2024 PWHL Ottawa
2024 record1–0–1
Home record0–0–1
Road record1–0–0
Goals for7
Goals against4
Team information
General managerMike Hirshfeld[1]
CoachCarla MacLeod[1]
Assistant coachHaley Irwin
Cassea Schols[1]
CaptainBrianne Jenner
Alternate captainsEmily Clark, Jincy Roese
ArenaTD Place Arena
Average attendance8,318
Team leaders
GoalsKateřina Mrázová
Gabbie Hughes (2)[2]
AssistsAshton Bell (2)[2]
PointsAshton Bell (3)[2]
Penalty minutesLexie Adzija
Emily Clark
Brianne Jenner
Daryl Watts (2)[2]
Plus/minusAshton Bell
Zoe Boyd (+3)[2]
Goals against averageEmerance Maschmeyer (1.98)[3]

The 2024 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]

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]

Schedule and results

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Minnesota 3 3 0 0 0 9 3 +6 9
2 Montreal 4 1 1 1 1 10 10 0 6
3 Ottawa 2 1 0 1 0 7 4 +3 4
4 New York 3 1 0 0 2 8 8 0 3
5 Toronto 4 1 0 0 3 5 14 −9 3
6 Boston 2 0 1 0 1 5 5 0 2
Updated to match(es) played on January 13, 2024. Source: PWHL

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on November 30, 2023.[11]

Regular season schedule (Home: 0–0–1; Road: 1–0–0)
January: 1–0–1, 4 points (Home: 0–0–1; Road: 1–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1January 2PWHL Montreal2–3OTMaschmeyerTD Place Arena8,3180–0–11[Recap 1]
–January 8@ PWHL BostonPostponed due to inclement weather.[12] Moved to February 19.[13]
2January 13@ PWHL Toronto5–1MaschmeyerMattamy Athletic Centre2,4161–0–14[Recap 2]
3January 17PWHL MinnesotaTD Place Arena
4January 23PWHL Toronto.TD Place Arena
5January 24PWHL BostonTD Place Arena
6January 27@ PWHL MontrealPlace Bell
February 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
7February 4PWHL New YorkTD Place Arena
8February 14@ PWHL MinnesotaXcel Energy Center
9February 17PWHL MinnesotaTD Place Arena
10February 19@ PWHL BostonTsongas CenterRescheduled from January 8.[13]
11February 21@ PWHL BostonTsongas Center
12February 24@ PWHL MontrealVerdun Auditorium
13February 28PWHL New YorkTD Place Arena
March 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
14March 2PWHL TorontoTD Place Arena
15March 5@ PWHL MinnesotaXcel Energy Center
16March 10@ PWHL MontrealPlace Bell
17March 16@ PWHL BostonTBD
18March 20@ PWHL New YorkTotal Mortgage Arena
19March 23PWHL TorontoTD Place Arena
April 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
20April 20PWHL MinnesotaTD Place Arena
21April 24PWHL BostonTD Place Arena
22April 27PWHL MontrealTD Place Arena
23April 30@ PWHL New YorkTBD
May 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
24May 5@ PWHL TorontoMattamy Athletic Centre

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

Player statistics

As of January 13, 2024[2]

Skaters

Regular season[2]
PlayerGPGAPtsSOG+/−PIM
Ashton Bell20330+30
Kateřina Mrázová22023+20
Gabbie Hughes22026-10
Lexie Adzija20223+12
Mikyla Grant-Mentis2022500
Zoe Boyd20221+30
Hayley Scamurra21017-20
Daryl Watts21013+22
Natalie Snodgrass11013+10
Amanda Boulier2011100
Savannah Harmon20112-20
Jincy Roese20114-10
Emily Clark20002-12
Kristin Della Rovere2000000
Fanni Garát-Gasparics20006+10
Becca Gilmore20001-20
Brianne Jenner20005-22
Akane Shiga20002+20
Aneta Tejralová20000-20

Transactions

Signings

DatePlayerPositionTermPrevious TeamRef
September 5, 2023Emily ClarkF3 yearsTeam Harvey's[14][15]
September 5, 2023Brianne JennerF3 yearsTeam Sonnet[14][15]
September 5, 2023Emerance MaschmeyerG3 yearsTeam Scotiabank[14][15]
October 26, 2023Lexie AdzijaF1 yearQuinnipiac[14][15]
October 27, 2023Jincy RoeseD2 yearsTeam Adidas[14][15]
October 30, 2023Gabbie HughesF3 yearsMinnesota Duluth[14][15]
October 31, 2023Zoe BoydD1 yearQuinnipiac[14][15]
November 1, 2023Hayley ScamurraF2 yearsTeam Harvey's[14][15]
November 1, 2023Ashton BellD3 yearsMinnesota Duluth[14][15]
November 2, 2023Daryl WattsF1 yearToronto Six[14][15]
November 2, 2023Kristin Della RovereF1 yearHarvard[14][15]
November 3, 2023Amanda BoulierD1 yearMinnesota Whitecaps[14][15]
November 6, 2023Becca GilmoreF1 yearBoston Pride[14][15]
November 7, 2023Aneta TejralováD1 yearBoston Pride[14][15]
November 7, 2023Kateřina MrázováF1 yearConnecticut Whale[14][15]
November 8, 2023Savannah HarmonD3 yearsTeam Harvey's[14][15]
November 9, 2023Sandra AbstreiterG1 yearProvidence[14][15]
December 20, 2023Tori HowranD1 yearConnecticut Whale[16]
December 20, 2023Mikyla Grant-MentisF1 yearBuffalo Beauts[17]
December 21, 2023Natalie SnodgrassF1 yearMinnesota Whitecaps[18]
December 21, 2023Rachel McQuiggeG1 yearMetropolitan Riveters[19]
December 22, 2023Fanni Garát-GasparicsF1 yearMetropolitan Riveters[20]
December 22, 2023Akane ShigaF1 yearJapan[21]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ottawa Staff". ThePWHL.com. Professional Women's Hockey League. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Skater Stats". ThePWHL.com. Professional Women's Hockey League. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Goalie Stats". ThePWHL.com. Professional Women's Hockey League. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  4. ↑ Donkin, Karissa (November 16, 2023). "How PWHL Ottawa was built from scratch in less than 80 days". CBC Sports. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Ottawa's PWHL team to share TD Place Arena with OHL's 67's". Sportsnet. September 1, 2023. Archived from the original on October 8, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  6. ↑ Raymond, Ted (September 5, 2023). "Ottawa's new professional women's hockey team has its first players". CTV News Ottawa. Archived from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Carla MacLeod named head coach of Ottawa's PWHL team". CityNews. September 16, 2023. Archived from the original on December 9, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  8. ↑ Donkin, Karissa (December 29, 2023). "Marie-Philip Poulin, Brianne Jenner named captains of PWHL Montreal, Ottawa". CBC Sports. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  9. ↑ Raymond, Ted (December 17, 2023). "PWHL Ottawa home opener sell-out to set North American attendance record". CTV News Ottawa. Archived from the original on December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  10. 1 2 Brennan, Don (January 2, 2024). "A Night to Remember: Montreal scores OT win in Ottawa's historic PWHL opener". Ottawa Sun. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Professional Wwomen's Hockey Lewague (PWHL) Announces 2024 Regular-Season Schedule". PWHL. November 30, 2023. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) Announces Postponed Game Between Boston and Ottawa". January 8, 2024.
  13. 1 2 "Postponed Ottawa-Boston Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) Game Rescheduled for Feb. 19". January 10, 2024.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Ottawa Signing Summary (Live Tracker)". ThePWHL.com. Professional Women's Hockey League. December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Shircliff, Elaine (November 25, 2023). "2023 PWHL Ottawa Player Signing Tracker". FullPressHockey.com. Full Press Hockey. Retrieved December 24, 2023. With each passing day, the rosters for each team in the PWHL begin to take shape.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ PWHL Ottawa [@PWHL_Ottawa] (December 21, 2023). "Natalie Snodgrass 🤝 PWHL Ottawa The 2023 PHF All-Star Forward will suit up for our squad for the 2023-24 season" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ↑ PWHL Ottawa [@PWHL_Ottawa] (December 21, 2023). "Our net is in good hands. 🤝 Former Metropolitan Riveters goaltender and Princeton University standout will mind our net for the 2023-24 season!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ↑ 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.
  21. ↑ 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

  1. ↑ "PWHL Montreal @ PWHL Ottawa". ThePWHL.com. January 2, 2024. Archived from the original on January 2, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  2. ↑ "PWHL - Professional Women's Hockey League". www.thepwhl.com.
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