# 2022–23 Buffalo Beauts season

The 2022–23 Buffalo Beauts season is the eighth in franchise history. In the off-season, the club signed former league MVP Mikyla Grant-Mentis to the largest single-season contract in league history, valued at US$80,000. Defenseman Dominique Kremer signed the league's first-ever 2-year contract on the opening day of free agency and was named team Captain on September 22. This will mark her first season in the role.

## Offseason

* October 26: Cassidy MacPherson and Claudia Kepler were named alternate captains for the Beauts.
* November 5: In the season opener, the Beauts hosted the expansion Montreal Force in their PHF regular season debut. Antonia Matzka scored the first goal of the game, also the first of her career.

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

2022–23 preseason game log: (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–2–0) :
October: 0–2–0, 0 points (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsRecap
1October 14@ Metropolitan Riveters1-5SauvéThe Rink at American Dream0-1-00Beauts lone goal scored by Jenna Suokko
2October 15@ Metropolitan Riveters0-2SauvéThe Rink at American Dream0-2-00Kassidy Sauve named Third Star of the Game :

## Regular season
### 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: 2–7–1; road: 2–5–1) :
November: 1–0–1, 4 points (home: 1–0–1; road: 0–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsRecap
1November 5vs. Montreal Force4–5SOBerndtssonNorthtown Center0–0–11
2November 6vs. Montreal Force3–2HofmannNorthtown Center1–0–14
–November 19@ Connecticut WhalePostponed due to inclement weather; rescheduled for January 17
–November 20@ Connecticut WhalePostponed due to inclement weather; rescheduled for January 18 :
December: 0–4–0, 0 points (home: 0–4–0; road: 0–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsRecap
3December 10vs. Boston Pride0–3SauvéNorthtown Center1–1–14
4December 11vs. Boston Pride5–7SauvéNorthtown Center1–2–14
5December 16vs. Toronto Six1–2SauvéNorthtown Center1–3–14
6December 17vs. Toronto Six4–6BerndtssonNorthtown Center1–4–14 :
January: 1–6–1, 4 points (home: 1–3–0; road: 0–3–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsRecap
7January 7vs. Minnesota Whitecaps1–4BerndtssonNorthtown Center1–5–14
8January 8vs. Minnesota Whitecaps3–5HofmannNorthtown Center1–6–14
9January 14@ Boston Pride0–8BerndtssonWarrior Ice Arena1–7–14
10January 15@ Boston Pride1–2OTBerndtssonWarrior Ice Arena1–7–25
11January 17@ Connecticut Whale0–3BerndtssonMilford Ice Pavilion1–8–25Rescheduled from November 19
12January 18@ Connecticut Whale3–7HofmannInternational Skating Center of Connecticut1–9–25 Rescheduled from November 20
13January 21vs. Metropolitan Riveters4–1BerndtssonNorthtown Center2–9–28
14January 22vs. Metropolitan Riveters2–8HofmannNorthtown Center2–10–28 :
February: 2–2–0, 6 points (home: 0–0–0; road: 2–2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsRecap
15February 4@ Toronto Six0–3BerndtssonCanlan Ice Sports – York2–11–28
16February 5@ Toronto Six2–7BerndtssonCanlan Ice Sports - York2–12–28
17February 18@ Minnesota Whitecaps4–2BerndtssonRichfield Ice Arena3–12–211
18February 19@ Minnesota Whitecaps1–0RidgewellRichfield Ice Arena4–12–214
19February 25@ Montreal ForcePavillon de la jeunesse
20February 26@ Montreal ForcePavillon de la jeunesse :
March: 0–0–0, 0 points (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsRecap
21March 4vs. Connecticut WhaleNorthtown Center
22March 5vs. Connecticut WhaleNorthtown Center
23March 10@ Metropolitan RivetersThe Rink at American Dream
24March 11@ Metropolitan RivetersThe Rink at American Dream :
Regulation Win (3 points)
  Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
  Regulation Loss (0 points) :

## Statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Claudia Kepler | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonia Matzka | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| Mikyla Grant-Mentis | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |

## Roster
### Current roster

    As of November 5, 2022
| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| 14 | Allison Attea | D | L | 25 | 2021 | Buffalo, New York |
| 88 | Lovisa Berndtsson | G | L | 36 | 2021 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 61 | Michaela Boyle | F | – | 25 | 2022 | Reading, Massachusetts |
| 24 | Anjelica Diffendal | F | R | 26 | 2021 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 67 | Summer-Rae Dobson | F | R | 25 | 2022 | Huntsville, Ontario |
| 77 | Whitney Dove | D | R | 26 | 2020 | Port Moody, British Columbia |
| 2 | Samantha Fieseler | D | L | 28 | 2021 | Kelowna, British Columbia |
| 59 | Mikyla Grant-Mentis | F | L | 26 | 2022 | Brampton, Ontario |
| 47 | Jessica Healey | D | L | 28 | 2022 | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 31 | Tera Hofmann (PTO) | G | L | 26 | 2022 | Toronto, Ontario |
| 34 | Claudia Kepler (A) | F | R | 29 | 2021 | Verona, Wisconsin |
| 94 | Grace Klienbach | F | R | 30 | 2021 | Eustis, Florida |
| 13 | Dominique Kremer (C) | D | R | 27 | 2020 | Hudson, Iowa |
| 9 | Autumn MacDougall | F | L | 27–28 | 2020 | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
| 17 | Cassidy MacPherson (A) | F | L | 27 | 2019 | Oakville, Ontario |
| 23 | Antonia Matzka | D | L | 25 | 2022 | Mödling, Austria |
| 42 | Courtney Maud | F | L | 25 | 2022 | Georgetown, Ontario |
| 11 | Madi Nichols | F | L | 24 | 2022 | Trinity, Florida |
| 16 | Emma Nuutinen | F | L | 28 | 2022 | Vantaa, Finland |
| 32 | Kassidy Sauvé | G | L | 28 | 2022 | Whitby, Ontario |
| 44 | Jenna Suokko | F | L | 29 | 2021 | Tampere, Finland |
| 10 | Madison Truax | D | R | 26 | 2022 | Gardner, Massachusetts |
Coaching staff and team personnel
* Head coach: Rhea Coad
* Assistant coach: Julia DiTondo
* Assistant coach: Mark Zarbo
* Goaltending coach: Shane Madolora
* Video & analytics: Chris Baudo

## Transactions
### Signings

| Player | Date | Contract terms |
| Dominique Kremer | May 3, 2022 | 2-year contract The first-ever two-year deal in league history. |
| Mikyla Grant-Mentis | May 9, 2022 | 1-year contract $80,000 (USD) 10% of the contract is a signing bonus |
| Emma Nuutinen | June 1, 2022 | 1-year contract |
| Madi Nichols | June 16, 2022 | 1-year contract |
| Kassidy Sauvé | June 22, 2022 | 1-year contract |
| Michaela Boyle | June 22, 2022 | 1-year contract |
| Summer-Rae Dobson | July 20, 2022 | 2-year contract |
| Maddie Truax | August 5, 2022 | 1-year contract |