The Montreal Victoire will host the Ottawa Charge in a Professional Women's Hockey League regular-season game in 2025.

The PWHL announced Wednesday the game will be held the afternoon of Jan. 19 at the Videotron Centre.

The Sunday game is one of nine regular-season neutral-site contests scheduled for the upcoming PWHL season.

The announcement comes a day after Amy Scheer, the PWHL's senior vice president for business operations, said the league was planning on adding two expansion teams for the 2025-26 season.

Quebec City already has announced its intention to be an expansion candidate.

The PWHL opened its inaugural season on Jan. 1 with teams in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, New York, Boston and Minnesota. The league's second season starts Nov. 30.

Professional Women's Hockey League could add 2 expansion teams for 2025-26 season

The six-team Professional Women's Hockey League is launching its expansion process with plans to add two franchises for the start of the 2025-26 season, a league executive announced Tuesday.

A close-up of a women's hockey jersey displaying the PWHL logo is shown.

The Professional Women's Hockey League announced it will hold its 2024 entry draft in Minnesota in June, with an exact date and location yet to be announced.

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Quebec City has already announced its intention of being a candidate for a PWHL expansion franchise next season. Calgary also could be an option with the city previously being home to the Inferno from 2011 to 2019.

PWHL teams to gather in Montreal, Toronto for November mini camps

Professional Women's Hockey League camps starting Nov. 12 will include mini camps for all six teams in Toronto and Montreal.

Toronto forward Natalie Spooner tries to tip the puck by Montreal goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens during a PWHL game at the Bell Centre in Montreal on April 20, 2024.

Montreal Victoire and Toronto Sceptres will host PWHL training sessions and pre-season scrimmages Nov. 19-22. 

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The game will mark the PWHL's first visit to Quebec City and the Videotron Centre, which has a capacity of over 18,000 for hockey.

The Victoire played three neutral- or alternate-site games last season at Scotiabank Arena (Toronto), the Bell Centre (Montreal) and PPG Paints Arena (Pittsburgh).

Montreal hockey fans meet your new PWHL team: Montreal Victoire

The wait is finally over. The Professional Women's Hockey League has revealed team names and logos for each of its six franchises. Here's what Montreal forward Catherine Dubois thinks of her team's name.

Catherine Dubois of the Montreal Victoire PWHL team poses on a rooftop holding open her jacket to reveal a shirt with a Victoire logo

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&nbsp;– Nov. 30, 2024, 2:00 p.m. ET vs. Boston Fleet at Coca-Cola Coliseum.&nbsp;

&nbsp;– Nov. 30, 2024, 5:00 p.m. ET vs. Ottawa Charge at Place Bell.&nbsp;

&nbsp;– Dec. 1, 2024, 6:00 p.m. ET vs. New York Sirens at Xcel Energy Center.&nbsp;

&nbsp;– Dec. 3, 2024, 7:00 p.m. ET vs. Toronto Sceptres at TD Place.

&nbsp;– Dec. 4, 2024, 7:00 p.m. ET vs. Minnesota Frost at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell.&nbsp;

&nbsp;– Dec. 18, 2024, 7:00 p.m. ET vs. Toronto Sceptres at Prudential Center.&nbsp;

Montreal Victoire, right, played three neutral- or alternate-site games last season at Scotiabank Arena (Toronto), the Bell Centre (Montreal) and PPG Paints Arena (Pittsburgh).

PWHL expansion candidate Quebec City to host Victoire-Charge neutral-site game in January

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