Goldeneyes re-sign Sarah Nurse to two-year contract extension
One of the game’s biggest names is staying in the Pacific Northwest.
On Tuesday, the Vancouver Goldeneyes announced that the team has re-signed forward Sarah Nurse to a two-year contract extension. The deal begins next season and carries through the 2027-28 campaign. With that, Nurse becomes the first player the Goldeneyes protect in the 2026 Expansion Roster Distribution Process.
Nurse was one of the expansion team’s first signings last summer, immediately bringing some legitimacy to the new squad in Vancouver. However, the Hamilton, Ont. native was injured following the team’s first-ever game and was on LTIR for a little over a month. During that time, the Goldeneyes struggled, stumbling down to the bottom of the PWHL standings.
Even when Nurse returned to the lineup, it didn’t do much to change Vancouver’s fortunes. The team missed out on the Walter Cup Playoffs but secured the first overall pick in the 2026 PWHL Draft, despite finishing sixth in the overall standings.
Despite playing just 19 games during the regular season, Nurse scored nine goals and six assists for 15 points. She finished tied for the team lead in goals with Sophie Jaques and Jenn Gardiner, while sitting tied for fifth in points with Tereza Vanisova.
There was some belief that, with Hamilton being one of the four teams added to the PWHL’s catalog for next season, Nurse would be interested in playing in her hometown. However, Tuesday’s announcement nixed that belief.
Across the first three seasons of the PWHL, spending the first two with the Toronto Sceptres, the 31-year-old has notched 26 goals and 52 points in 64 appearances, adding two points in nine postseason contests.
The Goldeneyes still have two more players to protect before the end of the first phase of the expansion process, which ends on June 3 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.