2023–24 PWHL Toronto season

The 2023–24 season is the inaugural season of PWHL Toronto as a member of the newly created Professional Women's Hockey League. They play their home games at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto.
== Offseason ==
On September 1, 2023, PWHL Toronto hired Gina Kingsbury as their first general manager. Troy Ryan was named as Toronto's first head coach on September 15, and Rachel Flanagan was hired as assistant coach on October 6. On November 28, it was revealed that Toronto would play their home games at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.
On September 6, Toronto announced the signings of their first three players, Canadian national team members Sarah Nurse, Renata Fast, and Blayre Turnbull. On December 29, Turnbull was named captain, with Fast and second overall draft pick Jocelyne Larocque named assistant captains.
== Standings ==
==Schedule and results==
=== Regular season ===
Toronto hosted the first ever PWHL game at a sold-out Mattamy Athletic Centre on January 1, 2024. New York won the game by a score of 4–0. Toronto won its first game in a re-match against New York on January 5, winning by a score of 3–2.
On January 25, it was announced that Toronto would host its February 16 match against Montreal 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.
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| 1 || January 1 || PWHL New York || 0–4 || || Campbell || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,537 || 0–0–0–1 || 0 || 
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| 2 || January 5 || @ PWHL New York || 3–2 || || Campbell || Total Mortgage Arena || 2,152 || 1–0–0–1 || 3 || 
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| 3 || January 10 || @ PWHL Minnesota || 1–3 || || Campbell || Xcel Energy Center || 4,707 || 1–0–0–2 || 3 || 
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| 4 || January 13 || PWHL Ottawa || 1–5 || || Campbell || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,417 || 1–0–0–3 || 3 || 
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| 5 || January 17 || PWHL Boston || 2–3 || || Campbell || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,491 || 1–0–0–4 || 3 || 
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| 6 || January 20 || @ PWHL Montreal || 4–3 || SO || Campbell || Verdun Auditorium || 3,232 || 1–1–0–4 || 5 || 
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| 7 || January 23 || @ PWHL Ottawa || 1–3 || || Howe || TD Place Arena || 6,316 || 1–1–0–5 || 5 || 
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| 8 || January 26 || PWHL New York || 2-0 || || Campbell || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,506 || 2–1-0-5 || 8 || 
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| 9 || February 3 || PWHL Minnesota || 4-1 || || Campbell || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,470 || 3–1-0-5 || 11 || 
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| 10 || February 14 || @ PWHL Boston || 5-3 || || Campbell || Tsongas Center || 1,791 || 4-1-0-5 || 14 || 
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| 11 || February 16 || PWHL Montreal || 3-0 || || Campbell || Scotiabank Arena || 19,285 || 5-1-0-5 || 17 || 
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| 12 || February 23 || PWHL New York || 2–1 || SO || Campbell || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,494 || 5–2–0–5 || 19 || 
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| 13 || February 27 || @ PWHL Minnesota || 4–3 || OT || Campbell || 3M Arena at Mariucci || 2,718 || 5–3–0–5 || 21 || 
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| 14 || March 2 || @ PWHL Ottawa || 5–2 || || Campbell || TD Place Arena || 8,447 || 6–3–0–5 || 24 || 
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| 15 || March 6 || PWHL Boston || 3–1 || || Campbell || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,479 || 7–3–0–5 || 27 || 
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| 16 || March 8 || PWHL Montreal || 3–0 || || Campbell || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,554 || 8–3–0–5 || 30 || 
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| 17 || March 17 || @ PWHL Montreal || 2–1 || || Campbell || PPG Paints Arena || 8,850 || 9–3–0–5 || 33 || 
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| 18 || March 20 || PWHL Boston || 2–1 || || Howe || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,525 || 10–3–0–5 || 36 || 
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| 19 || March 23 || @ PWHL Ottawa || 3–5 || || Campbell || TD Place Arena || 8,448 || 10–3–0–6 || 36 || 
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| 20 || April 18 || @ PWHL Boston || 1–2 || || Campbell || Tsongas Center || 4,084 || 10–3–0–7 || 36 || 
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| 21 || April 20 || @ PWHL Montreal || 3–2 || OT || Campbell || Bell Centre || 21,105 || 10–4–0–7 || 38 || 
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| 22 || April 28 || @ PWHL New York || 6–2 || || Campbell || UBS Arena || 1,668 || 11–4–0–7 || 41 || 
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| 23 || May 1 || PWHL Minnesota || 4–1 || || Campbell || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,571 || 12–4–0–7 || 44 || 
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| 24 || May 5 || PWHL Ottawa || 5–2 || || Campbell || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,620 || 13–4–0–7 || 47 || 
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===Playoffs===
On May 6, 2024, Toronto elected to play Minnesota in the first round of the playoffs. Toronto will play its post-season home games at Coca-Cola Coliseum.
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| 1 || May 8 || Minnesota || 4–0 || || Campbell || Coca-Cola Coliseum || 8,473 || 1–0 || 
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| 2 || May 10 || @ Toronto || 2–0 || || Campbell || Coca-Cola Coliseum || 8,581 || 2–0 || 
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| 3 || May 13 || Toronto || 0–2 || || Campbell || Xcel Energy Center || 3,344 || 2–1 || 
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| 4 || May 15 || Toronto || 0–1 || 2OT || Campbell || Xcel Energy Center || 2,766 || 2–2 || 
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| 5 || May 17 || @ Toronto || 1–4 || || Campbell || Coca-Cola Coliseum || 8,501 || 2–3 || 
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player 	 	 	 	 	 		
Natalie Spooner 	24	20	7 	27	101		4
Sarah Nurse 	24	11	12	23	67 		14
Emma Maltais 	24	4 	15	19	44 		16
Hannah Miller 	23	7 	7 	14	39 		8
Renata Fast 	24	3 	10	13	49 		12
Jocelyne Larocque 	23	1 	9 	10	42 		6
Blayre Turnbull 	24	3 	6 	9 	63 		16
Rebecca Leslie 	24	2 	7 	9 	36 		12
Brittany Howard 	23	2 	6 	8 	33 		10
Maggie Connors 	24	3 	3 	6 	35 		6
Kali Flanagan 	24	3 	3 	6 	29 		2
Allie Munroe 	24	1 	5 	6 	17 		12
Victoria Bach 	16	2 	3 	5 	25 		2
Jesse Compher 	24	1 	4 	5 	31 		23
Samantha Cogan 	23	2 	0 	2 	18 		6
Alexa Vasko 	24	2 	0 	2 	14 		4
Olivia Knowles 	20	0 	1 	1 	6 		6
Kaitlin Willoughby 	23	0 	1 	1 	9 		2
Lauriane Rougeau 	24	0 	1 	1 	12 		4
Jess Jones 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 		0
Maude Poulin-Labelle	11	0 	0 	0 	5 		0
Playoffs
Player 	 	 	 	 	 		
Hannah Miller 	5	1	2	3	7 		0
Renata Fast 	5	0	3	3	9 		4
Blayre Turnbull 	5	2	0	2	16		0
Natalie Spooner 	3	1	1	2	10		0
Emma Maltais 	5	1	1	2	6 		2
Jesse Compher 	5	1	0	1	9 		2
Rebecca Leslie 	5	1	0	1	9 		0
Victoria Bach 	5	0	1	1	2 		0
Kali Flanagan 	5	0	1	1	5 		2
Brittany Howard 	5	0	1	1	12		0
Jocelyne Larocque 	5	0	1	1	3 		6
Allie Munroe 	5	0	1	1	2 		6
Sarah Nurse 	5	0	1	1	8 		4
Jess Jones 	2	0	0	0	0 		0
Samantha Cogan 	5	0	0	0	3 		0
Maggie Connors 	5	0	0	0	7 		0
Olivia Knowles 	5	0	0	0	2 		2
Lauriane Rougeau 	5	0	0	0	0 		0
Alexa Vasko 	5	0	0	0	1 		2
Kaitlin Willoughby	5	0	0	0	4 		0
===Goaltenders===
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kristen Campbell	22	1293:57	16	6	0	43	1.99	587	0.927	3	0	1	0
Erica Howe 	3 	158:24 	1 	1	0	5 	1.89	63 	0.921	0	0	0	0
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kristen Campbell	5	321:03	2	2	1	5	0.93	131	0.962	2	0	0	0
==Awards and honours==
===Milestones===
Regular season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached
Jocelyne Larocque 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Lauriane Rougeau 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Kali Flanagan 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Olivia Knowles 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Alexa Vasko 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Allie Munroe 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Renata Fast 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Samantha Cogan 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Jesse Compher 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Rebecca Leslie 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Sarah Nurse 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Maggie Connors 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Natalie Spooner 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Emma Maltais 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Kaitlin Willoughby 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Hannah Miller 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Blayre Turnbull 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Brittany Howard 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Maude Poulin-Labelle	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Kristen Campbell 	1st career PWHL game 	January 1, 2024
Kristen Campbell 	1st career PWHL loss 	January 1, 2024
Natalie Spooner 	1st goal in franchise history 	January 5, 2024
Natalie Spooner 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 5, 2024
Natalie Spooner 	1st career PWHL power-play goal 	January 5, 2024
Alexa Vasko 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 5, 2024
Emma Maltais 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 5, 2024
Emma Maltais 	1st career PWHL short-handed goal	January 5, 2024
Sarah Nurse 	1st assist in franchise history 	January 5, 2024
Sarah Nurse 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 5, 2024
Renata Fast 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 5, 2024
Rebecca Leslie 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 5, 2024
Brittany Howard 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 5, 2024
Jesse Compher 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 5, 2024
Jocelyne Larocque 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 5, 2024
Kristen Campbell 	1st career PWHL win 	January 5, 2024
Sarah Nurse 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 10, 2024
Allie Munroe 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 13, 2024
Emma Maltais 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 13, 2024
Hannah Miller 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 17, 2024
Jocelyne Larocque 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 20, 2024
Maggie Connors 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 20, 2024
Maggie Connors 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 20, 2024
Rebecca Leslie 	5th career PWHL assist 	January 20, 2024
Kristen Campbell 	1st career shoot-out win 	January 20, 2024
Brittany Howard 	1st career PWHL goal 	January 23, 2024
Blayre Turnbull 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 23, 2024
Hannah Miller 	1st career PWHL assist 	January 26, 2024
Natalie Spooner 	5th career PWHL goal 	January 26, 2024
Kristen Campbell 	1st career PWHL shutout 	January 26, 2024
Renata Fast 	1st career PWHL goal 	February 3, 2024
Blayre Turnbull 	1st career PWHL goal 	February 3, 2024
Natalie Spooner 	1st career PWHL assist 	February 3, 2024
Natalie Spooner 	1st career PWHL hat-trick 	February 14, 2024
Natalie Spooner 	10th career PWHL goal 	February 14, 2024
Kali Flanagan 	1st career PWHL goal 	February 14, 2024
Lauriane Rougeau 	1st career PWHL assist 	February 14, 2024
Kristen Campbell 	1st career PWHL assist 	February 14, 2024
Emma Maltais 	5th career PWHL assist 	February 14, 2024
Victoria Bach 	1st career PWHL game 	February 14, 2024
Jesse Compher 	1st career PWHL goal 	February 16, 2024
Victoria Bach 	1st career PWHL goal 	February 16, 2024
Jocelyne Larocque 	5th career PWHL assist 	February 23, 2024
Victoria Bach 	1st career PWHL assist 	February 27, 2024
Samantha Cogan 	1st career PWHL goal 	March 2, 2024
Sarah Nurse 	5th career PWHL assist 	March 2, 2024
Renata Fast 	5th career PWHL assist 	March 2, 2024
Allie Munroe 	1st career PWHL goal 	March 6, 2024
Hannah Miller 	5th career PWHL goal 	March 8, 2024
Rebecca Leslie 	1st career PWHL goal 	March 8, 2024
Blayre Turnbull 	5th career PWHL assist 	March 8, 2024
Olivia Knowles 	1st career PWHL assist 	March 8, 2024
Natalie Spooner 	5th career PWHL assist 	March 17, 2024
Kali Flanagan 	1st career PWHL assist 	March 17, 2024
Sarah Nurse 	10th career PWHL assist 	March 20, 2024
Natalie Spooner 	15th career PWHL goal 	March 23, 2024
Sarah Nurse 	15th career PWHL goal 	March 23, 2024
Sarah Nurse 	5th career PWHL goal 	March 23, 2024
Emma Maltais 	10th career PWHL assist 	April 18, 2024
Allie Munroe 	5th career PWHL assist 	April 20, 2024
Sarah Nurse 	1st career PWHL hat-trick 	April 28, 2024
Sarah Nurse 	10th career PWHL goal 	April 28, 2024
Hannah Miller 	5th career PWHL assist 	April 28, 2024
Brittany Howard 	5th career PWHL assist 	April 28, 2024
Emma Maltais 	15th career PWHL assist 	May 1, 2024
Renata Fast 	10th career PWHL assist 	May 1, 2024
Natalie Spooner 	20th career PWHL goal 	May 5, 2024
Kaitlin Willoughby 	1st career PWHL assist 	May 5, 2024
==Transactions==
=== Signings ===
Date 	Player 	Position	Term 	Previous Team 	Ref
September 6, 2023	Sarah Nurse 	F 	3 years	Team Adidas 	
September 6, 2023	Renata Fast 	D 	3 years	Team Adidas 	
September 6, 2023	Blayre Turnbull 	F 	3 years	Team Scotiabank 	
October 31, 2023 	Maggie Connors 	F 	2 years	Princeton Tigers 	
November 2, 2023 	Rebecca Leslie 	F 	1 year 	Team Sonnet 	
November 3, 2023 	Emma Maltais 	F 	3 years	Ohio State Buckeyes	
November 7, 2023 	Jesse Compher 	F 	2 years	Wisconsin Badgers 	
November 8, 2023 	Jocelyne Larocque	D 	3 years	Team Adidas 	
November 8, 2023 	Kristen Campbell 	G 	3 years	Team Scotiabank 	
November 9, 2023 	Brittany Howard 	F 	1 year 	Toronto Six 	
November 9, 2023 	Allie Munroe 	D 	1 year 	Connecticut Whale 	
November 10, 2023	Kali Flanagan 	D 	2 years	Boston Pride 	
November 10, 2023	Erica Howe 	G 	1 year 	Team Sonnet 	
November 14, 2023	Natalie Spooner 	F 	2 years	Team Scotiabank 	
November 15, 2023	Hannah Miller 	F 	1 year 	Shenzhen KRS 	
November 29, 2023	Alexa Vasko 	F 	1 year 	Team Sonnet 	
==References==
===Recaps===
==External links==
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