Edmonton looks to impress as potential expansion destination by hosting PWHL neutral-site game – Edmonton [Video]

When the Toronto Sceptres and Ottawa Charge meet Sunday at a sold-out Rogers Place, it will feel like more than a one-off game.

It will feel like Edmonton is on trial.

The Alberta capital is the fifth city to host a neutral-site Professional Women’s Hockey League game this season as part of its nine-site Takeover Tour. For Charge forward Danielle Serdachny and defender Stephanie Markowski, the game will see them return to their hometown to play in front of family and friends.

But Serdachny said that the stakes are much higher than a game between the Charge, who sit last in the six-team PWHL with 17 points and a 5-0-2-8 (five regulation wins, no overtime wins, two overtime losses and eight regulation losses) mark, and the Sceptres, in third with 21 points (5-1-4-6). It’s a chance for Edmonton to show that it can be a city that is home to a PWHL team.

“It seems like the Takeover Tour is …