Sceptres sign Raygan Kirk to three-year contract
The No. 1 goaltender in The Six is sticking around for a few more years.
On Wednesday, the Toronto Sceptres announced that the team has re-signed goaltender Raygan Kirk to a three-year contract extension. The deal, set to begin next season, carries through the 2028-29 campaign. With that, Kirk becomes the second player the Sceptres protect in the 2026 Expansion Roster Distribution Process, joining defender Renata Fast, who signed a three-year extension earlier in the day.
Kirk came into the league after an exceptional career at Ohio State University, winning a pair of NCAA championships. She was poised to be a solid 1B to 2024 Goaltender of the Year Kristen Campbell. However, with Campbell having a bit of a rough stretch during the 2024-25 season, Kirk stepped in and played solid minutes as the team skated to a second-place finish in the league standings. However, a late-season injury effectively knocked her out for the final month of the regular season and playoffs.
After Campbell was traded to the Vancouver Goldeneyes at the 2025 PWHL Draft, Kirk became the official number one goaltender. While the then-head coach, Troy Ryan, rotated Kirk and Elaine Chuli for a handful of weeks to kick off the season, it became clear that Kirk was the solidified starting goaltender in Toronto. Kirk and the team in front of her had a roller-coaster season, hanging around fourth place but never able to put themselves in a solid postseason spot. The Sceptres ended up missing out on the Walter Cup playoffs for the first time in franchise history after losing to the Ottawa Charge on the final day of the regular season.
In appearing in 23 of the team’s 30 games, the 25-year-old posted a record of 8-8-3-3, with a 1.87 goals-against average, a .934 save percentage and three shutouts. She placed herself third in the PWHL in GAA and SV%, while ending up tied for fourth in shutouts.
In 33 career games, Kirk has a record of 13-9-4, with a 2.26 GAA, a .930 SV% and four shutouts.
The Sceptres still have one more player to protect before the end of the first phase of the expansion process, which ends on Wednesday at 5 p.m. ET. All eight active franchises can protect three players during this time, keeping them free from being picked up from the league’s four new teams – Detroit, Hamilton, Las Vegas and San Jose.