KQED61%
PWHL to Choose San José as Its 4th Expansion Market, AP Sources Say 4%
By John Wawrow0% The Associated Press74%
5/18/2026, 7:49:23 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 4 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Recency Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 26.6% saturation with 59 hits. Analysis detected 112 faulty-reasoning hits from 222 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 16.8% and a BS Rank of 4% (16,288 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 96.90% of the article peer group.
The PWHL is bringing women’s hockey to the Bay Area by choosing San José as its fourth and final market during the league’s latest round of expansion, two people with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press on Friday.
The people spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the league had not made an announcement.
The Hockey News first reported the development earlier in the day.
With the addition of San José, the PWHL increases to 12 teams, doubling the league’s size since it started in 2024 and broadening its geographical reach.
The city is home to the NHL’s Sharks and gives the league a four-team foothold in the West.
Las Vegas is another expansion market, and Seattle and Vancouver joined the league last year.
The team would likely play at the Sharks’ arena, the SAP Center.
The PWHL also added franchises in Detroit and Hamilton, Ontario, over the past two weeks.
Executive vice president of business operations Amy Scheer previously told the AP that the league’s priorities include geographic diversity and reducing travel time between markets.
Scheer also said the PWHL has been exploring splitting into two conferences or divisions.
The PWHL’s original six franchises are Boston, New York, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Minnesota.
Analysis
Hover over highlighted words in the article to view the associated bias or fallacy analysis.