugural Six play across nine markets that did…
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Everyone Gets Nominated
With the nominees being revealed while I was in Philly and then during this year's Walter Cup Finals this edition of Purple Reign is my first oppertunity to…
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Do Not Touch
The first step of the roster building process for Seattle and Vancover are underway as the Inaugural Six teams submitted their protection lists which caused…
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Purple Trio's Protection Lists
With just 24 hours to go before the process begins for the PWHL Expansion Draft 2025 the Purple Trio come together to draw up their protection lists for each…
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Expansion at Kylie
The first thing I saw when I got back from my mentally compromising trip in Philly was the details on how the first ever PWHL Expansion Draft but given how I…
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Killer Frost
The day after the Minnesota Frost makes history by becoming back to back Walter Cup champions the Purple Trio who are still exhausted from the celebrations…
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2.6 Hensley Shuts The Door
Going into the final stretch of the regular season it was literally do or die for the defending champions and oh how did they thrive under pressure In…
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Drafting in Ottawa
During the World Championships the league confirmed the date and location of the PWHL Entry Draft 2025 which will take place in Ottawa on the 24th June but…
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Hello Seattle
As we expected a second expansion team for 2025/26 was indeed coming and with Vancouver joining from Canada it made complete sense that Seattle would join them…
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Purple Rings
It took the league almost all of Year 2 but finally our Inaugural Walter Cup champions Minnesota Frost have finally recieved their championship rings and they…
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Welcome Vancouver
April 23 2025 marked a huge milestone in the PWHL as our first ever expansion team was announced in Vancouver and the entire Purple Trio couldn't be more…
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Gold Janecke
This year's IIHF World Championships were electric in Czechia as the competition came to Europe and oh my was our Kelly Pannek on fire as she helped Team USA…
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Everyone's a Winner
On March 30 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour concluded at Enterprise Center, St.Louis as the pressure was on for the Ottawa Charge as they were the only team yet to…
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2.5 Beasts of the East
A few years ago in the UK a major snow blizzard struck with the media nicknaming it the Beast of the East and with our Minnesota Frost on a road trip which…
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One in a Million
During the eighth stop of the PWHL Takeover Tour in Detroit an historic milestone was achieved as the league welcome a million fans in attendance across PWHL…
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A Million in Attendance
On March 16 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour made its eight stop and returned to Little Caesars Arena, Detroit exaclty one year to the day from when they hosted the…
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Home from Home
On March 7 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour made its seventh stop at Lenovo Center, Raleigh in what felt like a home from home game as my Minnesota Frost had the…
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Used to Losing
On February 23 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour made its sixth stop at Keybank Center, Buffalo as the New York Sirens finally made their first apperance on the tour…
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Groups for Milan
While the PWHL went on break during the Rivalry Series my attention was firmly on the Final Qualification for next year's Olympics with Japan, Sweden and…
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Unladylike
While I was rooting for Connor McDavid and Canada in the 4 Nations final the unthinkable happened in Ottawa when Charge forward Tereza Vanisova and the Fleet's…
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2.4 Victory in Laval
For the first time since before christmas the Frost were back to a healthy squad alas tha didn't help matters in what has been a terrible month as they only…
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Fleet on Campus
Let's face it Tsongas Center is not the easist of the primary home venues in the PWHL to get to despite getting decent attendance however the Boston Fleet have…
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Ontario in Alberta
On February 16 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour made its fifth stop at Rogers Place, Edmonton in what felt like a home from home for most of the players in both the…
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Waste of a Series
As the PWHL paused for the Rivalry Series two thirds of the Purple Trio meet up for a genuine conversation about its relevance in the claendar especially as…
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2.3 Sick, Sick, Sick
The first month of January was jam-packed and I'm not talking about the raspberry kind as the Frost had a massive start to 2025 despite not firing on all…
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Friends and Family
On January 19 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour made its fourth stop at Videotron Centre, Quebec City as the province got its first taste of professional hockey for…
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We Want a Team
On January 12 2025 the PWHL Takeover Tour made its third stop at Ball Arena Denver as our Minnesota Frost finally got to taste the sights & sounds of netural…