Hamilton signs – PWHL expansion club Hamilton added Swiss forward Alina Muller and Canadian defender Nicole Gosling on three-year contracts as the league’s six-phase roster-building process moves toward Monday’s deadline.
Hamilton didn’t just announce another signing—it moved closer to building the kind of core it can rely on for years. On Saturday, the PWHL expansion club secured Swiss star Alina Muller and Canadian defender Nicole Gosling on three-year contracts.
Hamilton is one of four teams preparing to join the women’s pro league next season, helping bring the league to 12 teams. The stakes are immediate, too: each of the four new clubs is required to have five players on its roster by Monday afternoon, which ends the second phase of a six-phase process.
For Hamilton, the contracts keep the momentum rolling. General manager Meghan Duggan—herself a former captain of the U.S. women’s team—already had four players on board before Muller and Gosling were added.
The first two were Canadian forward Brianne Jenner and goaltender Kayle Osborne. With Muller and Gosling now in place, Hamilton reaches the five-player threshold it must hit by Monday.
That deadline also has consequences beyond the expansion teams. Each of the eight existing clubs was able to protect three players, but could lose up to three players under contract for next season by Monday. With rosters still being shaped, that timing matters as much as the talent coming in.
Muller arrives as a franchise-caliber piece. She was the third overall pick by the Boston Fleet in the PWHL’s inaugural draft in 2023. On the international stage, Muller scored the overtime winner for Switzerland for the bronze medal at February’s Olympic Games.
Her league numbers underline the same kind of impact. The 28-year-old is tied for the most assists in PWHL history with 40 in 80 career games. She’s coming off a season with the Fleet that produced four goals and 17 assists.
Gosling adds toughness from the back end. The 24-year-old defender from London. Ont. was a finalist for the PWHL’s rookie award after posting three goals. 16 assists. and a plus-16 rating for the Walter Cup champion Montreal Victoire. In the playoffs, she totaled a goal and two assists across nine games.
Her experience with Canada is a major selling point. Gosling played for the national team and won gold at the 2024 women’s world championship in Utica, N.Y. She was also selected as a first-round pick, fourth overall, by the Victoire in 2025.
Hamilton’s push now focuses on what comes after Monday’s roster requirement—an inflection point in the league’s six-phase expansion process. The club has already added four key pieces. and with Muller and Gosling officially secured. Hamilton is setting itself up to enter next season with a lineup built not just to compete. but to grow.
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