2023–24 PWHL Montreal season

The 2023–24 PWHL Montréal season is the team's inaugural season as a member of the newly created Professional Women's Hockey League. They play their home games at the Verdun Auditorium in Montreal and at Place Bell in the suburb of Laval.
== Offseason ==
On September 1, 2023, Montréal hired Daniele Sauvageau as its general manager. The team then hired Kori Cheverie as its first head coach on September 13. In November, it was announced that the team would split its home games between the Verdun Auditorium and Place Bell.
On September 5, Montréal announced the signings of its first three players, Canadian national team members Marie-Philip Poulin, Laura Stacey, and Ann-Renee Desbiens. Poulin was named team captain, with Stacey and Erin Ambrose named assistant captains.
== Standings ==
== Schedule and results ==
=== Regular season ===
Montréal played its first ever game on January 2, 2024, against Ottawa at TD Place Arena. In front of what was a women's professional record sell-out crowd of 8,318, Montréal won the game in overtime by a score of 3–2 on a goal by Ann-Sophie Bettez; Claire Dalton scored the first goal in team history in the second period. Montréal hosted its first game on January 13, with Boston visiting Verdun Auditorium. In front of a sell-out crowd, Boston won 3–2 in overtime; Ambrose scored the first home goal in team history. The team hosted its first game at Place Bell on January 16, defeating visiting New York by a score of 3–2, with Poulin scoring the game-winning goal.
On February 16, 2024, Montréal played a match hosted by Toronto at Scotiabank Arena in a game dubbed by the league as "The Battle on Bay Street". The game set a league and women’s hockey attendance record with a sellout crowd of 19,285, beating the previous record of 18,013 at the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship.
=== Regular season schedule ===
The regular season schedule was published on November 30, 2023.
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| 1 || January 2 || @ Ottawa || 3–2 || OT || Desbiens || TD Place Arena || 8,318 || 0–1–0–0 || 2 || 
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 2 || January 6 || @ Minnesota || 0–3 || || Desbiens || Xcel Energy Center || 13,316 || 0–1–0–1 || 2 || 
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 3 || January 10 || @ New York || 5–2 || || Chuli || UBS Arena || 2,201 || 1–1–0–1 || 5 || 
|- style="background:#fff;"
| 4 || January 13 || Boston || 2–3 || OT || Desbiens || Verdun Auditorium || 3,245 || 1–1–1–1 || 6 || 
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 5 || January 16 || New York || 3–2 || || Desbiens || Place Bell || 6,334 || 2–1–1–1 || 9 || 
|- style="background:#fff;"
| 6 || January 20 || Toronto || 3–4 || SO || Desbiens || Verdun Auditorium || 3,232 || 2–1–2–1 || 10 || 
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 7 || January 24 || @ Minnesota || 2–1 || || Chuli || Xcel Energy Center || 5,001 || 3–1–2–1 || 13 || 
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| 8 || January 27 || Ottawa || 2–1 || OT || Desbiens || Place Bell || 8,646 || 3–2–2–1 || 15 || 
|-
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| 9 || February 4 || @ Boston || 2–1 || OT || Chuli || Tsongas Center || 4,210 || 3–3–2–1 || 17 || 
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 10 || February 16 || @ Toronto || 0–3 || || Desbiens || Scotiabank Arena || 19,285 || 3–3–2–2 || 17 || 
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 11 || February 18 || Minnesota || 2–1 || || Chuli || Place Bell || 10,172 || 4–3–2–2 || 20 || 
|- style="background:#fff;"
| 12 || February 21 || @ New York || 2–3 || SO || Desbiens || UBS Arena || 2,128 || 4–3–3–2 || 21 || 
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 13 || February 24 || Ottawa || 6–3 || || Desbiens || Verdun Auditorium || 3,232 || 5–3–3–2 || 24 || 
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 14 || March 2 || Boston || 3–1 || || Chuli || Verdun Auditorium || 3,232 || 6–3–3–2 || 27 || 
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 15 || March 6 || @ New York || 4–3 || || Desbiens || Total Mortgage Arena || 728 || 7–3–3–2 || 30 || 
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 16 || March 8 || @ Toronto || 0–3 || || Chuli || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,554 || 7–3–3–3 || 30 || 
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 17 || March 10 || Ottawa || 2–4 || || Desbiens || Place Bell || 10,172 || 7–3–3–4 || 30 || 
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 18 || March 17 || Toronto || 1–2 || || Desbiens || PPG Paints Arena || 8,850 || 7–3–3–5 || 30 || 
|- style="background:#fff;"
| 19 || March 24 || @ Minnesota || 2–3 || SO || Chuli || Xcel Energy Center || 7,268 || 7–3–4–5 || 31 || 
|-
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 20 || April 18 || Minnesota || 4–3 || || Chuli || Verdun Auditorium || 3,084 || 8–3–4–5 || 34 || 
|- style="background:#fff;"
| 21 || April 20 || Toronto || 2–3 || OT || Desbiens || Bell Centre || 21,105 || 8–3–5–5 || 35 || 
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 22 || April 24 || New York || 5–2 || || Desbiens || Verdun Auditorium || 3,232 || 9–3–5–5 || 38 || 
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 23 || April 27 || @ Ottawa || 2–0 || || Desbiens || TD Place Arena || 8,452 || 10–3–5–5 || 41 || 
|-
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 24 || May 4 || @ Boston || 3–4 || || Desbiens || Tsongas Center || 5,964 || 10–3–5–6 || 41 || 
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 
===Playoffs===
On May 6, 2024, Toronto elected to play Minnesota in the first round of the playoffs. Therefore, the other playoff series pits Montreal against Boston
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 1 || May 9 || Boston || 1–2 || OT || Desbiens || Place Bell || 9,135 || 0–1 || 
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 2 || May 11 || Boston || 1–2 || 3OT || Desbiens || Place Bell || 10,172 || 0–2 || 
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 3 || May 14 || @ Boston || 2–3 || OT || Desbiens || Tsongas Center || 2,781 || 0–3 || 
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player 	 	 	 	 	 		
Marie-Philip Poulin	21	10	13	23	69		14
Laura Stacey 	23	10	8 	18	96		2
Erin Ambrose 	24	4 	14	18	47		4
Maureen Murphy 	24	5 	11	16	57		4
Claire Dalton 	20	5 	4 	9 	22		0
Kristin O'Neill 	23	4 	5 	9 	44		8
Catherine Dubois 	21	2 	4 	6 	22		12
Gabrielle David 	23	2 	4 	6 	20		4
Kati Tabin 	24	1 	5 	6 	50		14
Mélodie Daoust 	6 	3 	2 	5 	13		4
Ann-Sophie Bettez 	15	2 	3 	5 	17		2
Sarah Lefort 	24	1 	4 	5 	32		10
Sarah Bujold 	21	3 	1 	4 	25		18
Leah Lum 	23	1 	3 	4 	11		6
Jillian Dempsey 	24	1 	3 	4 	14		2
Amanda Boulier 	6 	0 	3 	3 	11		0
Mariah Keopple 	24	0 	3 	3 	21		12
Mikyla Grant-Mentis	7 	2 	0 	2 	9 		4
Kennedy Marchment 	9 	1 	1 	2 	11		0
Catherine Daoust 	24	1 	1 	2 	16		12
Madison Bizal 	21	0 	2 	2 	10		4
Brigitte Laganière 	17	0 	1 	1 	5 		0
Dominika Lásková 	7 	0 	0 	0 	6 		8
Alexandra Poznikoff	8 	0 	0 	0 	6 		0
Playoffs
Player 	 	 	 	 	 		
Maureen Murphy 	3	1	2	3	11		2
Kristin O'Neill 	3	2	0	2	11		0
Marie-Philip Poulin	3	1	1	2	18		0
Erin Ambrose 	3	0	2	2	10		0
Madison Bizal 	3	0	1	1	1 		0
Mikyla Grant-Mentis	3	0	1	1	13		0
Laura Stacey 	3	0	1	1	17		0
Alexandra Poznikoff	1	0	0	0	0 		0
Sarah Lefort 	2	0	0	0	7 		0
Amanda Boulier 	3	0	0	0	5 		2
Claire Dalton 	3	0	0	0	8 		0
Catherine Daoust 	3	0	0	0	1 		0
Mélodie Daoust 	3	0	0	0	12		2
Gabrielle David 	3	0	0	0	3 		0
Jillian Dempsey 	3	0	0	0	1 		0
Catherine Dubois 	3	0	0	0	2 		2
Mariah Keopple 	3	0	0	0	3 		0
Brigitte Laganière 	3	0	0	0	0 		0
Leah Lum 	3	0	0	0	1 		0
Kati Tabin 	3	0	0	0	21		0
===Goaltenders===
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ann-Renée Desbiens	16	975:33	7	5	2	37	2.28	478	0.923	1	0	0	2
Elaine Chuli 	8 	483:41	6	1	0	13	1.61	253	0.949	0	0	0	0
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ann-Renée Desbiens	3	247:11	0	0	3	7	1.70	102	0.931	0	0	0	0
==Awards and honours==
===Milestones===
Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
Claire Dalton 	1st goal in franchise history 	January 2, 2024
Claire Dalton 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 2, 2024
Claire Dalton 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Laura Stacey 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 2, 2024
Laura Stacey 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Ann-Sophie Bettez 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 2, 2024
Ann-Sophie Bettez 	1st career PWHL overtime goal 	January 2, 2024
Ann-Sophie Bettez 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Jillian Dempsey 	1st assist in franchise history	January 2, 2024
Jillian Dempsey 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 2, 2024
Jillian Dempsey 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Kennedy Marchment 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 2, 2024
Kennedy Marchment 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Tereza Vanišová 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 2, 2024
Tereza Vanišová 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Marie-Philip Poulin	1st career PWHL assist 	January 2, 2024
Marie-Philip Poulin	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Kati Tabin 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 2, 2024
Kati Tabin 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Kristin O'Neill 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 2, 2024
Kristin O'Neill 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Mariah Keopple 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Catherine Daoust 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Gabrielle David 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Brigitte Laganière 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Leah Lum 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Maureen Murphy 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Sarah Lefort 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Erin Ambrose 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Sarah Bujold 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Dominika Lásková 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Ann-Renée Desbiens 	1st win in franchise history 	January 2, 2024
Ann-Renée Desbiens 	1st career PWHL win 	January 2, 2024
Ann-Renée Desbiens 	1st career PWHL game 	January 2, 2024
Ann-Renée Desbiens 	1st loss in franchise history 	January 6, 2024
Ann-Renée Desbiens 	1st career PWHL loss 	January 6, 2024
Marie-Philip Poulin	1st career PWHL goal 	January 10, 2024
Marie-Philip Poulin	1st career PWHL hat-trick 	January 10, 2024
Catherine Dubois 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 10, 2024
Kennedy Marchment 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 10, 2024
Erin Ambrose 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 10, 2024
Maureen Murphy 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 10, 2024
Gabrielle David 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 10, 2024
Elaine Chuli 	1st career PWHL win 	January 10, 2024
Elaine Chuli 	1st career PWHL game 	January 10, 2024
Erin Ambrose 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 13, 2024
Ann-Sophie Bettez 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 13, 2024
Ann-Renée Desbiens 	1st career overtime loss 	January 13, 2024
Gabrielle David 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 16, 2024
Leah Lum 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 16, 2024
Tereza Vanišová 	5th career PWHL assist 	January 16, 2024
Maureen Murphy 	5th career PWHL assist 	January 16, 2024
Sarah Bujold 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 20, 2024
Marie-Philip Poulin	5th career PWHL goal 	January 20, 2024
Leah Lum 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 20, 2024
Claire Dalton 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 20, 2024
Ann-Renée Desbiens 	1st career shootout loss 	January 20, 2024
Alina Müller 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 24, 2024
Alina Müller 	1st career PWHL power play goal	January 24, 2024
Jamie Lee Rattray 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 24, 2024
Megan Keller 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 24, 2024
Maureen Murphy 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 27, 2024
Laura Stacey 	5th career PWHL goal 	February 4, 2024
Sarah Lefort 	1st career PWHL goal 	February 18, 2024
Madison Bizal 	1st career PWHL assist 	February 18, 2024
Catherine Dubois 	1st career PWHL goal 	February 21, 2024
Claire Dalton 	1st career PWHL hat-trick 	February 24, 2024
Claire Dalton 	5th career PWHL goal 	February 24, 2024
Erin Ambrose 	5th career PWHL assist 	February 24, 2024
Marie-Philip Poulin	5th career PWHL assist 	February 24, 2024
Laura Stacey 	1st career PWHL assist 	February 24, 2024
Sarah Bujold 	1st career PWHL assist 	February 24, 2024
Melodie Daoust 	1st career PWHL goal 	March 2, 2024
Melodie Daoust 	1st career PWHL game 	March 2, 2024
Mariah Keopple 	1st career PWHL assist 	March 2, 2024
Jillian Dempsey 	1st career PWHL goal 	March 6, 2024
Kati Tabin 	4th career PWHL assist 	March 10, 2024
Kristin O'Neill 	1st career PWHL goal 	March 17, 2024
Kati Tabin 	1st career PWHL goal 	March 24, 2024
Marie-Philip Poulin	10th career PWHL assist 	April 18, 2024
Erin Ambrose 	10th career PWHL assist 	April 18, 2024
Laura Stacey 	5th career PWHL assist 	April 18, 2024
Maureen Murphy 	10th career PWHL assist 	April 20, 2024
Catherine Daoust 	1st career PWHL goal 	April 24, 2024
Kristin O'Neill 	5th career PWHL assist 	April 24, 2024
Laura Stacey 	10th career PWHL goal 	April 27, 2024
Maureen Murphy 	5th career PWHL goal 	April 27, 2024
Mélodie Daoust 	1st career PWHL assist 	April 27, 2024
Ann-Renée Desbiens 	1st career PWHL shutout 	April 27, 2024
Marie-Philip Poulin	10th career PWHL goal 	May 4, 2024
Mikyla Grant-Mentis	1st career PWHL goal 	May 4, 2024
Mikyla Grant-Mentis	1st career power-play goal 	May 4, 2024
==Transactions==
=== Signings ===
Date 	Player 	Position	Term 	Previous Team 	Ref
September 7, 2023	Ann-Renée Desbiens 	G 	3 years	Team Harvey's 	
September 7, 2023	Marie-Philip Poulin	F 	3 years	Team Harvey's 	
September 7, 2023	Laura Stacey 	F 	3 years	Team Adidas 	
October 30, 2023 	Kristin O'Neill 	F 	3 years	Team Adidas 	
November 7, 2023 	Kennedy Marchment 	F 	2 years	Connecticut Whale 	
November 9, 2023 	Jillian Dempsey 	F 	1 year 	Boston Pride 	
November 13, 2023	Erin Ambrose 	D 	3 years	Team Sonnet 	
November 14, 2023	Claire Dalton 	F 	1 year 	Yale 	
November 15, 2023	Ann-Sophie Bettez 	F 	1 year 	Montreal Force 	
November 15, 2023	Sarah Bujold 	F 	1 year 	Metropolitan Riveters	
November 20, 2023	Elaine Chuli 	G 	1 year 	Toronto Six 	
November 20, 2023	Kati Tabin 	D 	2 years	Toronto Six 	
November 21, 2023	Dominika Lásková 	D 	2 years	Toronto Six 	
November 21, 2023	Mariah Keopple 	D 	1 year 	Princeton 	
November 29, 2023	Maureen Murphy 	F 	3 years	Northeastern 	
December 11, 2023	Tereza Vanišová 	F 	2 years	Toronto Six 	
December 11, 2023	Gabrielle David 	F 	1 year 	Clarkson 	
==References==
===Recaps===
==External links==
* 
Category:PWHL Montreal
PWHL
Category:2023–24 in Canadian ice hockey by league
Category:Professional Women's Hockey League