# 2023–24 PWHL Ottawa season

The 2023–24 PWHL Ottawa season was the team's inaugural season as a member of the newly created Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). They played their home games at TD Place Arena in Ottawa.
Ottawa finished the season on a three-game losing streak, and were eliminated from playoff contention in the final regular season game, a 5–2 loss to PWHL Toronto. Despite missing the playoffs, Ottawa led the league in attendance.

## Offseason

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

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Toronto (Y) | 24 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 47 |
| 2 | Montreal (X) | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 41 |
| 3 | Boston (X) | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 35 |
| 4 | Minnesota (X) | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Ottawa (E) | 24 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 63 | −1 | 32 |
| 6 | New York (E) | 24 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 53 | 67 | −14 | 26 |
* 1 2 Greater number of games won, excluding games won by Shootout: Boston 11 wins, Minnesota 10 wins

## 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. With 8,318 fans in attendance at the game, it set a new record for attendance at a professional women's hockey game. Hayley Scamurra scored the first goal in franchise history during the game, but PWHL Montréal won the game in overtime by a score of 3–2. 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 over PWHL Toronto. 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.
Ottawa was in a position to clinch a playoff spot in late April, needing one regulation win with three games left on the schedule. However, Ottawa lost all three games, including a 4–3 decision against last place-PWHL New York, and narrowly missed out on the final playoff spot.

### Regular season schedule

The regular season schedule was published on November 30, 2023.
Regular season schedule (Home: 4–1–3–4; Road: 4–0–3–5) :
January: 2–0–3–1, 9 points (Home: 1–0–2–1; Road: 1–0–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1January 2PWHL Montreal2–3OTMaschmeyerTD Place Arena8,3180–0–1–01
–January 8@ PWHL BostonPostponed due to inclement weather. Moved to February 19.
2January 13@ PWHL Toronto5–1MaschmeyerMattamy Athletic Centre2,4161–0–1–04
3January 17PWHL Minnesota2–3OTMaschmeyerTD Place Arena5,6091–0–2–05
4January 23PWHL Toronto3–1MaschmeyerTD Place Arena6,3162–0–2–08
5January 24PWHL Boston2–3MaschmeyerTD Place Arena5,2082–0–2–18
6January 27@ PWHL Montreal1–2OTMaschmeyerPlace Bell8,6462–0–3–19 :
February: 2–0–1–4, 7 points (Home: 1–0–1–1; Road: 1–0–0–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
7February 4PWHL New York3–4OTMaschmeyerTD Place Arena8,0622–0–4–110
8February 14@ PWHL Minnesota1–2MaschmeyerXcel Energy Center6,2762–0–4–210
9February 17PWHL Minnesota1–2MaschmeyerTD Place Arena8,4072–0–4–310
10February 19@ PWHL Boston4–2MaschmeyerTsongas Center2,8493–0–4–313
11February 21@ PWHL Boston1–3MaschmeyerTsongas Center1,8893–0–4–413
12February 24@ PWHL Montreal3–6MaschmeyerVerdun Auditorium3,2323–0–4–513
13February 28PWHL New York4–2MaschmeyerTD Place Arena6,8894–0–4–516 :
March: 3–0–2–1, 11 points (Home: 1–0–0–1; Road: 2–0–2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
14March 2PWHL Toronto2–5MaschmeyerTD Place Arena8,4474–0–4–616
15March 5@ PWHL Minnesota3–4SOAbstreiterXcel Energy Center4,5854–0–5–617
16March 10@ PWHL Montreal4–2MaschmeyerPlace Bell10,1725–0–5–620
17March 16@ PWHL Boston1–2SOMaschmeyerLittle Caesars Arena13,7365–0–6–621
18March 20@ PWHL New York3–0MaschmeyerTotal Mortgage Arena1,7026–0–6–624
19March 23PWHL Toronto5–3MaschmeyerTD Place Arena8,4487–0–6–627 :
April: 1–1–0–2, 5 points (Home: 1–1–0–1; Road: 0–0–0–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
20April 20PWHL Minnesota4–0MaschmeyerTD Place Arena8,1108–0–6–630
21April 24PWHL Boston3–2SOMaschmeyerTD Place Arena7,6868–1–6–632
22April 27PWHL Montreal0–2MaschmeyerTD Place Arena8,4528–1–6–732
23April 30@ PWHL New York3–4MaschmeyerPrudential Center2,9928–1–6–832 :
May: 0–0–0–1, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
24May 5@ PWHL Toronto2–5MaschmeyerMattamy Athletic Centre2,6208–1–6–932 :
Regulation Win (3 points)
  Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
  Regulation Loss (0 points) :

## Player statistics

    As of May 05, 2024

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | SOG | +/− | PIM |
| Brianne Jenner | 24 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 78 | +1 | 4 |
| Kateřina Mrázová | 23 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 30 | –2 | 16 |
| Daryl Watts | 24 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 73 | –2 | 8 |
| Emily Clark | 24 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 74 | +2 | 10 |
| Gabbie Hughes | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 61 | +1 | 20 |
| Savannah Harmon | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 49 | –2 | 8 |
| Hayley Scamurra | 24 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 91 | +2 | 2 |
| Aneta Tejralová | 23 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | –5 | 8 |
| Ashton Bell | 24 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 36 | +3 | 2 |
| Natalie Snodgrass | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 30 | –3 | 10 |
| Jincy Roese | 24 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | –10 | 14 |
| Zoe Boyd | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | –3 | 2 |
| Becca Gilmore | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | –11 | 2 |
| Akane Shiga | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | –1 | 4 |
| Tereza Vanišová | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | –2 | 21 |
| Kristin Della Rovere | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | +2 | 0 |
| Fanni Garát-Gasparics | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | –1 | 4 |
| Shiann Darkangelo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | –1 | 4 |
| Malia Schneider | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Davis | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Samantha Isbell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 |
| Rosalie Demers | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | –1 | 4 |
| Emma Buckles | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders
## Awards and honours
### Milestones

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

## Transactions
### Signings

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

## Draft picks

Below are the PWHL Ottawa's selections at the 2023 PWHL draft held on September 18, 2023.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Previous team |
| 1 | 5 | Savannah Harmon | United States | Defence | Team Harvey's (PWHPA) |
| 2 | 8 | Ashton Bell | Canada | Defence | Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) |
| 3 | 17 | Jincy Roese | United States | Defence | Team Adidas (PWHPA) |
| 4 | 20 | Gabbie Hughes | United States | Forward | Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) |
| 5 | 29 | Hayley Scamurra | United States | Forward | Team Harvey's (PWHPA) |
| 6 | 32 | Daryl Watts | Canada | Forward | Toronto Six (PHF) |
| 7 | 41 | Aneta Tejralova | Czech Republic | Defence | Boston Pride (PHF) |
| 8 | 44 | Katerina Mrazova | Czech Republic | Forward | Connecticut Whale (PHF) |
| 9 | 53 | Zoe Boyd | Canada | Defence | Quinnipiac University (ECAC) |
| 10 | 56 | Kristin Della Rovere | Canada | Forward | Harvard University (ECAC) |
| 11 | 65 | Lexie Adzija | Canada | Forward | Quinnipiac University (ECAC) |
| 12 | 68 | Sandra Abstreiter | Germany | Goaltender | Connecticut Whale (PHF) |
| 13 | 77 | Amanda Boulier | United States | Defence | Minnesota Whitecaps (PHF) |
| 14 | 80 | Caitrin Lonergan | United States | Forward | Connecticut Whale (PHF) |
| 15 | 89 | Audrey-Anne Veillette | Canada | Forward | Montreal (RSEQ) |