2025–26 Boston Fleet season

The 2025–26 Boston Fleet season is the team's third season as a member of the Professional Women's Hockey League. They play their home games at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts and at Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts.

League2nd PWHL

2025–26 record16–5–4–5

Home record9–1–2–3

Road record7–4–2–2

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2025–26 Boston Fleet
League	2nd PWHL
2025–26 record	16–5–4–5
Home record	9–1–2–3
Road record	7–4–2–2
Goals for	74
Goals against	45
Team information
General manager	Danielle Marmer^[1]
Coach	Kris Sparre^[1]
Captain	Megan Keller
Alternate captains	Alina Müller Jamie Lee Rattray
Arena	Tsongas Center Agganis Arena
Average attendance	5,991
Team leaders
Goals	Susanna Tapani (9)^[2]
Assists	Alina Müller (17)^[2]
Points	Megan Keller (22)^[2]
Penalty minutes	Laura Kluge (25)^[2]
Plus/minus	Abby Newhook (+17)^[2]
Wins	Aerin Frankel (19)^[3]
Goals against average	Aerin Frankel (1.17)^[3]
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Offseason

Coaching changes

On June 23, 2025, former Fleet head coach Courtney Birchard-Kessel was named head coach of the NCAA's Princeton Tigers women's program. She previously served as an assistant coach for the Tigers under Cara Gardner Morey, who relinquished her role to become the inaugural general manager of Vancouver Goldeneyes.^[4]

One month later, on July 23, the Fleet named Kris Sparre as their new head coach. He most recently served as an assistant coach for the San Diego Gulls, the American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Anaheim Ducks.^[5]

On October 15, 2025, the Fleet announced the hiring of Jordan Lavallée Smotherman, Derek Whitmore, and Kacey Bellamy to the coaching staff. Smotherman served as head coach of HC Innsbruck during the 2024–25 ICE Hockey League season. Whitmore most recently served as an assistant coach for the Chicago Steel of the USHL. Bellamy is an Olympic gold medallist and eight–time IIHF Women's World Championship gold medallist who served as a scout and player liaison during the 2022–23 PHF season.^[6]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on October 8, 2025.^[7]

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Pre-season camp

Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Box Score/Recap
November 15	@ Montreal	2–3	OT	Levy	Verdun Auditorium	^{[Recap 1]}
November 17	@ Montreal	2–3		Thiele	Verdun Auditorium	^{[Recap 2]}

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Standings

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montreal Victoire (Y)	30	16	6	2	6	78	41	+37	62^[a]	Playoffs
2	Boston Fleet	30	16	5	4	5	74	45	+29	62^[a]
3	Minnesota Frost	30	13	3	5	9	91	73	+18	50
4	Ottawa Charge	30	9	8	1	12	71	73	−2	44

5	Toronto Sceptres	30	10	1	6	13	51	72	−21	38
6	Vancouver Goldeneyes	30	9	3	4	14	68	81	−13	37
7	New York Sirens	30	9	3	3	15	63	83	−20	36
8	Seattle Torrent	30	8	1	5	16	64	92	−28	31

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Updated to match(es) played on April 25, 2026. Source: PWHL
(Y) Regular season winner
Notes:

[a]
Greater number of games won, excluding games won by Shootout: Montreal 19, Boston 18

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on October 1, 2025.^[8]^[9]^[10]

After a start to the season described as slow, the Fleet reached the top spot in the PWHL in December of 2025. As of January 2026, they remained first in the league.^[11]

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Regular season schedule (Home: 9–1–2–3; Road: 7–4–2–2)

November: 2–0–0–0, 6 points (Home: 1–0–0–0; Road: 1–0–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Box Score/Recap
1	November 23	Montreal	2–0		Frankel	Tsongas Center	5,166	1–0–0–0	3	^{[Recap 3]}
2	November 29	@ Toronto	3–1		Frankel	Coca-Cola Coliseum	8,277	2–0–0–0	6	^{[Recap 4]}

December: 4–0–1–1, 13 points (Home: 2–0–0–0; Road: 2–0–1–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Box Score/Recap
3	December 3	Vancouver	2–0		Frankel	Agganis Arena	3,516	3–0–0–0	9	^{[Recap 5]}
4	December 7	Minnesota	4–1		Frankel	Agganis Arena	5,338	4–0–0–0	12	^{[Recap 6]}
5	December 17	@ New York	2–0		Frankel	Prudential Center	1,884	5–0–0–0	15	^{[Recap 7]}
6	December 19	@ Minnesota	2–5		Frankel	Grand Casino Arena	7,216	5–0–0–1	15	^{[Recap 8]}
7	December 21	@ Seattle	3–1		Levy	Climate Pledge Arena	11,023	6–0–0–1	18	^{[Recap 9]}
8	December 27	@ Ottawa	2–3	SO	Frankel	TD Place Arena	8,497	6–0–1–1	19	^{[Recap 10]}

January: 2–2–1–1, 11 points (Home: 2–1–1–1; Road: 0–1–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Box Score/Recap
9	January 3	Vancouver	3–4		Frankel	Little Caesars Arena	9,624	6–0–1–2	19	^{[Recap 11]}
10	January 7	Seattle	2–1		Frankel	Agganis Arena	6,003	7–0–1–2	22	^{[Recap 12]}
11	January 11	Ottawa	1–2	SO	Frankel	Scotiabank Centre	10,452	7–0–2–2	23	^{[Recap 13]}
12	January 14	Toronto	2–1		Frankel	Tsongas Center	3,372	8–0–2–2	26	^{[Recap 14]}
13	January 18	@ Seattle	2–1	SO	Frankel	Climate Pledge Arena	12,774	8–1–2–2	28	^{[Recap 15]}
14	January 28	New York	4–3	SO	Frankel	Tsongas Center	4,697	8–2–2–2	30	^{[Recap 16]}

February: 0–1–0–0, 2 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–1–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Box Score/Recap
15	February 28	@ Ottawa	3–2	SO	Frankel	TD Place Arena	8,572	8–3–2–2	32	^{[Recap 17]}

March: 5–2–0–2, 19 points (Home: 2–0–0–1; Road: 3–2–0–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Box Score/Recap
16	March 5	@ New York	1–0		Frankel	Prudential Center	3,765	9–3–2–2	35	^{[Recap 18]}
17	March 10	@ Vancouver	2–1	OT	Frankel	Pacific Coliseum	9,731	9–4–2–2	37	^{[Recap 19]}
18	March 11	@ Seattle	2–3		Levy	Climate Pledge Arena	13,350	9–4–2–3	37	^{[Recap 20]}
19	March 15	@ Montreal	4–3	OT	Frankel	Place Bell	10,172	9–5–2–3	39	^{[Recap 21]}
20	March 17	Toronto	0–2		Frankel	Agganis Arena	6,095	9–5–2–4	39	^{[Recap 22]}
21	March 21	Seattle	3–0		Frankel	Tsongas Center	6,164	10–5–2–4	42	^{[Recap 23]}
22	March 24	Vancouver	2–0		Frankel	Tsongas Center	4,178	11–5–2–4	45	^{[Recap 24]}
23	March 27	@ Toronto	4–0		Frankel	Coca-Cola Coliseum	8,636	12–5–2–4	48	^{[Recap 25]}
24	March 29	@ Minnesota	4–2		Thiele	Grand Casino Arena	9,925	13–5–2–4	51	^{[Recap 26]}

April: 3–0–2–1, 11 points (Home: 2–0–1–1; Road: 1–0–1–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Box Score/Recap
25	April 7	@ Vancouver	5–1		Frankel	Rogers Place	10,794	14–5–2–4	54	^{[Recap 27]}
26	April 11	Montreal	0–1		Frankel	TD Garden	17,850	14–5–2–5	54	^{[Recap 28]}
27	April 15	Minnesota	3–2		Frankel	Tsongas Center	4,170	15–5–2–5	57	^{[Recap 29]}
28	April 17	@ Montreal	2–3	OT	Levy	Place Bell	10,172	15–5–3–5	58	^{[Recap 30]}
29	April 22	Ottawa	1–2	OT	Frankel	Tsongas Center	5,215	15–5–4–5	59	^{[Recap 31]}
30	April 25	New York	4–0		Frankel	Tsongas Center	6,120	16–5–4–5	62	^{[Recap 32]}

Regulation Win (3 points) Overtime/Shootout win (2 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Regulation Loss (0 points)

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Playoffs

Boston clinched second place in the league on the final day of the regular season. They finished with 62 points, which tied with the Montreal Victoire for first place, but Montreal won the tiebreaker. Montreal chose to play the third-seeded Minnesota Frost, which meant that Boston would take on the fourth-seeded Ottawa Charge in the first round.^[12]^[13]

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2026 Walter Cup playoffs

First round vs. Ottawa Charge; Ottawa won 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 30	Ottawa	2–1		Frankel	Tsongas Center	4,285	1–0	^{[Recap 33]}
2	May 2	Ottawa	1–3		Frankel	Tsongas Center	6,017	1–1	^{[Recap 34]}
3	May 8	@ Ottawa	1–2		Frankel	Canadian Tire Centre	13,112	1–2	^{[Recap 35]}
4	May 10	@ Ottawa	3–4	2OT	Frankel	Canadian Tire Centre	11,297	1–3	^{[Recap 36]}

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Player statistics

As of May 10, 2026^[2]

Skaters

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Regular Season^[2]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	SOG	+/−	PIM
Megan Keller	30	7	15	22	68	+10	8
Alina Müller	30	4	17	21	62	+10	8
Haley Winn	30	5	14	19	92	+3	6
Susanna Tapani	30	9	9	18	62	+11	10
Abby Newhook	29	7	7	14	43	+17	6
Jamie Lee Rattray	30	4	8	12	41	+4	10
Jessie Eldridge	11	7	3	10	30	+4	0
Liz Schepers	29	5	4	9	44	+2	2
Sophie Shirley	22	3	6	9	17	+6	8
Shay Maloney	30	3	4	7	47	+1	10
Hadley Hartmetz	27	0	7	7	20	+7	8
Ella Huber	30	4	2	6	58	–3	12
Jill Saulnier	25	2	4	6	37	+1	24
Olivia Mobley	10	3	2	5	22	0	4
Daniela Pejšová	27	2	2	4	34	+6	6
Riley Brengman	28	2	1	3	26	+4	14
Hannah Brandt	30	0	3	3	28	0	12
Loren Gabel	16	1	1	2	24	+1	8
Laura Kluge	25	1	1	2	12	+1	25
Mia Biotti	13	0	2	2	2	+3	0
Zoe Boyd	12	0	1	1	15	+2	4
Rylind MacKinnon	28	0	1	1	10	+6	14
Noemi Neubauerová	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
Olivia Zafuto	6	0	0	0	1	0	0

Playoffs^[2]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	SOG	+/−	PIM
Alina Müller	4	1	3	4	22	0	2
Jessie Eldridge	4	0	3	3	20	+1	4
Megan Keller	4	2	0	2	10	0	2
Shay Maloney	4	1	1	2	5	+2	0
Ella Huber	4	0	2	2	12	0	0
Haley Winn	4	0	2	2	10	+2	2
Jamie Lee Rattray	4	1	0	1	4	–1	2
Liz Schepers	4	1	0	1	8	+1	0
Sophie Shirley	4	1	0	1	3	+1	0
Abby Newhook	4	0	1	1	16	–1	0
Jill Saulnier	4	0	1	1	5	–1	2
Noemi Neubauerová	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mia Biotti	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Laura Kluge	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Rylind MacKinnon	3	0	0	0	0	–1	15
Hannah Brandt	4	0	0	0	1	–2	0
Riley Brengman	4	0	0	0	4	–2	2
Hadley Hartmetz	4	0	0	0	6	–1	0
Olivia Mobley	4	0	0	0	6	–4	2
Daniela Pejšová	4	0	0	0	6	–2	4
Susanna Tapani	4	0	0	0	3	–3	0

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Goaltenders

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Regular Season^[3]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	SOL	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Aerin Frankel	26	1583:12	19	4	1	2	31	1.17	662	0.953	8
Abbey Levy	3	180:38	1	1	1	0	7	2.33	96	0.927	0
Amanda Thiele	1	60:00	1	0	0	0	2	2.00	23	0.913	0

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Playoffs^[3]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	SOL	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Aerin Frankel	4	258:55	1	2	1	0	9	2.09	93	0.903	0	0	0	0

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Awards and honors

Milestones

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Regular season
Date	Player	Milestone
November 23, 2025^{[Recap 3]}	Megan Keller	10th career PWHL goal
	Riley Brengman	1st career PWHL game
	Ella Huber
	Abby Newhook
	Haley Winn
November 29, 2025^{[Recap 4]}	Susanna Tapani	20th career PWHL goal
	Alina Müller	15th career PWHL goal
	Abby Newhook	1st career PWHL goal
	Hannah Brandt	15th career PWHL assist
	Jill Saulnier	5th career PWHL assist
	Olivia Mobley	1st career PWHL game
December 3, 2025^{[Recap 5]}	Hadley Hartmetz	1st career PWHL assist
December 7, 2025^{[Recap 6]}	Sophie Shirley	10th career PWHL assist
	Riley Brengman	1st career PWHL assist
	Haley Winn	1st career PWHL assist
December 17, 2025^{[Recap 7]}	Ella Huber	1st career PWHL goal
	Ella Huber	1st career PWHL penalty
	Aerin Frankel	5th career PWHL shutout
December 19, 2025^{[Recap 8]}	Olivia Mobley	1st career PWHL goal
	Olivia Mobley	1st career PWHL assist
	Riley Brengman	1st career PWHL goal
December 21, 2025^{[Recap 9]}	Hadley Hartmetz	1st career PWHL penalty
December 27, 2025^{[Recap 10]}	Haley Winn	1st career PWHL goal
	Susanna Tapani	20th career PWHL assist
	Riley Brengman	1st career PWHL assist
	Olivia Mobley	1st career PWHL penalty
January 3, 2026^{[Recap 11]}	Theresa Schafzahl	10th career PWHL assist
January 3, 2026^{[Recap 11]}	Mia Biotti	1st career PWHL game
January 7, 2026^{[Recap 12]}	Haley Winn	5th career PWHL assist
January 14, 2026^{[Recap 14]}	Shay Maloney	5th career PWHL goal
January 18, 2026^{[Recap 15]}	Abby Newhook	1st career PWHL assist
January 18, 2026^{[Recap 15]}	Alina Müller	30th career PWHL assist
January 28, 2026^{[Recap 16]}	Jamie Lee Rattray	10th career PWHL goal
February 28, 2026^{[Recap 17]}	Abby Newhook	5th career PWHL goal
February 28, 2026^{[Recap 17]}	Megan Keller	30th career PWHL assist
March 10, 2026^{[Recap 19]}	Jamie Lee Rattray	20th career PWHL assist
March 11, 2026^{[Recap 20]}	Loren Gabel	5th career PWHL assist
March 15, 2026^{[Recap 21]}	Megan Keller	15th career PWHL goal
March 21, 2026^{[Recap 23]}	Daniela Pejšová	5th career PWHL assist
March 24, 2026^{[Recap 24]}	Laura Kluge	1st career PWHL goal
	Haley Winn	10th career PWHL assist
	Mia Biotti	1st career PWHL assist
March 27, 2026^{[Recap 25]}	Sophie Shirley	5th career PWHL goal
	Hadley Hartmetz	5th career PWHL assist
	Aerin Frankel	10th career PWHL shutout
March 29, 2026^{[Recap 26]}	Liz Schepers	10th career PWHL goal
	Riley Brengman	1st career PWHL assist
	Amanda Thiele	1st career PWHL win
	Amanda Thiele	1st career PWHL game
April 7, 2026^{[Recap 27]}	Abby Newhook	5th career PWHL assist
April 15, 2026^{[Recap 29]}	Alina Müller	40th career PWHL assist
April 15, 2026^{[Recap 29]}	Jessie Eldridge	30th career PWHL assist
April 17, 2026^{[Recap 30]}	Shay Maloney	10th career PWHL assist
April 25, 2026^{[Recap 32]}	Jessie Eldridge	30th career PWHL goal
	Jill Saulnier	5th career PWHL goal
	Haley Winn	5th career PWHL goal

Playoffs
Date	Player	Milestone
April 30, 2026^{[Recap 34]}	Jamie Lee Rattray	1st career PWHL playoff goal
April 30, 2026^{[Recap 34]}	Jessie Eldridge	1st career PWHL playoff assist
May 2, 2026^{[Recap 34]}	Megan Keller	1st career PWHL playoff goal
May 2, 2026^{[Recap 34]}	Abby Newhook	1st career PWHL playoff assist
May 8, 2026^{[Recap 35]}	Shay Maloney	1st career PWHL playoff assist
May 8, 2026^{[Recap 35]}	Ella Huber	1st career PWHL playoff assist
May 10, 2026^{[Recap 36]}	Shay Maloney	1st career PWHL playoff goal
	Haley Winn	1st career PWHL playoff assist
	Haley Winn	15th career PWHL assist
	Jill Saulnier	1st career PWHL playoff assist

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Player of the Week Awards

Player of the Week

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Player of the Week recipients
Week	Player
January 19, 2026^[14]	Aerin Frankel
March 16, 2026^[15]	Megan Keller
March 30, 2026^[16]	Aerin Frankel

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Starting Six

The Starting Six is voted on each month by the Women's Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association (PHWA) and PWHL broadcast personnel.^[17] The following are Boston Fleet players who have been named to the Starting Six.

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Starting Six players
Month	Position	Player
November^[17]	F	Susanna Tapani
	D	Megan Keller
	G	Aerin Frankel
December^[18]	D	Megan Keller
	D	Haley Winn
	G	Aerin Frankel
January^[19]	D	Megan Keller
March^[a]^[20]	F	Susanna Tapani
	D	Haley Winn
	G	Aerin Frankel

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[a]
This includes the post-Olympic games from February 26–28.

Transactions

Draft

The 2025 PWHL Draft was held on June 24, 2025.^[21]

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Drafted prospect signings
Date	Player	Draft	Term	Ref
August 13, 2025	Ella Huber	Second round, 10th overall (2025)	Two years	^[22]^[23]
August 20, 2025	Haley Winn	First round, second overall (2025)	Three years	^[24]^[25]
November 20, 2025	Olivia Mobley	Third round, 18th overall (2025)	One year	^[26]^[27]
	Riley Brengman	Fourth round, 26th overall (2025)	One year	^[26]^[27]
	Abby Newhook	Fifth round, 34th overall (2025)	One year	^[26]^[27]
	Amanda Thiele	Sixth round, 42nd overall (2025)	One year	^[26]^[27]

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Free agency

The free agency period began on June 16, 2025 at 9:00 am ET, with a pause between June 27 and July 8.^[28] Prior to the start of the free agency period, there was an exclusive signing window from June 4–8 for the Seattle and Vancouver expansion teams.^[29]

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Free agent signings
Date	Player	Previous team	Term	Ref
June 18, 2025	Chloé Aurard	New York Sirens	One year	^[30]^[31]
June 18, 2025	Liz Schepers	Minnesota Frost	Two years	^[30]^[31]
June 20, 2025	Zoe Boyd	Ottawa Charge	One year	^[32]^[31]^[33]
	Rylind MacKinnon	Toronto Sceptres	One year	^[32]^[31]^[33]
	Abbey Levy	New York Sirens	One year	^[32]^[31]^[34]
	Laura Kluge	Toronto Sceptres	One year	^[35]^[31]
November 20, 2025	Loren Gabel	Boston Fleet^[a]	Reserve player contract	^[26]^[27]
November 20, 2025	Mia Biotti	Harvard University (ECAC)	Reserve player contract	^[26]^[27]

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Contract extensions/terminations

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Player contract extensions
Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 17, 2025	Susanna Tapani	One year	^[36]^[37]
	Jill Saulnier	One year	^[38]^[33]
	Theresa Schafzahl	One year	^[38]^[33]
June 27, 2025	Hadley Hartmetz	One year	^[39]
July 14, 2025	Shay Maloney	Two years	^[40]^[41]
July 24, 2025	Loren Gabel	One year	^[42]^[43]
August 4, 2025	Aerin Frankel	Two years^[b]	^[44]^[45]
	Megan Keller	Two years^[b]	^[44]^[45]
	Alina Müller	Two years^[b]	^[44]^[45]
November 20, 2025	Olivia Zafuto	Reserve player contract^[c]	^[26]^[27]

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Player contract terminations
Date	Player	Term remaining	Ref
November 19, 2025	Chloé Aurard	One year^[d]	^[46]^[47]
November 20, 2025	Loren Gabel	One year^[a]	^[26]^[27]

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Retirements

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Player retirements
Date	Player	Team(s)	Ref
August 5, 2025	Jillian Dempsey	Montreal Victoire (2024), Boston Fleet (2024–25)	^[48]
September 2, 2025	Amanda Pelkey	Boston Fleet (2024–25)	^[49]

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Reserve activations

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Reserve player activations
Date	Activated player	Absent player	Notes	Ref
November 23, 2025	Olivia Zafuto	Zoe Boyd	10 day contract	^[50]
January 3, 2026	Mia Biotti	TBD	10 day contract	^[51]

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Notes

[a]
Initially signed to a one year contract extension that was terminated and replaced with a reserve player contract.
[b]
Extension will come into effect for the 2026–27 season.
[c]
Was a reserve player for the 2024–25 season.
[d]
Released from preseason/training camp.

2025–26 Boston Fleet season

Offseason

Coaching changes

Schedule and results

Preseason

Standings

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and honors

Milestones

Player of the Week Awards

Player of the Week

Starting Six

Transactions

Draft

Free agency

Contract extensions/terminations

Retirements

Reserve activations

Notes

References

Recaps

External links

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