CBC Sports to broadcast 17 Saturday PWHL games

All 90 games of the Professional Women's Hockey League's second season will be televised, including 17 Saturday afternoon games on CBC Sports, while Radio-Canada will televise seven Montréal Victoire contests.

On Thursday, the league announced its Canadian broadcast partners, with TSN having exclusive coverage of 57 games. Amazon Prime and RDS are also involved. The deal with CBC Sports is for two years.

The season begins Nov. 30 with the Toronto Sceptres hosting Boston Fleet at 2 p.m. ET at Coca-Cola Coliseum. The game will be streamed on CBCSports.ca, CBC Gem, and CBC Sports App.

"The first PWHL season was a tremendous success, and CBC/Radio-Canada is pleased to partner with the league to broadcast its second season," CBC/Radio-Canada president Catherine Tait said in a statement. "The public broadcaster is delighted to support women's sport in Canada, and to bring the exploits of these exceptional athletes to Canadians."

The Sceptres/Fleet matchup will not mark the return of Toronto forward Natalie Spooner from a serious knee injury suffered in last season's playoffs. The Toronto native was the PWHL's first MVP and the International Ice Hockey Federation's female player of the year in 2024.

At 5 p.m. ET, TSN/RDS will have coverage of the Victoire and visiting Ottawa Charge. The Victoire, who will play this season out of 10,000-seat Place Bell in Laval, Que., will have French-language coverage for all 30 home games. Besides Radio-Canada, RDS will carry 18 games and Amazon Prime five.

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Amazon Prime, which launched Prime Monday Night Hockey for the NHL season on Oct. 14, will have live coverage