2023–24 PWHL Ottawa season

The 2023–24 PWHL Ottawa season is the team's inaugural season as a member of the newly created Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). They play their home games at TD Place Arena in Ottawa.
== 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 ==
==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 Montreal 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 in 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.
=== Regular season schedule ===
The regular season schedule was published on November 30, 2023.
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| 1 || January 2 || PWHL Montreal || 2–3 || OT || Maschmeyer || TD Place Arena || 8,318 || 0–0–1–0 || 1 || 
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| – || January 8 || @ PWHL Boston || colspan="8"|Postponed due to inclement weather. Moved to February 19.
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| 2 || January 13 || @ PWHL Toronto || 5–1 || || Maschmeyer || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,416 || 1–0–1–0 || 4 || 
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| 3 || January 17 || PWHL Minnesota || 2–3 || OT || Maschmeyer || TD Place Arena || 5,609 || 1–0–2–0 || 5 || 
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| 4 || January 23 || PWHL Toronto || 3–1 || || Maschmeyer || TD Place Arena || 6,316 || 2–0–2–0 || 8 ||
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| 5 || January 24 || PWHL Boston || 2–3 || || Maschmeyer || TD Place Arena || 5,208 || 2–0–2–1 || 8 ||
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| 6 || January 27 || @ PWHL Montreal || 1–2 || OT || Maschmeyer || Place Bell || 8,646 || 2–0–3–1 || 9 || 
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| 7 || February 4 || PWHL New York || 3–4 || OT || Maschmeyer || TD Place Arena || 8,062 || 2–0–4–1 || 10 || 
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| 8 || February 14 || @ PWHL Minnesota || 1–2 || || Maschmeyer || Xcel Energy Center || 6,276 || 2–0–4–2 || 10 ||
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| 9 || February 17 || PWHL Minnesota || 1–2 || || Maschmeyer || TD Place Arena || 8,407 || 2–0–4–3 || 10 || 
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| 10 || February 19 || @ PWHL Boston || 4–2 || || Maschmeyer || Tsongas Center || 2,849 || 3–0–4–3 || 13 || 
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| 11 || February 21 || @ PWHL Boston || 1–2 || || Maschmeyer || Tsongas Center || 1,889 || 3–0–4–4 || 13 || 
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| 12 || February 24 || @ PWHL Montreal || 3–6 || || Maschmeyer || Verdun Auditorium || 3,232 || 3–0–4–5 || 13 || 
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| 13 || February 28 || PWHL New York || 4–2 || || Maschmeyer || TD Place Arena || 6,889 || 4–0–4–5 || 16 || 
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| 14 || March 2 || PWHL Toronto || 2–5 || || Maschmeyer || TD Place Arena || 8,447 || 4–0–4–6 || 16 || 
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| 15 || March 5 || @ PWHL Minnesota || 3–4 || SO || Abstreiter || Xcel Energy Center || 4,585 || 4–0–5–6 || 17 || 
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| 16 || March 10 || @ PWHL Montreal || 4–2 || || Maschmeyer || Place Bell || 10,172 || 5–0–5–6 || 20 || 
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| 17 || March 16 || @ PWHL Boston || 1–2 || SO || Maschmeyer || Little Caesars Arena || 13,736 || 5–0–6–6 || 21 || 
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| 18 || March 20 || @ PWHL New York || 3–0 || || Maschmeyer || Total Mortgage Arena || 1,702 || 6–0–6–6 || 24 || 
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| 19 || March 23 || PWHL Toronto || 5–3 || || Maschmeyer || TD Place Arena || 8,448 || 7–0–6–6 || 27 || 
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| 20 || April 20 || PWHL Minnesota || 4–0 || || Maschmeyer || TD Place Arena || 8,110 || 8–0–6–6 || 30 ||
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| 21 || April 24 || PWHL Boston || 3–2 || SO || Maschmeyer || TD Place Arena || 7,686 || 8–1–6–6 || 32 ||
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| 22 || April 27 || PWHL Montreal || 0–2 || || Maschmeyer || TD Place Arena || 8,452 || 8–1–6–7 || 32 || 
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| 23 || April 30 || @ PWHL New York || 3–4 || || Maschmeyer || Prudential Center || 2,992 || 8–1–6–8 || 32 || 
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| 24 || May 5 || @ PWHL Toronto || 2–5 || || Maschmeyer || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,620 || 8–1–6–9 || 32 || 
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==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player 	 	 	 	 	 		
Brianne Jenner 	24	9 	11	20	78		4
Kateřina Mrázová 	23	6 	12	18	30		16
Daryl Watts 	24	10	7 	17	73		8
Emily Clark 	24	4 	11	15	74		10
Gabbie Hughes 	24	9 	3 	12	61		20
Savannah Harmon 	24	3 	9 	12	49		8
Hayley Scamurra 	24	5 	5 	10	91		2
Aneta Tejralová 	23	2 	6 	8 	20		8
Ashton Bell 	24	2 	5 	7 	36		2
Natalie Snodgrass 	23	1 	5 	6 	30		10
Jincy Roese 	24	0 	5 	5 	30		14
Zoe Boyd 	16	0 	3 	3 	11		2
Becca Gilmore 	22	0 	3 	3 	21		2
Akane Shiga 	24	2 	0 	2 	17		4
Tereza Vanišová 	6 	0 	2 	2 	7 		21
Kristin Della Rovere 	9 	1 	0 	1 	7 		0
Fanni Garát-Gasparics	15	1 	0 	1 	17		4
Shiann Darkangelo 	7 	0 	0 	0 	5 		4
Malia Schneider 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1 		0
Sammy Davis 	9 	0 	0 	0 	1 		0
Samantha Isbell 	7 	0 	0 	0 	1 		0
Rosalie Demers 	13	0 	0 	0 	6 		4
Emma Buckles 	15	0 	0 	0 	3 		0
===Goaltenders===
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Emerance Maschmeyer	23	1332:07	9	9	4	51	2.30	599	0.915	2	0	1	0
Sandra Abstreiter 	3 	116:42 	0	0	0	6 	3.08	69 	0.913	0	0	0	0
==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 	Ref
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 	
==References==
===Recaps===
==External links==
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