The Professional Women’s Hockey League is exploring options including the possibility of relocating the Ottawa Charge following the city’s plan to reduce the team's current home’s seating capacity by about 2,000 during a renovation, a league executive said Tuesday.

Speaking on a Zoom call with reporters, executive vice president of business operations Amy Scheer said the only certainty is the Charge not playing at the renovated facility. And she accused city officials of blindsiding the league by refusing to give it a seat at the table before making its plans public.

“We will not go backwards,” Scheer said.

“We certainly don’t want to leave Ottawa. We chose Ottawa for a reason. And the fans have been wonderfully supportive of us there. And we’d like to find a solution that works for us

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