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As PWHL action returned to the ice following the IIHF World Championship<\/a> international break, the Toronto Sceptres booked their 2024\/25 postseason berth this weekend, leaving just two spots left in this year’s Walter Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n Despite Toronto’s 3-0 Saturday loss to the Boston Fleet, New York’s 2-0 win over Minnesota on Sunday gave the second-place Sceptres enough of a point differential over the fifth-place Frost to solidify their postseason position.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Saturday’s games saw the Sirens suffer playoff elimination for the second straight year, with New York immediately banking Sunday’s victory points toward securing yet another overall No. 1 pick<\/a> in June’s 2025 PWHL Draft<\/a> under the league’s Gold Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n With this weekend’s results, the Sceptres join the league-leading Montr\u00e9al Victoire in clinching a 2024\/25 postseason berth, leaving three teams \u2014 the Fleet, the Frost, and the Ottawa Charge \u2014 battling for the final two spots.<\/p>\n Minnesota’s Sunday loss, however, has the reigning PWHL champions<\/a> on the brink of elimination.<\/p>\n With both Boston and Ottawa holding a significant points advantage over the Frost, Minnesota needs to win both of the final regular-season games and have either the Fleet or the Charge lose their two last matchups to squeeze above the PWHL table’s<\/a> cutoff line.<\/p>\n Following the close of the regular season<\/a> on May 3rd, the 2024\/25 PWHL Playoffs \u2014 featuring a semifinals round before the Walter Cup final \u2014 will begin the week of May 5th.<\/p>\n The post 2024\/25 PWHL Race to the Playoffs Heats Up<\/a> appeared first on Just Women's Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\nThree teams hunt two remaining spots in 2024\/25 PWHL Playoffs<\/h2>\n