2023–24 PWHL Montreal season

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2023–24 PWHL Montreal
League1 PWHL
2023–24 record10–3–5–5
Home record6–1–3–2
Road record4–2–2–3
Goals for57
Goals against53
Team information
General managerDaniele Sauvageau[1]
CoachKori Cheverie[1]
Assistant coachEric Houde[1]
CaptainMarie-Philip Poulin[2]
Alternate captainsErin Ambrose
Laura Stacey
Kristin O'Neill[2]
ArenaVerdun Auditorium, Place Bell
Average attendance6,881
Team leaders
GoalsLaura Stacey (10)[3]
AssistsMarie-Philip Poulin
Erin Ambrose (13)[3]
PointsMarie-Philip Poulin (22)[3]
Penalty minutesSarah Bujold (18)[3]
Plus/minusMarie-Philip Poulin (+8)[3]
WinsAnn-Renée Desbiens (6)[4]
Goals against averageElaine Chuli (1.61)[4]
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The 2023–24 PWHL Montréal season is the team's inaugural season as a member of the newly created Professional Women's Hockey League. They play their home games at the Verdun Auditorium in Montreal and at Place Bell in the suburb of Laval.

Offseason[edit]

On September 1, 2023, Montréal hired Daniele Sauvageau as its general manager.[5] The team then hired Kori Cheverie as its first head coach on September 13.[6] In November, it was announced that the team would split its home games between the Verdun Auditorium and Place Bell.[7]

On September 5, Montréal announced the signings of its first three players, Canadian national team members Marie-Philip Poulin, Laura Stacey, and Ann-Renee Desbiens.[8] Poulin was named team captain, with Stacey and Erin Ambrose named assistant captains.[9]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Toronto (Y) 23 12 4 0 7 64 48 +16 44
2 Montreal (X) 23 10 3 5 5 57 53 +4 41
3 Minnesota 23 8 4 3 8 52 49 +3 35
4 Ottawa 23 8 1 6 8 60 58 +2 32
5 Boston 23 7 4 3 9 46 54 −8 32
6 New York (E) 23 4 4 3 12 48 65 −17 23
Updated to match(es) played on May 1, 2024. Source: PWHL
(E) Eliminated; (X) Clinched playoff berth; (Y) Clinched first place

Schedule and results[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Montréal played its first ever game on January 2, 2024, against Ottawa at TD Place Arena. In front of what was a women's professional record sell-out crowd of 8,318, Montréal won the game in overtime by a score of 3–2 on a goal by Ann-Sophie Bettez; Claire Dalton scored the first goal in team history in the second period.[10] Montréal hosted its first game on January 13, with Boston visiting Verdun Auditorium. In front of a sell-out crowd, Boston won 3–2 in overtime; Ambrose scored the first home goal in team history.[11] The team hosted its first game at Place Bell on January 16, defeating visiting New York by a score of 3–2, with Poulin scoring the game-winning goal.[12]

On February 16, 2024, Montréal played a match hosted by Toronto at Scotiabank Arena in a game dubbed by the league as "The Battle on Bay Street".[13] The game set a league and women’s hockey attendance record with a sellout crowd of 19,285, beating the previous record of 18,013 at the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship.[14]

Regular season schedule[edit]

The regular season schedule was published on November 30, 2023.[15]

Regular season schedule (Home: 6–1–3–2; Road: 4–2–2–3)
January: 3–2–2–1, 15 points (Home: 1–1–2–0; Road: 2–1–0–1)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
1 January 2 @ Ottawa 3–2 OT Desbiens TD Place Arena 8,318 0–1–0–0 2 [Recap 1]
2 January 6 @ Minnesota 0–3 Desbiens Xcel Energy Center 13,316 0–1–0–1 2 [Recap 2]
3 January 10 @ New York 5–2 Chuli UBS Arena 2,201 1–1–0–1 5 [Recap 3]
4 January 13 Boston 2–3 OT Desbiens Verdun Auditorium 3,245 1–1–1–1 6 [Recap 4]
5 January 16 New York 3–2 Desbiens Place Bell 6,334 2–1–1–1 9 [Recap 5]
6 January 20 Toronto 3–4 SO Desbiens Verdun Auditorium 3,232 2–1–2–1 10 [Recap 6]
7 January 24 @ Minnesota 2–1 Chuli Xcel Energy Center 5,001 3–1–2–1 13 [Recap 7]
8 January 27 Ottawa 2–1 OT Desbiens Place Bell 8,646 3–2–2–1 15 [Recap 8]
February: 2–1–1–1, 9 points (Home: 2–0–0–0; Road: 0–1–1–1)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
9 February 4 @ Boston 2–1 OT Chuli Tsongas Center 4,210 3–3–2–1 17 [Recap 9]
10 February 16 @ Toronto 0–3 Desbiens Scotiabank Arena 19,285 3–3–2–2 17 [Recap 10]
11 February 18 Minnesota 2–1 Chuli Place Bell 10,172 4–3–2–2 20 [Recap 11]
12 February 21 @ New York 2–3 SO Desbiens UBS Arena 2,128 4–3–3–2 21 [Recap 12]
13 February 24 Ottawa 6–3 Desbiens Verdun Auditorium 3,232 5–3–3–2 24 [Recap 13]
March: 2–0–1–3, 7 points (Home: 1–0–0–2; Road: 1–0–1–1)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
14 March 2 Boston 3–1 Chuli Verdun Auditorium 3,232 6–3–3–2 27 [Recap 14]
15 March 6 @ New York 4–3 Desbiens Total Mortgage Arena 728 7–3–3–2 30 [Recap 15]
16 March 8 @ Toronto 0–3 Chuli Mattamy Athletic Centre 2,554 7–3–3–3 30 [Recap 16]
17 March 10 Ottawa 2–4 Desbiens Place Bell 10,172 7–3–3–4 30 [Recap 17]
18 March 17 Toronto 1–2 Desbiens PPG Paints Arena 8,850 7–3–3–5 30 [Recap 18]
19 March 24 @ Minnesota 2–3 SO Chuli Xcel Energy Center 7,268 7–3–4–5 31 [Recap 19]
April: 3–0–1–0, 10 points (Home: 2–0–1–0; Road: 1–0–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
20 April 18 Minnesota 4–3 Chuli Verdun Auditorium 3,084 8–3–4–5 34 [Recap 20]
21 April 20 Toronto 2–3 OT Desbiens Bell Centre 21,105 8–3–5–5 35 [Recap 21]
22 April 24 New York 5–2 Desbiens Verdun Auditorium 3,232 9–3–5–5 38 [Recap 22]
23 April 27 @ Ottawa 2–0 Desbiens TD Place Arena 8,452 10–3–5–5 41 [Recap 23]
May: 0–0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
24 May 4 @ Boston Tsongas Center

  Regulation Win (3 points)   Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Regulation Loss (0 points)

Player statistics[edit]

As of April 28, 2024[3]

Skaters[edit]

Regular season[3]
Player GP G A Pts SOG +/− PIM
Marie-Philip Poulin 20 9 13 22 61 +8 12
Laura Stacey 22 10 7 17 93 +4 2
Erin Ambrose 23 4 13 17 46 +5 4
Maureen Murphy 23 5 11 16 55 +5 4
Claire Dalton 19 5 4 9 22 +5 0
Kristin O'Neill 22 4 5 9 43 0 8
Catherine Dubois 20 2 4 6 21 –4 12
Gabrielle David 22 2 4 6 19 +4 4
Kati Tabin 23 1 5 6 46 +6 14
Ann-Sophie Bettez 15 2 3 5 17 –2 2
Sarah Lefort 23 1 4 5 31 0 10
Mélodie Daoust 5 3 1 4 12 +6 2
Sarah Bujold 21 3 1 4 25 –6 18
Leah Lum 22 1 3 4 11 –2 6
Jillian Dempsey 23 1 3 4 13 +1 2
Kennedy Marchment 9 1 1 2 11 0 0
Catherine Daoust 23 1 1 2 16 0 12
Madison Bizal 20 0 2 2 10 +2 4
Mariah Keopple 23 0 2 2 19 +3 12
Amanda Boulier 5 0 1 1 8 –1 0
Brigitte Laganière 16 0 1 1 5 +2 0
Mikyla Grant-Mentis 6 0 0 0 7 +2 4
Dominika Lásková 7 0 0 0 6 0 8
Alexandra Poznikoff 8 0 0 0 6 0 0

Goaltenders[edit]

Regular season[4]
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Ann-Renée Desbiens 15 917:07 7 4 2 33 2.16 443 0.926 1 0 0 2
Elaine Chuli 8 483:41 6 1 0 13 1.61 253 0.949 0 0 0 0

Awards and honours[edit]

Milestones[edit]

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Claire Dalton 1st goal in franchise history January 2, 2024[Recap 1]
1st career PWHL goal
1st career PWHL game
Laura Stacey 1st career PWHL goal
1st career PWHL game
Ann-Sophie Bettez 1st career PWHL goal
1st career PWHL overtime goal
1st career PWHL game
Jillian Dempsey 1st assist in franchise history
1st career PWHL assist
1st career PWHL game
Kennedy Marchment 1st career PWHL assist
1st career PWHL game
Tereza Vanišová 1st career PWHL assist
1st career PWHL game
Marie-Philip Poulin 1st career PWHL assist
1st career PWHL game
Kati Tabin 1st career PWHL assist
1st career PWHL game
Kristin O'Neill 1st career PWHL assist
1st career PWHL game
Mariah Keopple 1st career PWHL game
Catherine Daoust
Gabrielle David
Brigitte Laganière
Leah Lum
Maureen Murphy
Sarah Lefort
Erin Ambrose
Sarah Bujold
Dominika Lásková
Ann-Renée Desbiens 1st win in franchise history
1st career PWHL win
1st career PWHL game
Ann-Renée Desbiens 1st loss in franchise history January 6, 2024[Recap 2]
1st career PWHL loss
Marie-Philip Poulin 1st career PWHL goal January 10, 2024[Recap 3]
1st career PWHL hat-trick
Catherine Dubois 1st career PWHL goal
Kennedy Marchment 1st career PWHL goal
Erin Ambrose 1st career PWHL assist
Maureen Murphy 1st career PWHL assist
Gabrielle David 1st career PWHL assist
Elaine Chuli 1st career PWHL win
1st career PWHL game
Erin Ambrose 1st career PWHL goal January 13, 2024[Recap 4]
Ann-Sophie Bettez 1st career PWHL assist
Ann-Renée Desbiens 1st career overtime loss
Gabrielle David 1st career PWHL goal January 16, 2024[Recap 5]
Leah Lum 1st career PWHL goal
Tereza Vanišová 5th career PWHL assist
Maureen Murphy 5th career PWHL assist
Sarah Bujold 1st career PWHL goal January 20, 2024[Recap 6]
Marie-Philip Poulin 5th career PWHL goal
Leah Lum 1st career PWHL assist
Claire Dalton 1st career PWHL assist
Ann-Renée Desbiens 1st career shootout loss
Alina Müller 1st career PWHL goal January 24, 2024[Recap 7]
1st career PWHL power play goal
Jamie Lee Rattray 1st career PWHL goal
Megan Keller
Maureen Murphy 1st career PWHL goal January 27, 2024[Recap 8]
Laura Stacey 5th career PWHL goal February 4, 2024[Recap 9]
Sarah Lefort 1st career PWHL goal February 18, 2024[Recap 11]
Madison Bizal 1st career PWHL assist
Catherine Dubois 1st career PWHL goal February 21, 2024[Recap 12]
Claire Dalton 1st career PWHL hat-trick February 24, 2024[Recap 13]
5th career PWHL goal
Erin Ambrose 5th career PWHL assist
Marie-Philip Poulin
Laura Stacey 1st career PWHL assist
Sarah Bujold
Melodie Daoust 1st career PWHL goal March 2, 2024[Recap 14]
1st career PWHL game
Mariah Keopple 1st career PWHL assist
Jillian Dempsey 1st career PWHL goal March 6, 2024[Recap 15]
Kati Tabin 4th career PWHL assist March 10, 2024[Recap 17]
Kristin O'Neill 1st career PWHL goal March 17, 2024[Recap 18]
Kati Tabin 1st career PWHL goal March 24, 2024[Recap 19]
Marie-Philip Poulin 10th career PWHL assist April 18, 2024[Recap 20]
Erin Ambrose
Laura Stacey 5th career PWHL assist
Maureen Murphy 10th career PWHL assist April 20, 2024[Recap 21]
Catherine Daoust 1st career PWHL goal April 24, 2024[Recap 22]
Kristin O'Neill 5th career PWHL assist
Laura Stacey 10th career PWHL goal April 27, 2024[Recap 23]
Maureen Murphy 5th career PWHL goal
Mélodie Daoust 1st career PWHL assist
Ann-Renée Desbiens 1st career PWHL shutout

Transactions[edit]

Signings[edit]

Date Player Position Term Previous Team Ref
September 7, 2023 Ann–Renee Desbiens G 3 years Team Harvey's [16][17]
September 7, 2023 Marie-Philip Poulin F 3 years Team Harvey's [16][17]
September 7, 2023 Laura Stacey F 3 years Team Adidas [16][17]
October 30, 2023 Kristin O'Neill F 3 years Team Adidas [16][17]
November 7, 2023 Kennedy Marchment F 2 years Connecticut Whale [16][17]
November 9, 2023 Jillian Dempsey F 1 year Boston Pride [16][17]
November 13, 2023 Erin Ambrose D 3 years Team Sonnet [16][17]
November 14, 2023 Claire Dalton F 1 year Yale [16][17]
November 15, 2023 Ann-Sophie Bettez F 1 year Montreal Force [16][17]
November 15, 2023 Sarah Bujold F 1 year Metropolitan Riveters [16][17]
November 20, 2023 Elaine Chuli G 1 year Toronto Six [16][17]
November 20, 2023 Kati Tabin D 2 years Toronto Six [16][17]
November 21, 2023 Dominika Lásková D 2 years Toronto Six [16][17]
November 21, 2023 Mariah Keopple D 1 year Princeton [16][17]
November 29, 2023 Maureen Murphy F 3 years Northeastern [16][17]
December 11, 2023 Tereza Vanišová F 2 years Toronto Six [16]
December 11, 2023 Gabrielle David F 1 year Clarkson [16]

References[edit]

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Recaps[edit]

  1. ^ a b "PWHL Montreal @ PWHL Ottawa". ThePWHL.com. January 2, 2024. Archived from the original on January 2, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "PWHL Montreal @ PWHL Minnesota". ThePWHL.com. January 6, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "PWHL Montreal @ PWHL New York". ThePWHL.com. January 10, 2024. Archived from the original on January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "PWHL Boston @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "PWHL New York @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. January 16, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. January 20, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "PWHL Montreal @ PWHL Minnesota". ThePWHL.com. January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "PWHL Ottawa @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. January 27, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "PWHL Montreal @ PWHL Boston". ThePWHL.com. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  10. ^ "PWHL Montreal @ PWHL Toronto". ThePWHL.com. February 16, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "PWHL Minnesota @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. February 18, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  12. ^ a b "PWHL Montreal @ PWHL New York". ThePWHL.com. February 21, 2024. Archived from the original on February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  13. ^ a b "PWHL Ottawa @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. February 24, 2024. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  14. ^ a b "PWHL Boston @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. March 2, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  15. ^ a b "PWHL Montreal @ PWHL New York". ThePWHL.com. March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  16. ^ "PWHL Montreal @ PWHL Toronto". ThePWHL.com. March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  17. ^ a b "PWHL Ottawa @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. March 10, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  18. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. March 17, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  19. ^ a b "PWHL Montreal @ PWHL Minnesota". ThePWHL.com. March 24, 2024. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  20. ^ a b "PWHL Minnesota @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  21. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. April 20, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  22. ^ a b "PWHL New York @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  23. ^ a b "PWHL Montreal @ PWHL Ottawa". ThePWHL.com. April 27, 2024. Retrieved April 27, 2024.

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