US women's hockey gold medalists return to PWHL action: When do they play?

The U.S. women’s hockey squad came backmost to the United States from their golden medal tally astatine the Winter Olympics to applause and jubilation from their fans.

Unlike successful past Winter Olympics, astir of the women’s squad volition proceed to play hockey professionally.

The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) is successful its 3rd season. The league includes 4 teams from the U.S. and 4 from Canada. The PWHL teams were good represented connected Team USA and helped enactment the league astatine the forefront for the millions who watched the entirety of the Olympics this month.

"I would instrumentality a week disconnected successful Mexico, but I recognize that’s not possible," Taylor Heise joked successful an interrogation with Fox News Digital. "But yeah, we’re each excited to spell backmost and to get started backmost with the PWHL. It’s decidedly a league that’s fixed america a level to play connected and benignant of looking backmost to the WNBA and however they started. It’s a accordant grind, and it’s not conscionable you spell from present to present successful 2 days.

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"With our expansions and everything, it’s decidedly been a hard process for a batch of people, moving teams and such. But I conscionable think, you know, 7.7 cardinal radical that tuned successful for that golden medal game, which is astonishing by the way, I conscionable deliberation it’s beauteous peculiar due to the fact that I deliberation we gained a batch of caller fans.

"Regardless of if you’re conscionable a women’s hockey instrumentality oregon you tuned successful to the Olympics and present recognize that we play successful a nonrecreational league, it’s beauteous special. And I expect america to person a fewer much fans that amusement up for our games and determine that they privation to beryllium PWHL fans successful the future."

There’s a fistful of players who are inactive playing collegiate hockey, too. The women’s hockey play is successful the midst of their league playoffs.

Here’s erstwhile the golden medalists instrumentality to the ice.

Boston Fleet

Megan Keller (5) of the United States and Hannah Bilka (23) of the United States observe aft winning the golden medal successful women's crystal hockey aft defeating Canada during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games astatine Milan Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 19, 2026. (Amber Searls/Imagn Images)

The Boston Fleet had 3 players connected Team USA this year. Megan Keller, Haley Winn and Aerin Frankel. Keller scored the game-winning extremity against Canada successful overtime to unafraid the golden medal portion Frankel unopen down the discourtesy successful a clutch goaltender moment. The Fleet are connected apical of the PWHL with a 10-2-2 record. Boston is backmost successful enactment Saturday against the Ottawa Charge astatine 2 p.m. ET.

Minnesota Frost

Taylor Heise #27 of Team United States Laila Edwards #10 of Team United States observe the triumph aft the Women`s Ice Hockey Gold Medal Game betwixt USA and Canada (2-1 OT) connected time thirteen of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 19, 2026 successful Milan, Italy.  (EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)

The Minnesota Frost had a large practice connected Team USA with six players. Lee Stecklein, Kelly Pannek, Grace Zumwinkle, Britta Curl-Salemme, Taylor Heise and Kendall Coyne Schofield each taking the crystal for the Stars and Stripes. The Frost person a small much clip to hole for their adjacent game, which takes spot Sunday astatine 1 p.m. ET against the Montreal Victoire

. The Frost are 9-3-3 this play and are down the Fleet successful the PWHL standings.

Montreal Victoire

Hayley Scamurra was the lone subordinate from the Montreal Victoire to vie for Team USA and the defenseman brought location the golden medal. Montreal volition instrumentality connected the New York Sirens connected Thursday astatine 7 p.m. ET. The Victoire are 10-5-0 this play and are successful 3rd successful the PWHL standings.

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Ottawa Charge

Rory Guilday and Gwyneth Philips represented the Ottawa Charge portion connected Team USA successful the Olympics. The Charge are successful the mediate of the PWHL standings with a 9-7-0 record. Ottawa volition instrumentality to the crystal connected Saturday to instrumentality connected the Boston Fleet astatine 2 p.m. ET.

Seattle Torrent

Hilary Knight, the skipper of Team USA, was among the 4 players from the Seattle Torrent connected the Olympic roster. Cayla Barnes, Hanna Bilka and Alex Carpenter joined her. Seattle volition request a large propulsion successful the 2nd fractional of the play to get into the playoffs. The Torrent are 5-7-2 truthful acold this season. They commencement their play again connected Friday against the Toronto Sceptres astatine 10 p.m. ET.

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College hockey

Laila Edwards (10) of the United States and Megan Keller (5) of the United States observe aft winning the golden medal successful women's crystal hockey aft defeating Canada during the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 19, 2026. (Amber Searls/Imagn Images)

There were a fistful of players who were inactive successful assemblage who were playing for Team USA. Abbey Murphy (Minnesota), Joy Dunne (Ohio State) and Tessa Janecke (Penn State) were connected the squad with Wisconsin’s Caroline Harvey, Kristen Sims, Laila Edwards and Ava McNaughton. There was nary Olympic interruption for their respective teams.

Minnesota, Penn State and Wisconsin are each successful the Western College Hockey Association playoffs. Each squad volition play connected Friday astatine 6 p.m. ET. The Golden Gophers are playing St. Cloud State, the Buckeyes volition play St. Thomas and the Badgers instrumentality connected Bemidji State.

The Nittany Lions are successful the semifinals of the Atlantic Hockey America playoffs. Penn State returns to the crystal Friday astatine 6 p.m. to instrumentality connected Syracuse.

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