2023–24 PWHL Toronto season

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2023–24 PWHL Toronto
League1 PWHL
2023–24 record11–4–0–7
Home record6–1–0–3
Road record5–3–0–4
Goals for60
Goals against47
Team information
General managerGina Kingsbury[1]
CoachTroy Ryan[1]
Assistant coachRachel Flanagan[1]
CaptainBlayre Turnbull
Alternate captainsRenata Fast
Jocelyne Larocque
ArenaMattamy Athletic Centre
Scotiabank Arena
Average attendance4,176
Team leaders
GoalsNatalie Spooner (16)[2]
AssistsEmma Maltais (13)[2]
PointsNatalie Spooner (23)[2]
Penalty minutesBlayre Turnbull (16)[2]
Plus/minusNatalie Spooner (+9)[2]
WinsKristen Campbell (14)[3]
Goals against averageErica Howe (1.89)
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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[edit]

On September 1, 2023, PWHL Toronto hired Gina Kingsbury as their first general manager.[4][5] Troy Ryan was named as Toronto's first head coach on September 15, and Rachel Flanagan was hired as assistant coach on October 6.[6][7] On November 28, it was revealed that Toronto would play their home games at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.[8]

On September 6, Toronto announced the signings of their first three players, Canadian national team members Sarah Nurse, Renata Fast, and Blayre Turnbull.[9] On December 29, Turnbull was named captain, with Fast and second overall draft pick Jocelyne Larocque named assistant captains.[10]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Toronto (X) 22 11 4 0 7 60 47 +13 41
2 Montreal (X) 23 10 3 5 5 57 53 +4 41
3 Minnesota 22 8 4 3 7 51 45 +6 35
4 Ottawa 22 8 1 6 7 57 54 +3 32
5 Boston 23 7 4 3 9 46 54 −8 32
6 New York (E) 22 3 4 3 12 44 62 −18 20
Updated to match(es) played on April 28, 2024. Source: PWHL
(E) Eliminated; (X) Clinched playoff berth

Schedule and results[edit]

Regular season[edit]

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.[11] Toronto won its first game in a re-match against New York on January 5, winning by a score of 3–2.[12]

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".[13] 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.[14]

Regular season schedule[edit]

The regular season schedule was published on November 30, 2023.[15]

Regular season schedule (Home: 6–1–0–3; Road: 5–3–0–4)
January: 2–1–0–5, 8 points (Home: 1–0–0–3; Road: 1–1–0–2)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
1 January 1 PWHL New York 0–4 Campbell Mattamy Athletic Centre 2,537 0–0–0–1 0 [Recap 1]
2 January 5 @ PWHL New York 3–2 Campbell Total Mortgage Arena 2,152 1–0–0–1 3 [Recap 2]
3 January 10 @ PWHL Minnesota 1–3 Campbell Xcel Energy Center 4,707 1–0–0–2 3 [Recap 3]
4 January 13 PWHL Ottawa 1–5 Campbell Mattamy Athletic Centre 2,417 1–0–0–3 3 [Recap 4]
5 January 17 PWHL Boston 2–3 Campbell Mattamy Athletic Centre 2,491 1–0–0–4 3 [Recap 5]
6 January 20 @ PWHL Montreal 4–3 SO Campbell Verdun Auditorium 3,232 1–1–0–4 5 [Recap 6]
7 January 23 @ PWHL Ottawa 1–3 Howe TD Place Arena 6,316 1–1–0–5 5 [Recap 7]
8 January 26 PWHL New York 2-0 Campbell Mattamy Athletic Centre 2,506 2–1-0-5 8 [Recap 8]
February: 3–2–0–0, 13 points (Home: 2–1–0–0; Road: 1–1–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
9 February 3 PWHL Minnesota 4-1 Campbell Mattamy Athletic Centre 2,470 3–1-0-5 11 [Recap 9]
10 February 14 @ PWHL Boston 5-3 Campbell Tsongas Center 1,791 4-1-0-5 14 [Recap 10]
11 February 16 PWHL Montreal 3-0 Campbell Scotiabank Arena 19,285 5-1-0-5 17 [Recap 11]
12 February 23 PWHL New York 2–1 SO Campbell Mattamy Athletic Centre 2,494 5–2–0–5 19 [Recap 12]
13 February 27 @ PWHL Minnesota 4–3 OT Campbell 3M Arena at Mariucci 2,718 5–3–0–5 21 [Recap 13]
March: 5–0–0–1, 15 points (Home: 3–0–0–0; Road: 2–0–0–1)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
14 March 2 @ PWHL Ottawa 5–2 Campbell TD Place Arena 8,447 6–3–0–5 24 [Recap 14]
15 March 6 PWHL Boston 3–1 Campbell Mattamy Athletic Centre 2,479 7–3–0–5 27 [Recap 15]
16 March 8 PWHL Montreal 3–0 Campbell Mattamy Athletic Centre 2,554 8–3–0–5 30 [Recap 16]
17 March 17 @ PWHL Montreal 2–1 Campbell PPG Paints Arena 8,850 9–3–0–5 33 [Recap 17]
18 March 20 PWHL Boston 2–1 Howe Mattamy Athletic Centre 2,525 10–3–0–5 36 [Recap 18]
19 March 23 @ PWHL Ottawa 3–5 Campbell TD Place Arena 8,448 10–3–0–6 36 [Recap 19]
April: 1–1–0–1, 5 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 1–1–0–1)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
20 April 18 @ PWHL Boston 1–2 Campbell Tsongas Center 4,084 10–3–0–7 36 [Recap 20]
21 April 20 @ PWHL Montreal 3–2 OT Campbell Bell Centre 21,105 10–4–0–7 38 [Recap 21]
22 April 28 @ PWHL New York 6–2 Campbell UBS Arena 1,668 11–4–0–7 41 [Recap 22]
May: 0–0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
23 May 1 PWHL Minnesota Mattamy Athletic Centre
24 May 5 PWHL Ottawa Mattamy Athletic Centre

  Regulation Win (3 points)   Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Regulation Loss (0 points)

Player statistics[edit]

As of April 28, 2024[2]

Skaters[edit]

Regular season[2]
Player GP G A Pts SOG +/− PIM
Natalie Spooner 22 16 7 23 91 +9 4
Sarah Nurse 22 10 10 20 61 +5 14
Emma Maltais 22 3 13 16 39 +6 14
Renata Fast 22 3 9 12 46 –1 10
Hannah Miller 21 6 5 11 37 +5 6
Jocelyne Larocque 21 1 9 10 39 +6 6
Blayre Turnbull 22 3 6 9 57 +2 16
Rebecca Leslie 22 2 7 9 36 +3 12
Brittany Howard 21 2 5 7 32 –1 10
Maggie Connors 22 3 3 6 33 +1 6
Kali Flanagan 22 3 3 6 27 +6 2
Allie Munroe 22 1 5 6 16 0 12
Jesse Compher 22 1 4 5 30 0 8
Victoria Bach 14 1 3 4 21 +2 2
Alexa Vasko 22 2 0 2 12 –2 4
Samantha Cogan 21 1 0 1 17 –6 6
Olivia Knowles 18 0 1 1 3 +6 6
Lauriane Rougeau 22 0 1 1 11 +3 2
Jess Jones 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maude Poulin-Labelle 11 0 0 0 5 –4 0
Kaitlin Willoughby 21 0 0 0 7 –3 2

Goaltenders[edit]

Regular season[3]
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Kristen Campbell 20 1174:07 14 6 0 40 2.04 518 0.923 3 0 1 0
Erica Howe 3 158:24 1 1 0 5 1.89 63 0.921 0 0 0 0

Awards and honours[edit]

Milestones[edit]

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Jocelyne Larocque 1st career PWHL game January 1, 2024[Recap 1]
Lauriane Rougeau
Kali Flanagan
Olivia Knowles
Alexa Vasko
Allie Munroe
Renata Fast
Samantha Cogan
Jesse Compher
Rebecca Leslie
Sarah Nurse
Maggie Connors
Natalie Spooner
Emma Maltais
Kaitlin Willoughby
Hannah Miller
Blayre Turnbull
Brittany Howard
Maude Poulin-Labelle
Kristen Campbell 1st career PWHL game
1st career PWHL loss
Natalie Spooner 1st goal in franchise history January 5, 2024[Recap 2]
1st career PWHL goal
1st career PWHL power-play goal
Alexa Vasko 1st career PWHL goal
Emma Maltais 1st career PWHL goal
1st career PWHL short-handed goal
Sarah Nurse 1st assist in franchise history
1st career PWHL assist
Renata Fast 1st career PWHL assist
Rebecca Leslie
Brittany Howard
Jesse Compher
Jocelyne Larocque
Kristen Campbell 1st career PWHL win
Sarah Nurse 1st career PWHL goal January 10, 2024[Recap 3]
Allie Munroe 1st career PWHL assist January 13, 2024[Recap 4]
Emma Maltais
Hannah Miller 1st career PWHL goal January 17, 2024[Recap 5]
Jocelyne Larocque 1st career PWHL goal January 20, 2024[Recap 6]
Maggie Connors 1st career PWHL goal
1st career PWHL assist
Rebecca Leslie 5th career PWHL assist
Kristen Campbell 1st career shoot-out win
Brittany Howard 1st career PWHL goal January 23, 2024[Recap 7]
Blayre Turnbull 1st career PWHL assist
Hannah Miller 1st career PWHL assist January 26, 2024[Recap 8]
Natalie Spooner 5th career PWHL goal
Kristen Campbell 1st career PWHL shutout
Renata Fast 1st career PWHL goal February 3, 2024[Recap 9]
Blayre Turnbull
Natalie Spooner 1st career PWHL assist
Natalie Spooner 1st career PWHL hat-trick February 14, 2024[Recap 10]
10th career PWHL goal
Kali Flanagan 1st career PWHL goal
Lauriane Rougeau 1st career PWHL assist
Kristen Campbell
Emma Maltais 5th career PWHL assist
Victoria Bach 1st career PWHL game
Jesse Compher 1st career PWHL goal February 16, 2024[Recap 11]
Victoria Bach
Jocelyne Larocque 5th career PWHL assist February 23, 2024[Recap 12]
Victoria Bach 1st career PWHL assist February 27, 2024[Recap 13]
Samantha Cogan 1st career PWHL goal March 2, 2024[Recap 14]
Sarah Nurse 5th career PWHL assist
Renata Fast
Allie Munroe 1st career PWHL goal March 6, 2024[Recap 15]
Hannah Miller 5th career PWHL goal March 8, 2024[Recap 16]
Rebecca Leslie 1st career PWHL goal
Blayre Turnbull 5th career PWHL assist
Olivia Knowles 1st career PWHL assist
Natalie Spooner 5th career PWHL assist March 17, 2024[Recap 17]
Kali Flanagan 1st career PWHL assist
Sarah Nurse 10th career PWHL assist March 20, 2024[Recap 18]
Natalie Spooner 15th career PWHL goal March 23, 2024[Recap 19]
Sarah Nurse
5th career PWHL goal
Emma Maltais 10th career PWHL assist April 18, 2024[Recap 20]
Allie Munroe 5th career PWHL assist April 20, 2024[Recap 21]
Sarah Nurse 1st career PWHL hat-trick April 28, 2024[Recap 22]
10th career PWHL goal
Hannah Miller 5th career PWHL assist
Brittany Howard

Transactions[edit]

Signings[edit]

Date Player Position Term Previous Team Ref
September 6, 2023 Sarah Nurse F 3 years Team Adidas [16][17]
September 6, 2023 Renata Fast D 3 years Team Adidas [16][17]
September 6, 2023 Blayre Turnbull F 3 years Team Scotiabank [16][17]
October 31, 2023 Maggie Connors F 2 years Princeton Tigers [16][17]
November 2, 2023 Rebecca Leslie F 1 year Team Sonnet [16][17]
November 3, 2023 Emma Maltais F 3 years Ohio State Buckeyes [16][17]
November 7, 2023 Jesse Compher F 2 years Wisconsin Badgers [16][17]
November 8, 2023 Jocelyne Larocque D 3 years Team Adidas [16][17]
November 8, 2023 Kristen Campbell G 3 years Team Scotiabank [16][17]
November 9, 2023 Brittany Howard F 1 year Toronto Six [16][17]
November 9, 2023 Allie Munroe D 1 year Connecticut Whale [16][17]
November 10, 2023 Kali Flanagan D 2 years Boston Pride [16][17]
November 10, 2023 Erica Howe G 1 year Team Sonnet [16][17]
November 14, 2023 Natalie Spooner F 2 years Team Scotiabank [16][17]
November 15, 2023 Hannah Miller F 1 year Shenzhen KRS [16][17]
November 29, 2023 Alexa Vasko F 1 year Team Sonnet [16]

References[edit]

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  3. ^ a b "Goalie Stats". ThePWHL.com. Professional Women's Hockey League. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  4. ^ Kennedy, Ian (September 1, 2023). "Meet The PWHL's Six General Managers". The Hockey News. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 19, 2023. The PWHL named their six GMs - Danielle Marmer (Boston), Natalie Darwitz (Minnesota), Danièle Sauvageau (Montreal), Pascal Daoust (New York), Michael Hirshfeld (Ottawa), and Gina Kingsbury (Toronto).
  5. ^ Kennedy, Ian (September 1, 2023). "Watch: Gina Kingsbury Talks About Building Toronto's Newest Pro Hockey Team". The Hockey News. Retrieved December 19, 2023. Gina Kingsbury discusses her new role as the general manager of the PWHL's Toronto franchise.
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Recaps[edit]

  1. ^ a b "PWHL New York @ PWHL Toronto". ThePWHL.com. January 1, 2024. Archived from the original on January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL New York". ThePWHL.com. January 5, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL Minnesota". ThePWHL.com. January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "PWHL Ottawa @ PWHL Toronto". ThePWHL.com. January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "PWHL Boston @ PWHL Toronto". ThePWHL.com. January 17, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. January 20, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL Ottawa". ThePWHL.com. January 23, 2024. Archived from the original on January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "PWHL New York @ PWHL Toronto". ThePWHL.com. January 26, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "PWHL Minnesota @ PWHL Toronto". ThePWHL.com. February 3, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL Boston". ThePWHL.com. February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "PWHL Montreal @ PWHL Toronto". ThePWHL.com. February 16, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  12. ^ a b "PWHL New York @ PWHL Toronto". ThePWHL.com. February 23, 2024. Archived from the original on February 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  13. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL Minnesota". ThePWHL.com. February 28, 2024. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  14. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL Ottawa". ThePWHL.com. March 2, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  15. ^ a b "PWHL Boston @ PWHL Toronto". ThePWHL.com. March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  16. ^ a b "PWHL Montreal @ PWHL Toronto". ThePWHL.com. March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  17. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. March 17, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  18. ^ a b "PWHL Boston @ PWHL Toronto". ThePWHL.com. March 20, 2024. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  19. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL Ottawa". ThePWHL.com. March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  20. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL Boston". ThePWHL.com. April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
  21. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL Montreal". ThePWHL.com. April 20, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  22. ^ a b "PWHL Toronto @ PWHL New York". ThePWHL.com. April 28, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

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