# 2022–23 Montreal Force season

The 2022–23 Montreal Force season is the first in franchise history. For the regular season, the club will host games throughout the province of Quebec. Ann-Sophie Bettez will serve as the franchise's first-ever captain.

## Regular season
### News and notes

* November 5: The Force compete in their first game in franchise history. Opposing the Buffalo Beauts, Ann-Sophie Bettez scored in the first period on goaltender Lovisa Berndtsson, resulting in the franchise's first-ever goal.

### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Boston Pride | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 92 | 52 | +40 | 54 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Toronto Six | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 87 | 62 | +25 | 51 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Connecticut Whale | 24 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 83 | 66 | +17 | 43 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Minnesota Whitecaps | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 33 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Metropolitan Riveters | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 64 | 79 | −15 | 30 | |
| 6 | Montreal Force | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 23 | |
| 7 | Buffalo Beauts | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 50 | 95 | −45 | 18 | |
Notes
* ↑ A win in regulation time is awarded 3 points, 2 points are awarded for an overtime/shootout win, 1 point is awarded for an overtime/shootout loss, 0 points are awarded for a regulation loss
* ↑ Tiebreaker order is: points, head-to-head record, regulation wins, wins, goal difference

### Schedule

Regular season schedule: (home: 4–7–1; road: 4–7–1) :
November: 2–2–0, 5 points (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsRecap
1November 5@ Buffalo Beauts5–4SODeguireNorthtown Center1–0–02Ann-Sophie Bettez scores the first goal in franchise history Tricia Deguire records the first shoot-out win in franchise history
2November 6@ Buffalo Beauts2–3DeschênesNorthtown Center1–1–02Kristina Shanahan and Deziray De Sousa record their first professional goals.
3November 26Metropolitan Riveters5–3DeguireVerdun Auditorium2–1–05
4November 27Metropolitan Riveters2–3DeschênesArena Raymond Bourque2–2–05 :
December: 2–2–0, 5 points (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsRecap
5December 3Connecticut Whale4–3SODeguireArena Conrad Parent3–2–07
6December 4Connecticut Whale2–3DeguireArena Conrad Parent3–3–07
7December 17@ Minnesota Whitecaps2–5DeguireRichfield Ice Arena3–4–07
8December 18@ Minnesota Whitecaps4–1DeschênesRichfield Ice Arena4–4–010 :
January: 2–3–1, 6 points (home: 1–2–1; road: 1–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsRecap
9January 7Toronto Six2–3OTDeschênesColisee Financiere Sun Life4–4–111
10January 8Toronto Six2–3DeguireColisee Financiere Sun Life4–5–111
11January 14@ Connecticut Whale5–4DeschênesUPMC Lemiuex Sports Complex5–5–114
12January 21Boston Pride0–5DeschênesCentre Premier Tech5–6–114
13January 22Boston Pride2–1OTDeschênesCentre Premier Tech6–6–116
14January 27@ Connecticut Whale1–4DeschênesInternational Skating Center of CT6–7–116 :
February: 2–6–0, 6 points (home: 1–3–0; road: 1–3–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsRecap
–February 4Minnesota WhitecapsArena regional de la Riviere-du-NordPostponed due to inclement weather; rescheduled for February 6.
15February 5Minnesota Whitecaps1–4DeguireArena regional de la Riviere-du-Nord6–8–116
16February 6Minnesota Whitecaps2–3DeguireArena regional de la Riviere-du-Nord6–9–116
17February 11@ Toronto Six3–0DeguireCanlan Ice Sports – York7–9–119
18February 12@ Toronto Six1–2DeguireCanlan Ice Sports – York7–10–119
19February 18@ Boston Pride1–4DeguireWarrior Ice Arena7–11–119
20February 19@ Boston Pride1–2DeguireWarrior Ice Arena7–12–119
21February 25Buffalo Beauts1–3DeguirePavillon de la Jeunesse7–13–119
22February 26Buffalo Beauts6–2DeguirePavillon de la Jeunesse8–13–122 :
March: 0–1–1, 1 points (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–1–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsRecap
23March 4@ Metropolitan Riveters1–2OTDeguireThe Rink at American Dream8–13–223
24March 5@ Metropolitan Riveters3–4DeschênesThe Rink at American Dream8–14–223 :
Regulation Win (3 points)
  Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
  Regulation Loss (0 points) :

## Statistics

    As of March 19, 2023.

### Skaters

| | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | SOG | PIM |
| Jade Downie-Landry | 24 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 92 | 20 |
| Ann-Sophie Bettez | 23 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 84 | 8 |
| Alexandra Labelle | 24 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 62 | 12 |
| Samantha Isbell | 22 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 12 |
| Sarah Lefort | 17 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 60 | 27 |
| Christine Deaudelin | 23 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 11 |
| Brooke Stacey | 24 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 6 |
| Taylor Baker | 24 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 14 |
| Kristina Shanahan | 24 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 6 |
| Catherine Dubois | 24 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 10 |
| Kaity Howarth | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 |
| Kim Deschênes | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 10 |
| Catherine Daoust | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 8 |
| Deziray De Souza | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 7 |
| Brigitte Laganière | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 17 |
| Gabrielle De Serres | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 6 |
| Autumn MacDougall | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| Laura Jardin | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 4 |
| Alyssa Holmes | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 11 |
| Maude Gelina | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Sally Hoerr | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

| | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| Player | GP | W | L | T | OT | TOI | SA | GA | SV% | GAA | SO | Sv | PIM | G | A | GS |
| Marie-Soleil Deschênes | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 544:01 | 291 | 25 | .914 | 2.76 | 0 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Tricia Deguire | 15 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 902:41 | 478 | 39 | .918 | 2.59 | 1 | 439 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |

## Roster

| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| 24 | Ann-Sophie Bettez (C) | F | L | 37 | 2022 | Sept-Îles, Quebec |
| 12 | Catherine Daoust (A) | D | R | 29 | 2022 | L'Île-Bizard, Quebec |
| 23 | Gabrielle De Serres | D | R | 26 | 2022 | Mont-Royal, Quebec |
| 18 | Deziray De Sousa | F | L | 26 | 2022 | Montreal, Quebec |
| 17 | Christine Deaudelin | D | L | 27 | 2022 | Beloeil, Quebec |
| 33 | Tricia Deguire | G | L | 27 | 2022 | Sherbrooke, Quebec |
| 9 | Kim Deschênes | F | R | 33 | 2022 | Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick |
| 39 | Marie-Soleil Deschênes | G | R | 30 | 2022 | L'Île-Perrot, Quebec |
| 27 | Jade Downie-Landry | F | L | 29 | 2022 | St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec |
| 28 | Catherine Dubois | F | L | 29 | 2022 | Quebec City, Quebec |
| 64 | Maude Gélinas | F | L | 32 | 2022 | St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec |
| 60 | Sally Hoerr | D | L | 28 | 2022 | Colchester, Vermont |
| 25 | Alyssa Holmes | F | R | 25 | 2022 | Hamilton, Ontario |
| 8 | Kaity Howarth | D | L | 26 | 2022 | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| 5 | Samantha Isbell | F | L | 26 | 2022 | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| 29 | Laura Jardin | F | L | 24–25 | 2022 | Calgary, Alberta |
| 13 | Alexandra Labelle | F | L | 28 | 2022 | St-Louis-de-Gonzague, Quebec |
| 26 | Brigitte Laganière | D | L | 28 | 2022 | Anjou, Quebec |
| 16 | Sarah Lefort (A) | F | L | 30 | 2022 | Ormstown, Quebec |
| 7 | Kristina Shanahan | F | R | 26 | 2022 | Montreal, Quebec |
| 3 | Brooke Stacey | F | L | 28 | 2022 | Kahnawake, Quebec |
Coaching staff and team personnel
* Head coach: Peter Smith
* Associate coach: Pierre Alain
* Assistant coach: Katia Clement-Heydra

## Awards and honors
### Player of the Week

* Awarded November 28: Jade Downie-Landry - First Star, Ann-Sophie Bettez Third Star

## Transactions

* July 25, 2022: The franchise signed their first seven players, headlined by Ann-Sophie Bettez.
* October 12, 2022: The franchise added another five free agents to their roster.

### Signings

| Player | Date | Contract terms |
| July 25, 2022 | Ann-Sophie Bettez | Undisclosed |
| July 25, 2022 | Kim Deschenes | Undisclosed |
| July 25, 2022 | Jade Downie-Landry | Undisclosed |
| July 25, 2022 | Alexandra Labelle | Undisclosed |
| July 25, 2022 | Sarah Lefort | Undisclosed |
| July 25, 2022 | Kristina Shanahan | Undisclosed |
| July 25, 2022 | Brigitte Laganiere | Undisclosed |
| August 10, 2022 | Marie-Soleil Deschênes | Terms undisclosed |
| August 10, 2022 | Kaity Howarth | Terms undisclosed |
| August 10, 2022 | Alyssa Holmes | Terms undisclosed |
| August 10, 2022 | Samantha Isbell | Terms undisclosed |
| August 10, 2022 | Brooke Stacey | Terms undisclosed |
| October 12, 2022 | Deziray De Sousa | Undisclosed |
| October 12, 2022 | Maude Gelinas | Undisclosed |
| October 12, 2022 | Laura Jardin | Undisclosed |
| October 12, 2022 | Gabrielle De Serres | Undisclosed |
| October 12, 2022 | Sally Hoerr | Undisclosed |