PWHL’s Vancouver expansion team names Cara Gardner Morey first general manager

By Canadian Press on May 23, 2025.

VANCOUVER — Vancouver’s new Professional Women’s Hockey League team has named Cara Gardner Morey as its first general manager.

The league made the announcement Friday.

Gardner Morey is coming off of eight seasons as head coach of Princeton’s women’s hockey team, a stretch that saw the university win an Ivy League championship, qualify for two NCAA quarterfinals and set a single-season record for wins.

She was also an assistant coach for the Canadian women’s U-18 team in 2016-17, and for Canada during the Rivalry series against the United States in February 2019.

Gardner Morey, who hails from Hensall, Ont., played both hockey and field hockey for Brown University, then spent two seasons in the National Women’s Hockey League with the Montreal Wingstars and Brampton Thunder.

Vancouver and the league’s other new club in Seattle are preparing for the PWHL’s exclusive signing period for expansion teams from Jun 4 to 8, and the expansion draft on June 9.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 23, 2025.

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