PWHL Playoff Semifinal Schedule Set

Toronto picked Minnesota as their semifinal opponent, leaving Boston to Montréal in the second semifinal.

PWHL Playoff Semifinal Schedule Set
Minnesota and Toronto battle during a regular season game. (Photo by Kelly Hagenson/PWHL)

It's finally PWHL Playoff season! With Toronto's announcement tonight, we officially have our semifinal match-ups and schedule. Toronto finished first in the regular season standings, granting them the right to pick their semifinal opponent. They picked Minnesota for their best-of-five series, leaving Montréal to face Boston.

Schedules

Wed, May 87:00 pm EDTMinnesota at TorontoCoca-Cola Coliseum
Fri, May 107:00 pm EDTMinnesota at TorontoCoca-Cola Coliseum
Mon, May 137:00 pm EDTToronto at MinnesotaXcel Energy Center
Wed, May 157:00 pm EDTToronto at MinnesotaXcel Energy Center
Fri, May 177:00 pm EDTMinnesota at TorontoCoca-Cola Coliseum
Thu, May 97:00 pm EDTBoston at MontréalPlace Bell
Sat, May 117:00 pm EDTBoston at MontréalPlace Bell
Tue, May 147:00 pm EDTMontréal at BostonTsongas Arena
Thu, May 167:00 pm EDTMontréal at BostonTsongas Arena
Sun, May 197:00 pm EDTBoston at MontréalPlace Bell

How to watch

Per the league's release, TSN and RDS are the exclusive broadcast home of the playoffs in Canada. All Montréal games and the Final will be on RDS. Boston's and Minnesota's games will be on their regional networks, NESN and Bally Sports North respectively. MSG Network will have select games, and the league's YouTube will continue to stream the games as well.

Toronto and Montréal both locked their playoff spots in early, but it took until the final two days of the regular season to see who would take the final two spots. On the penultimate day, Minnesota lost to New York, leaving their - and Ottawa's - fate up to Ottawa the next day, while Boston's nail-bitter of a much-needed regulation win over Montréal secured their spot. The final day saw Ottawa fall to Toronto, sending Minnesota - who is currently on a five-game losing streak - to the playoffs.

2024 Draft Order

The final two days of regular season play also locked in the draft order. New York was guaranteed the first pick by way of the Gold Plan after they were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Ottawa will pick second as they are the other team that did not make the playoffs.

From there, the order goes in backwards regular season standings - Minnesota will pick third, Boston fourth, Montréal fifth, and Toronto sixth. The seven-round draft will be a traditional format with the order staying the same each round. It will be held in Minnesota at a location and date to be announced.

  1. New York
  2. Ottawa
  3. Minnesota
  4. Boston
  5. Montréal
  6. Toronto