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3.8 Victoire Bucks

It's the 2026 playoff show on the Purple Reign podcast as we have a brand new Walter Cup champion the Montreal Victoire a first for the city and for Canada In Part 1 we recap the first semifinal which saw the Ottawa Charge pull off the mother of upsets against the Boston Fleet In Part 2 we recap how the second semifinal where the Victoire chose their poison well and ended our Mineesota Frost's reign In Part 3 we recap the first ever canadian Walter Cup Finals as the Victoire rains on Ottawa's parade Get in touch at purplereignpodcasts@gmail.com and you can now buy Purple Reign merchandise by visiting our shop on Redbubble

Canada's New Direction

After months of he said, she said we finally now know that both Troy Ryan and Gina Kingsbury are out of their respective roles with Canada's national teamI'm not surprised by this as Canada have over the past two years have been going backwards and for the sake of healthy competition I think its time for a fresh start for this hockey mad nation

Hometown Boy

Another expansion team decides to go in house when it comes to their coaching staff as this time PWHL Detroit bags one of the assistant coaches from the New York SirensAnd to make the news even sweeter Hosh is a hometown boy so he knows the area and the state very well and it will be interesting to see how he uses his experiences on the US national team

Poached From the Fleet

PWHL Hamilton have found their first ever coach and shocked the hockey world by hiring the guy who helped turnaround the Boston Fleet literally this seasonNow there are lots of reasons that makes sense but given what Kris Sparre was able to do in Boston that is what makes it all the more shocking and might now catapult PWHL Hamilton into contention straight away

Habs Victory Tribute

At Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals at Bell Centre the Montreal Canadiens decided on having a tribute to celebrate the Montreal Victoire's championshipWhile it sounded like a good idea but it happened during a tv timeout making it impossible for fans of the PWHL across the globe from seeing it in what ended up being another faux pas caused by the NHL