Next

Year VI tips off

Target opening Sun April 25, 2027 · Schedule to be announced

Final

Thunder 62

·

Freeze 58

PRO•LINE Legacy Cup Final · Sun June 21, 2026

Maritime Women’s Basketball Association

Elite women’s basketball, built in the Maritimes

University stars, current professionals and the veterans who built the game here. Eight teams across Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Final

2026 PRO•LINE Legacy Cup

Halifax Thunder logo

Halifax Thunder

62

Fredericton Freeze logo

Fredericton Freeze

58

Sun June 21, 2026 · Richard J. Currie Center, Fredericton · Cup MVP Justine Colley-Leger

Standings

2026 final regular season · Top 5 of 8

Top five teams, combined standings
# Team GP W L W-L Pts PF PA Diff
1 10 9 1 9-1 18 891 627 +264
2 10 6 4 6-4 12 787 640 +147
3 10 6 4 6-4 12 820 725 +95
4 10 6 4 6-4 12 779 756 +23
5 10 6 4 6-4 12 850 813 +37

2026 honours

Legacy Cup champions

Halifax Thunder

Third PRO•LINE Legacy Cup

Silver

Fredericton Freeze

Legacy Cup finalists

Bronze

Halifax Hornets

73–65 over Moncton

Regular-season MVP

Elizabeth Beals-Iseyemi

Halifax Thunder

Legacy Cup MVP

Justine Colley-Leger

Halifax Thunder

Legacy Cup weekend

June 20–21, 2026 · Richard J. Currie Center, Fredericton

FinalSemi-final · Sat Jun 20
Halifax Thunder
84
Halifax Hornets
56

Richard J. Currie Center

FinalSemi-final · Sat Jun 20
Moncton Mystics
56
Fredericton Freeze
82

Richard J. Currie Center

FinalBronze · Sun Jun 21
Moncton Mystics
65
Halifax Hornets
73

Richard J. Currie Center

FinalFinal · Sun Jun 21
Halifax Thunder
62
Fredericton Freeze
58

Richard J. Currie Center

Latest news

News

Nov 3, 2026

TRL Solutions Takes Expanded MWBA Role

They have been there since the Maritime Women’s Basketball Association launched. And the commitment to the MWBA continues. Fredericton-based TRL Solutions announced it will return as a key digital advertising and communications partner with the…
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News

Oct 30, 2026

MWBA Introduces Roster Relief Option

The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association will continue its push toward team and roster sustainability for its 2027 season…
A Halifax Hornets player in white dribbles past two defenders in green and orange

League Update

Oct 26, 2026

MWBA Hosts its AGM Oct. 27

The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association is in the midst of its busiest off-season since the league opened in 2022. All in preparation for Year VI which is slated to begin in late April of 2027.
Judy Vautour smiles beside the Moncton Sports Wall of Fame emblem

Feature

Oct 24, 2026

Mystics’ Vautour Headed to Shrine

Judy Vautour has been with the Moncton Mystics and the MWBA since day one. She will be enshrined into Moncton’s Sports Wall of Fame.
Allie McCarthy of the Fredericton Freeze, number 12, brings the ball up court

Player of the Week

Week 5 · 2026 season · Presented by Wonder Auto & Tire

Allie McCarthy

Fredericton Freeze · #12 · Ottawa

28.5

Points per game

8.5

Rebounds per game

36+

Minutes per game

31 points in a 75–70 loss to Lake City, then 23 in an 85–80 win over the Hornets. She has since signed her first pro contract, with Académica de Coimbra in Portugal.

Since 2022

Born on a coaches’ call. Built for the Maritimes.

On pandemic-era Basketball NB calls, Canada’s national team coach noted that Canada was the only top FIBA nation without a pro women’s league. The MWBA was the answer: a competitive, not-for-profit league that keeps players in the game and puts women in coaching, officiating and management.

5

Seasons played, 2022 to 2026

8

Teams, four in each province

48

Games in 2026, playoffs included

1,079

Fans at the 2023 final, a league record

6,250+

Followers across social media channels

400,000+

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