Overview
- Opening night features the two-time champion Minnesota Frost hosting the Toronto Sceptres at Saint Paul’s renamed Grand Casino Arena at 7 p.m. ET, followed by Seattle’s debut at Vancouver’s Pacific Coliseum at 10 p.m. ET.
- The league expands to eight teams with new franchises in Seattle and Vancouver, who meet in their first official game after preseason exhibitions; Seattle’s first home date is Nov. 28 at Climate Pledge Arena.
- Canada adds broader national windows with TSN (54 games, Wednesday exclusives), Sportsnet (30), Prime Video (19, Tuesday exclusives) and CBC/CBC Gem (17), with global streaming on YouTube and Nova Sport coverage in Czechia and Slovakia.
- In the U.S., approximately 56 million homes can access over-the-air broadcasts through FOX Television Stations, Paramount, Scripps Sports, Gray Media and TEGNA, with regional partners including NESN, MSG Networks and FanDuel Sports Network.
- Local fans in Seattle can watch 24 Torrent games on FOX 13+ and six on KONG, while the season also brings new rules requiring three goalies per roster, eliminates the coach’s challenge in favor of centralized goal reviews, expands the schedule to 120 games with a 16-game Takeover Tour, builds in December and Olympic breaks, sets a March 30 trade deadline with a March 31 roster freeze and retains the four-team best-of-five playoff format.