The Boston Fleet dropped the ceremonial puck on a new era November 15, announcing that two-time Olympian and franchise-original defender Megan Keller will wear the “C” for the 2025-26 Professional Women’s Hockey League season. Keller, 29, succeeds Hilary Knight, who departed for Seattle in June, and will be flanked by alternate captains Alina Müller and Jamie Lee Rattray—creating a leadership triangle that blends Olympic pedigree, playoff heroics and locker-room continuity.
For a team that reached the Walter Cup Final in 2024 and is chasing its first league title, the choice signals continuity rather than overhaul. Keller has never missed a game in the PWHL’s two-year history, logging nine goals, 23 assists and heavy shutdown minutes while helping Boston allow the second-fewest shots per game in 2024-25. Head coach Kris Sparre called her “the standard for work and compete,” a label teammates say is earned long before the media arrives.
> “This is a huge honor,” Keller said during the announcement. “It’s so special to be part of this team and especially this leadership group. It’s an important task at hand, and I couldn’t be more excited for the opportunity ahead.”
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