Torrent place Knight on long-term injured reserve
The Seattle Torrent is going to be without its on-ice leader for the foreseeable future.
On Friday, the team announced that captain Hilary Knight has been placed on long-term injured reserve. In response, Seattle has signed forward Sydney Langseth to a standard player agreement.
The 36-year-old forward sustained a lower-body injury while representing the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Despite the ailment, Knight was able not only to perform on the world stage at a high level but also set the U.S. record for goals and points in a women’s Olympic hockey career, surpassing Jenny Potter with 15 goals and 33 points.
The Sun Valley, Idaho native’s final Olympics night saw her go out on top, as she helped Team USA beat Canada to win gold, the team’s first since 2018 and third all-time.
With the expansion Torrent, Knight has managed to be productive while the team struggles to score. In 14 games, she has posted three goals and seven assists for 10 points, sitting tied for second on the team in scoring.
With her placement on LTIR, Knight won’t be eligible to return to the lineup until March 13 when the Torrent takes on the Frost. However, she might be out longer, as the team announced that Knight is out “indefinitely.”
Knight isn’t the only Olympian to have suffered injuries in Milan. USA teammate Kendall Coyne Schofield suffered an upper-body injury in the gold medal game, with the Minnesota Frost placing her on LTIR. Montreal Victoire defender Erin Ambrose is on LTIR with a lower-body injury, and her Canadian compadre, captain Marie-Philip Poulin, is considered day-to-day.
Langseth came to Seattle as a training camp invite this past fall, but didn’t make the opening night roster. She joined the team’s reserve list to start the 2025-26 season. The Eden Prairie, Minn. native comes to the pro ranks after five years at Minnesota State, where she became the program’s all-time leader in games played, appearing in 162 contests with the Mavericks. She also finished sixth in program history with 90 career points.
The Torrent (4-1-2-7) returned to action on Friday night, hosting the Toronto Scepters. Seattle comes out of the Olympic break eight points back of the last playoff spot in the PWHL.