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Vancouver’s new women’s professional hockey team is set to make history and their big debut on Friday night.
The Vancouver Goldeneyes are hosting their expansion cousins, the Seattle Torrent, at a sold-out Pacific Coliseum.
This will mark the start of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) in Vancouver and earn the teams a place in history.
Both teams have had a short training camp in the lead-up to this first regular-season game but the excitement and pride are palpable.
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“Of course, a longer pre-season would be nice, especially as a new expansion team,” Goldeneyes goalie Emerance Maschmeyer said.
“None of this group has played together as a unit before, but I think we’ve done the best with the time that we’ve had and so, we’re in a good place going into this weekend.”
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Vancouver is the lone PWHL team that is the main tenant at the Pacific Coliseum, and the only one that will have its logo displayed at centre ice year-round.
–with files from The Canadian Press
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