2023–24 PWHL Boston season

The 2023–24 PWHL Boston season was the team's inaugural season as a member of the newly created Professional Women's Hockey League. They played their home games at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts.
== Offseason ==
On September 1, 2023, Boston hired Danielle Marmer as its general manager. The team hired Courtney Kessel as its first head coach on September 15. In November, it was announced that the team would play its home games at the Tsongas Center in Lowell.
On September 7, Boston announced the signings of its first three players, American national team members Hilary Knight, Aerin Frankel, and Megan Keller. Knight was named team captain, with Keller and Jamie Lee Rattray named assistant captains.
== Standings ==
==Schedule and results==
=== Regular season ===
Boston hosted its inaugural game on January 3, 2024, against Minnesota. Theresa Schafzahl scored the team's first goal in the second period; however, Minnesota went on to win the game by a score of 3–2. Boston secured its first win in its second game, defeating Montréal in overtime by a score of 3–2 on a goal by Amanda Pelkey.
=== Regular season schedule ===
The regular season schedule was published on November 30, 2023.
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| 1 || January 3 || PWHL Minnesota || 2–3 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 4,012 || 0–0–0–1 || 0 || 
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| – || January 8 || PWHL Ottawa || colspan="8"|Postponed due to inclement weather. Moved to February 19.
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| 2 || January 13 || @ PWHL Montreal || 3–2 || OT || Frankel || Verdun Auditorium || 3,245 || 0–1–0–1 || 2 || 
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| 3 || January 17 || @ PWHL Toronto || 3–2 || || Söderberg || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,491 || 1–1–0–1 || 5 || 
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| 4 || January 20 || PWHL New York || 1–4 || || Söderberg || Tsongas Center || 4,007 || 1–1–0–2 || 5 || 
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| 5 || January 24 || @ PWHL Ottawa || 3–2 || || Frankel || TD Place Arena || 5,208 || 2–1–0–2 || 8 || 
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| 6 || January 27 || PWHL Minnesota || 4–3 || OT || Söderberg || Tsongas Center || 4,059 || 2–2–0–2 || 10 || 
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| 7 || February 4 || PWHL Montreal || 1–2 || OT || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 4,210 || 2–2–1–2 || 11 || 
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| 8 || February 14 || PWHL Toronto || 3–5 || || Söderberg || Tsongas Center || 1,791 || 2–2–1–3 || 11 || 
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| 9 || February 17 || PWHL New York || 1–2 || OT || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 4,002 || 2–2–2–3 || 12 || 
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| 10 || February 19 || PWHL Ottawa || 2–4 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 2,849 || 2–2–2–4 || 12 || 
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| 11 || February 21 || PWHL Ottawa || 3–1 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 1,889 || 3–2–2–4 || 15 || 
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| 12 || February 25 || @ PWHL Minnesota || 2–0 || || Frankel || Xcel Energy Center || 10,186 || 4–2–2–4 || 18 || 
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| 13 || March 2 || @ PWHL Montreal || 1–3 || || Frankel || Verdun Auditorium || 3,232 || 4–2–2–5 || 18 || 
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| 14 || March 6 || @ PWHL Toronto || 1–3 || || Frankel || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,479 || 4–2–2–6 || 18 || 
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| 15 || March 10 || PWHL New York || 3–2 || OT || Söderberg || Tsongas Center || 4,607 || 4–3–2–6 || 20 || 
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| 16 || March 13 || @ PWHL Minnesota || 0–4 || || Frankel || Xcel Energy Center || 4,669 || 4–3–2–7 || 20 || 
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| 17 || March 16 || PWHL Ottawa || 2–1 || SO || Frankel || Little Caesars Arena || 13,736 || 4–4–2–7 || 22 || 
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| 18 || March 20 || @ PWHL Toronto || 1–2 || || Söderberg || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,525 || 4–4–2–8 || 22 || 
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| 19 || March 25 || @ PWHL New York || 2–3 || || Frankel || UBS Arena || 2,834 || 4–4–2–9 || 22 || 
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| 20 || April 18 || PWHL Toronto || 2–1 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 4,084 || 5–4–2–9 || 25 || 
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| 21 || April 20 || @ PWHL New York || 2–1 || || Frankel || Prudential Center || 5,132 || 6–4–2–9 || 28 || 
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| 22 || April 24 || @ PWHL Ottawa || 2–3 || SO || Frankel || TD Place Arena || 7,686 || 6–4–3–9 || 29 || 
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| 23 || April 27 || @ PWHL Minnesota || 2–1 || || Söderberg || Xcel Energy Center || 9,977 || 7–4–3–9 || 32 || 
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| 24 || May 4 || PWHL Montreal || 3–4 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 5,964 || 8–4–3–9 || 35 || 
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===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.
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| 1 || May 9 || @ Montreal || 2–1 || OT || Frankel || Place Bell || 9,135 || 1–0 || 
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| 2 || May 11 || @ Montreal || 2–1 || 3OT || Frankel || Place Bell || 10,172 || 2–0 || 
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| 3 || May 14 || Montreal || 3–2 || OT || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 2,781 || 3–0 || 
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| 1 || May 19 || Minnesota || 4–3 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 4,508 || 1–0 || 
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| 2 || May 21 || Minnesota || 0–3 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 4,543 || 1–1 || 
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| 3 || May 24 || @ Minnesota || 1–4 || || Frankel || Xcel Energy Center || 9,054 || 1–2 || 
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| 4 || May 26 || @ Minnesota || 1–0 || 2OT || Frankel || Xcel Energy Center || 13,104 || 2–2 || 
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| 5 || May 29 || Minnesota || 0–3 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 6,309 || 2–3 || 
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player 	 	 	 	 	 		
Alina Müller 	24	5	11	16	56		6
Megan Keller 	24	4	11	15	53		12
Hilary Knight 	24	6	5 	11	84		6
Jamie Lee Rattray 	24	3	8 	11	65		8
Hannah Brandt 	24	5	5 	10	39		4
Susanna Tapani 	17	2	6 	8 	38		6
Loren Gabel 	17	4	3 	7 	46		2
Taylor Girard 	23	4	2 	6 	30		4
Theresa Schafzahl 	20	3	3 	6 	23		0
Sophie Shirley 	20	3	2 	5 	25		6
Emily Brown 	24	1	3 	4 	20		12
Gigi Marvin 	24	1	3 	4 	21		6
Sidney Morin 	24	1	3 	4 	69		2
Kaleigh Fratkin 	24	2	1 	3 	11		26
Lexie Adzija 	7 	1	2 	3 	7 		2
Nicole Kosta 	10	1	2 	3 	5 		2
Jess Healey 	22	1	2 	3 	14		8
Jessica Digirolamo	24	0	3 	3 	25		8
Amanda Pelkey 	23	1	1 	2 	20		8
Abby Cook 	9 	1	0 	1 	6 		2
Kelly Babstock 	4 	0	1 	1 	1 		2
Taylor Wenczkowski	16	0	0 	0 	2 		2
Playoffs
Player 	 	 	 	 	 		
Susanna Tapani 	8	3	1	4	13		2
Megan Keller 	8	0	4	4	12		10
Alina Müller 	8	2	1	3	19		0
Amanda Pelkey 	8	2	1	3	9 		0
Gigi Marvin 	8	0	3	3	8 		0
Theresa Schafzahl 	8	0	3	3	7 		0
Taylor Wenczkowski	8	2	0	2	4 		2
Hannah Brandt 	8	1	1	2	10		4
Sophie Shirley 	8	1	1	2	14		0
Emily Brown 	8	0	2	2	6 		0
Sidney Morin 	8	0	2	2	20		0
Lexie Adzija 	8	1	0	1	10		7
Jess Healey 	8	1	0	1	3 		0
Jamie Lee Rattray 	6	0	1	1	11		4
Abby Cook 	2	0	0	0	0 		0
Nicole Kosta 	2	0	0	0	1 		0
Loren Gabel 	6	0	0	0	4 		0
Kelly Babstock 	8	0	0	0	7 		4
Jessica Digirolamo	8	0	0	0	11		2
Kaleigh Fratkin 	8	0	0	0	13		8
Hilary Knight 	8	0	0	0	31		2
===Goaltenders===
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Aerin Frankel 	18	1050:52	8	6	2	35	2.00	490	0.929	1	0	0	0
Emma Söderberg	8 	401:24 	4	3	0	17	2.54	170	0.900	0	0	0	0
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Aerin Frankel	8	580:58	5	3	0	14	1.45	300	0.953	1	0	0	0
==Awards and honors==
===Milestones===
Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
Theresa Schafzahl 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 3, 2024
Theresa Schafzahl 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Megan Keller 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 3, 2024
Megan Keller 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Jamie Lee Rattray 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 3, 2024
Jamie Lee Rattray 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Sophie Shirley 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 3, 2024
Sophie Shirley 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Alina Müller 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 3, 2024
Alina Müller 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Sidney Morin 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 3, 2024
Sidney Morin 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Emily Brown 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Taylor Wenczkowski	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Kaleigh Fratkin 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Amanda Pelkey 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Taylor Girard 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Sophie Jaques 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Gigi Marvin 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Hannah Brandt 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Hilary Knight 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Jessica DiGirolamo	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Shiann Darkangelo 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Loren Gabel 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Jess Healey 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Aerin Frankel 	1st career PWHL game 	January 3, 2024
Aerin Frankel 	1st career PWHL loss 	January 3, 2024
Taylor Girard 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 13, 2024
Hannah Brandt 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 13, 2024
Amanda Pelkey 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 13, 2024
Amanda Pelkey 	1st career PWHL overtime goal	January 13, 2024
Gigi Marvin 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 13, 2024
Theresa Schafzahl 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 13, 2024
Aerin Frankel 	1st career PWHL win 	January 13, 2024
Aerin Frankel 	1st career PWHL overtime win 	January 13, 2024
Loren Gabel 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 17, 2024
Loren Gabel 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 17, 2024
Emily Brown 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 17, 2024
Emma Söderberg 	1st career PWHL game 	January 17, 2024
Emma Söderberg 	1st career PWHL win 	January 17, 2024
Alina Müller 	5th career PWHL assist 	January 20, 2024
Emma Söderberg 	1st career PWHL loss 	January 20, 2024
Alina Müller 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 24, 2024
Jamie Lee Rattray 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 24, 2024
Megan Keller 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 24, 2024
Kaleigh Fratkin 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 27, 2024
Hilary Knight 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 27, 2024
Jessica Digirolamo	1st career PWHL assist 	January 27, 2024
Shiann Darkangelo 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 27, 2024
Nicole Kosta 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 27, 2024
Hilary Knight 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 27, 2024
Sophie Shirley 	1st career PWHL goal 	February 4, 2024
Hanna Brandt 	1st career PWHL assist 	February 4, 2024
Taylor Girard 	1st career PWHL assist 	February 14, 2024
Madison Packer 	1st career PWHL assist 	February 17, 2024
Megan Keller 	5th career PWHL assist 	February 19, 2024
Jess Healey 	1st career PWHL assist 	February 21, 2024
Kaleigh Fratkin 	1st career PWHL assist 	February 21, 2024
Gigi Marvin 	1st career PWHL goal 	February 25, 2024
Jamie Lee Rattray 	5th career PWHL assist 	February 25, 2024
Jess Healey 	1st career PWHL goal 	March 6, 2024
Amanda Pelkey 	1st career PWHL assist 	March 6, 2024
Alina Müller 	10th career PWHL assist 	March 10, 2024
Susanna Tapani 	5th career PWHL assist 	March 10, 2024
Sidney Morin 	1st career PWHL goal 	March 20, 2024
Emily Brown 	1st career PWHL goal 	April 18, 2024
Nicole Kosta 	1st career PWHL goal 	April 20, 2024
Lexie Adzija 	5th career PWHL assist 	April 20, 2024
Megan Keller 	10th career PWHL assist 	April 20, 2024
Kelly Babstock 	1st career PWHL game 	April 20, 2024
Hilary Knight 	5th career PWHL goal 	April 24, 2024
Hannah Brandt 	5th career PWHL goal 	April 27, 2024
Alina Müller 	5th career PWHL goal 	May 4, 2024
Hilary Knight 	5th career PWHL assist 	May 4, 2024
Hannah Brandt 	5th career PWHL assist 	May 4, 2024
Kelly Babstock 	1st career PWHL assist 	May 4, 2024
==Transactions==
Boston has been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 PWHL season.
=== Signings ===
Date 	Player 	Position	Term 	Previous Team 	Ref
September 7, 2023	Aerin Frankel 	G 	3 years	Team Adidas 	
September 7, 2023	Megan Keller 	D 	3 years	Team Scotiabank 	
September 7, 2023	Hilary Knight 	F 	3 years	Team Sonnet 	
October 27, 2023 	Sophie Jaques 	D 	3 years	Ohio State 	
October 30, 2023 	Alina Müller 	F 	3 years	Northeastern 	
October 31, 2023 	Emma Söderberg 	G 	2 years	Minnesota Duluth 	
October 31, 2023 	Jamie Lee Rattray 	F 	3 years	Team Harvey's 	
November 1, 2023 	Theresa Schafzahl 	F 	2 years	Vermont 	
November 2, 2023 	Sophie Shirley 	F 	1 year 	Wisconsin 	
November 2, 2023 	Emma Buckles 	D 	1 year 	Team Sonnet 	
November 3, 2023 	Hannah Brandt 	F 	1 year 	Team Sonnet 	
November 3, 2023 	Jess Healey 	D 	1 year 	Buffalo Beauts 	
November 6, 2023 	Emily Brown 	D 	1 year 	Team Sonnet 	
November 7, 2023 	Kaleigh Fratkin 	D 	1 year 	Boston Pride 	
November 8, 2023 	Taylor Girard 	F 	2 years	Connecticut Whale 	
November 8, 2023 	Jessica DiGirolamo	D 	2 years	Team Adidas 	
November 9, 2023 	Shiann Darkangelo 	F 	1 year 	Toronto Six 	
November 9, 2023 	Loren Gabel 	F 	2 years	Boston Pride 	
November 10, 2023	Nicole Kosta 	F 	1 year 	Team Scotiabank 	
December 11, 2023	Cami Kronish 	G 	1 year 	Wisconsin 	
December 19, 2023	Taylor Wenczkowski	F 	1 year 	Boston Pride 	
December 19, 2023	Sidney Morin 	D 	1 year 	Minnesota Whitecaps 	
December 20, 2023	Gigi Marvin 	F 	1 year 	Team Adidas 	
December 20, 2023	Amanda Pelkey 	F 	1 year 	Metropolitan Riveters	
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To MinnesotaSophie Jaques	To BostonSusanna TapaniAbby Cook	
==References==
===Recaps===
==External links==
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