PWHL Names Four Expansion Teams Ahead of 2026-27 Season

The Professional Women’s Hockey League has named its four expansion teams and unveiled their logos ahead of the 2026-27 season: Detroit Clutch, Hamilton Havoc, San Jose Sea Lions and Vegas Vanguards.

The league said the identities were designed to reflect each community. Hamilton’s logo features a peregrine falcon, the city’s official bird, alongside lettering styled to evoke steel. The league described the branding as drawing on the balance between industry and nature.

Detroit’s circular logo references a wheel and automotive clutch, reflecting the city’s automotive history. Its design also incorporates vinyl-record lines as a tribute to Motown music, according to the league’s team identity information.

San Jose’s logo shows a sea lion raising its head above the water, with colours inspired by the California coastline. The emblem also honours the San Francisco Sea Lions baseball club of the West Coast Negro Baseball Association, according to the league’s announcement.

Las Vegas’s logo features a kit fox, an animal native to the desert area, with ears shaped to form a V. The team’s identity is called the Vanguards.

The four clubs will wear city-branded jerseys in their inaugural...