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The 2023–24 PWHL Ottawa season is the team's inaugural season as a member of the newly created Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). They play their home games at TD Place Arena in Ottawa.

Offseason

The team announced Mike Hirshfeld as their first employee in the summer of 2023 when he was named general manager.[4] On August 31, it was announced that TD Place Arena would be the home venue for the team.[5] On September 5, the team signed its first three players in Emily Clark, Brianne Jenner, and Emerance Maschmeyer.[6] On September 15, the team named Carla MacLeod its head coach.[7] On December 29, Jenner was named captain, with Clark and Jincy Roese to serve as assistant captains.[8]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Toronto (X) 21 10 4 0 7 54 45 +9 38
2 Montreal (X) 22 9 3 5 5 55 53 +2 38
3 Minnesota 21 8 4 3 6 50 43 +7 35
4 Ottawa 21 8 1 6 6 57 52 +5 32
5 Boston 22 6 4 3 9 44 53 −9 29
6 New York (E) 21 3 4 3 11 42 56 −14 20
Updated to match(es) played on April 24, 2024. Source: PWHL
(E) Eliminated; (X) Clinched playoff berth

Schedule and results

Regular season

On December 17, 2023, it was announced that the team had sold out its January 2 opening game against Montreal.[9] With 8,318 fans in attendance at the game, it set a new record for attendance at a professional women's hockey game.[10] Hayley Scamurra scored the first goal in franchise history during the game, but Montreal won the game in overtime by a score of 3–2.[10] After its second scheduled game was postponed due to inclement weather, Ottawa secured its first ever win on January 13 with a 5–1 victory in Toronto.[11] After dropping its first two home games in overtime, Ottawa won its first game at TD Place Arena on January 23, defeating Toronto by a score of 3–1.[12]

Regular season schedule

The regular season schedule was published on November 30, 2023.[13]

Regular season schedule (Home: 4–1–3–3; Road: 4–0–3–3)
January: 2–0–3–1, 9 points (Home: 1–0–2–1; Road: 1–0–1–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
1 January 2 PWHL Montreal 2–3 OT Maschmeyer TD Place Arena 8,318 0–0–1–0 1 [Recap 1]
– January 8 @ PWHL Boston Postponed due to inclement weather.[14] Moved to February 19.[15]
2 January 13 @ PWHL Toronto 5–1 Maschmeyer Mattamy Athletic Centre 2,416 1–0–1–0 4 [Recap 2]
3 January 17 PWHL Minnesota 2–3 OT Maschmeyer TD Place Arena 5,609 1–0–2–0 5 [Recap 3]
4 January 23 PWHL Toronto 3–1 Maschmeyer TD Place Arena 6,316 2–0–2–0 8 [Recap 4]
5 January 24 PWHL Boston 2–3 Maschmeyer TD Place Arena 5,208 2–0–2–1 8 [Recap 5]
6 January 27 @ PWHL Montreal 1–2 OT Maschmeyer Place Bell 8,646 2–0–3–1 9 [Recap 6]
February: 2–0–1–4, 7 points (Home: 1–0–1–1; Road: 1–0–0–3)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
7 February 4 PWHL New York 3–4 OT Maschmeyer TD Place Arena 8,062 2–0–4–1 10 [Recap 7]
8 February 14 @ PWHL Minnesota 1–2 Maschmeyer Xcel Energy Center 6,276 2–0–4–2 10 [Recap 8]
9 February 17 PWHL Minnesota 1–2 Maschmeyer TD Place Arena 8,407 2–0–4–3 10 [Recap 9]
10 February 19 @ PWHL Boston 4–2 Maschmeyer Tsongas Center 2,849 3–0–4–3 13 [Recap 10]
11 February 21 @ PWHL Boston 1–2 Maschmeyer Tsongas Center 1,889 3–0–4–4 13 [Recap 11]
12 February 24 @ PWHL Montreal 3–6 Maschmeyer Verdun Auditorium 3,232 3–0–4–5 13 [Recap 12]
13 February 28 PWHL New York 4–2 Maschmeyer TD Place Arena 6,889 4–0–4–5 16 [Recap 13]
March: 3–0–2–1, 11 points (Home: 1–0–0–1; Road: 2–0–2–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
14 March 2 PWHL Toronto 2–5 Maschmeyer TD Place Arena 8,447 4–0–4–6 16 [Recap 14]
15 March 5 @ PWHL Minnesota 3–4 SO Abstreiter Xcel Energy Center 4,585 4–0–5–6 17 [Recap 15]
16 March 10 @ PWHL Montreal 4–2 Maschmeyer Place Bell 10,172 5–0–5–6 20 [Recap 16]
17 March 16 @ PWHL Boston 1–2 SO Maschmeyer Little Caesars Arena 13,736 5–0–6–6 21 [Recap 17]
18 March 20 @ PWHL New York 3–0 Maschmeyer Total Mortgage Arena 1,702 6–0–6–6 24 [Recap 18]
19 March 23 PWHL Toronto 5–3 Maschmeyer TD Place Arena 8,448 7–0–6–6 27 [Recap 19]
April: 1–1–0–0, 5 points (Home: 1–1–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
20 April 20 PWHL Minnesota 4–0 Maschmeyer TD Place Arena 8,110 8–0–6–6 30 [Recap 20]
21 April 24 PWHL Boston 3–2 SO Maschmeyer TD Place Arena 7,686 8–1–6–6 32 [Recap 21]
22 April 27 PWHL Montreal TD Place Arena
23 April 30 @ PWHL New York Prudential Center
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 5 @ PWHL Toronto Mattamy Athletic Centre

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

Player statistics

As of April 24, 2024[2]

Skaters

Regular season[2]
Player GP G A Pts SOG +/− PIM
Brianne Jenner 21 9 10 19 64 +3 4
Kateřina Mrázová 20 6 11 17 27 -1 14
Daryl Watts 21 8 7 15 64 -1 8
Emily Clark 21 4 10 14 62 +3 10
Gabbie Hughes 21 8 2 10 50 +2 18
Savannah Harmon 21 3 7 10 40 0 4
Hayley Scamurra 21 4 4 8 74 +3 2
Aneta Tejralová 20 2 6 8 18 -1 8
Ashton Bell 21 2 4 6 30 +4 2
Natalie Snodgrass 20 1 4 5 23 -2 8
Jincy Roese 21 0 5 5 27 -7 14
Zoe Boyd 16 0 3 3 11 -3 2
Becca Gilmore 19 0 3 3 13 -7 2
Tereza Vanišová 4 0 2 2 4 +1 19
Kristin Della Rovere 9 1 0 1 7 +2 0
Fanni Garát-Gasparics 15 1 0 1 17 -1 4
Akane Shiga 21 1 0 1 16 -1 4
Shiann Darkangelo 4 0 0 0 1 0 2
Malia Schneider 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Sammy Davis 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Samantha Isbell 4 0 0 0 1 +1 0
Rosalie Demers 10 0 0 0 6 -1 2
Emma Buckles 12 0 0 0 3 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season[3]
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Emerance Maschmeyer 20 1157:12 9 6 4 42 2.18 517 0.919 2 0 1 0
Sandra Abstreiter 3 116:42 0 0 0 6 3.08 69 0.913 0 0 0 0

Awards and honours

Milestones

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Hayley Scamurra 1st goal in franchise history January 2, 2024[Recap 1]
1st career PWHL goal
1st career PWHL game
Kateřina Mrázová 1st career PWHL goal
1st career PWHL game
Ashton Bell 1st assist in franchise history
1st career PWHL assist
1st career PWHL game
Zoe Boyd 1st career PWHL assist
1st career PWHL game
Lexie Adzija 1st career PWHL assist
1st career PWHL game
Aneta Tejralová 1st career PWHL game
Daryl Watts
Becca Gilmore
Akane Shiga
Mikyla Grant-Mentis
Savannah Harmon
Gabbie Hughes
Brianne Jenner
Kristin Della Rovere
Emily Clark
Amanda Boulier
Jincy Roese
Fanni Garát-Gasparics
Emerance Maschmeyer 1st loss in franchise history
1st career PWHL loss
1st career PWHL overtime loss
Gabbie Hughes 1st career PWHL goal January 13, 2024[Recap 2]
Daryl Watts 1st career PWHL goal
Natalie Snodgrass 1st career PWHL goal
Jincy Roese 1st career PWHL assist
Amanda Boulier 1st career PWHL assist
Mikyla Grant-Mentis 1st career PWHL assist
Savannah Harmon 1st career PWHL assist
Emerance Maschmeyer 1st win in franchise history
1st career PWHL win
1st career PWHL assist
Savannah Harmon 1st career PWHL goal January 17, 2024[Recap 3]
Lexie Adzija 1st career PWHL goal
Emily Clark 1st career PWHL assist
Gabbie Hughes 1st career PWHL assist
Kateřina Mrázová 1st career PWHL assist
Emily Clark 1st career PWHL goal January 23, 2024[Recap 4]
Brianne Jenner
Lexie Adzija 1st career PWHL shorthanded goal
Kristin Della Rovere 1st career PWHL goal January 24, 2024[Recap 5]
Lexie Adzija 1st career power play goal
Natalie Snodgrass 1st career PWHL assist
Hayley Scamurra
Brianne Jenner
Maureen Murphy 1st career PWHL goal January 27, 2024[Recap 6]
Victoria Howran 1st career PWHL game
Aneta Tejralová 1st career PWHL game February 4, 2024[Recap 7]
Daryl Watts 1st career PWHL assist
Amanda Boulier 1st career PWHL goal February 14, 2024[Recap 8]
Aneta Tejralová 1st career PWHL assist
Becca Gilmore
Emily Clark 5th career PWHL assist February 19, 2024[Recap 10]
Akane Shiga 1st career PWHL goal February 24, 2024[Recap 12]
Fanni Garát-Gasparics 1st career PWHL goal February 28, 2024[Recap 13]
1st career short-handed goal
Gabbie Hughes 5th career PWHL goal
Lexie Adzija
Amanda Boulier 5th career PWHL assist
Ashton Bell 1st career PWHL goal March 2, 2024[Recap 14]
Kateřina Mrázová 5th career PWHL goal March 5, 2024[Recap 15]
Brianne Jenner 5th career PWHL assist
Daryl Watts
Kateřina Mrázová 5th career PWHL assist March 10, 2024[Recap 16]
Aneta Tejralová
Daryl Watts 5th career PWHL goal March 20, 2024[Recap 18]
Jincy Roese 5th career PWHL assist
Emerance Maschmeyer 1st career PWHL shutout
Natalie Spooner 15th career PWHL goal March 23, 2024[Recap 19]
Sarah Nurse 5th career PWHL goal
Tereza Vanišová 10th career PWHL assist April 20, 2024[Recap 20]
Emily Clark 10th career PWHL assist April 24, 2024[Recap 21]

Transactions

Signings

Date Player Position Term Previous Team Ref
September 5, 2023 Emily Clark F 3 years Team Harvey's [16][17]
September 5, 2023 Brianne Jenner F 3 years Team Sonnet [16][17]
September 5, 2023 Emerance Maschmeyer G 3 years Team Scotiabank [16][17]
October 26, 2023 Lexie Adzija F 1 year Quinnipiac [16][17]
October 27, 2023 Jincy Roese D 2 years Team Adidas [16][17]
October 30, 2023 Gabbie Hughes F 3 years Minnesota Duluth [16][17]
October 31, 2023 Zoe Boyd D 1 year Quinnipiac [16][17]
November 1, 2023 Hayley Scamurra F 2 years Team Harvey's [16][17]
November 1, 2023 Ashton Bell D 3 years Minnesota Duluth [16][17]
November 2, 2023 Daryl Watts F 1 year Toronto Six [16][17]
November 2, 2023 Kristin Della Rovere F 1 year Harvard [16][17]
November 3, 2023 Amanda Boulier D 1 year Minnesota Whitecaps [16][17]
November 6, 2023 Becca Gilmore F 1 year Boston Pride [16][17]
November 7, 2023 Aneta Tejralová D 1 year Boston Pride [16][17]
November 7, 2023 Kateřina Mrázová F 1 year Connecticut Whale [16][17]
November 8, 2023 Savannah Harmon D 3 years Team Harvey's [16][17]
November 9, 2023 Sandra Abstreiter G 1 year Providence [16][17]
December 20, 2023 Tori Howran D 1 year Connecticut Whale [18]
December 20, 2023 Mikyla Grant-Mentis F 1 year Buffalo Beauts [19]
December 21, 2023 Natalie Snodgrass F 1 year Minnesota Whitecaps [20]
December 21, 2023 Rachel McQuigge G 1 year Metropolitan Riveters [21]
December 22, 2023 Fanni Garát-Gasparics F 1 year Metropolitan Riveters [22]
December 22, 2023 Akane Shiga F 1 year Japan [23]

References

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  18. ^ PWHL Ottawa [@PWHL_Ottawa] (December 20, 2023). "Locked up for the year. 🔏 Former University of New Hampshire captain and PHF All-Star Tori Howran (@howran5) has joined the squad on a one-year deal!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ^ PWHL Ottawa [@PWHL_Ottawa] (December 20, 2023). "Buckey's in the Capital City! 🤩 PHF All-Star and 2021 MVP Mikyla Grant-Mentis joins us on a 1-year deal!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  22. ^ PWHL Ottawa [@PWHL_Ottawa] (December 22, 2023). "From Capital City 🇭🇺 to Capital City 🇨🇦 Hungarian National Team Captain and 2023 PHF All-Star Fanni Garát-Gasparics will join us on a 1-year deal!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  23. ^ PWHL Ottawa [@PWHL_Ottawa] (December 22, 2023). "The first Japanese player in PWHL history is all ours! 🇯🇵 Join us in welcoming Akane Shiga to Ottawa for the 2023-24 season! -------- PWHL史上初の日本人選手を一年契約で獲得！🇯🇵 志賀紅音選手をオタワに迎え入れましょう！" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

Recaps

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  4. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL Ottawa". ThePWHL.com. January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "PWHL Boston @ PWHL Ottawa". ThePWHL.com. January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "PWHL Ottawa @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. January 27, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "PWHL New York @ PWHL Ottawa". ThePWHL.com. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "PWHL Ottawa @ PWHL Minnesota". ThePWHL.com. February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  9. ^ "PWHL Minnesota @ PWHL Ottawa". ThePWHL.com. February 17, 2024. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "PWHL Ottawa @ PWHL Boston". ThePWHL.com. February 19, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
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  13. ^ a b "PWHL New York @ PWHL Ottawa". ThePWHL.com. February 28, 2024. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
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  15. ^ a b "PWHL Ottawa @ PWHL Minnesota". ThePWHL.com. March 5, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
  16. ^ a b "PWHL Ottawa @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. March 10, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  17. ^ "PWHL Ottawa @ PWHL Boston". ThePWHL.com. March 10, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  18. ^ a b "PWHL Ottawa @ PWHL New York". ThePWHL.com. March 20, 2024. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
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  20. ^ a b "PWHL Minnesota @ PWHL Ottawa". ThePWHL.com. April 20, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  21. ^ a b "PWHL Boston @ PWHL Ottawa". ThePWHL.com. April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_PWHL_Ottawa_season