Montreal’s Professional Women’s Hockey League team can book a ticket to the post-season on Wednesday night. But just securing a playoff spot won’t quite satisfy general manager Danièle Sauvageau as the regular season nears the finish line.
Montreal’s Professional Women’s Hockey League team can book a ticket to the post-season on Wednesday night. But just securing a playoff spot won’t quite satisfy general manager Danièle Sauvageau as the regular season nears the finish line.
"You want to come in first at the end of the day," alternate captain Laura Stacey said."You want to be the best team." "I established a list of criteria so that when we're in that situation we won't choose based on emotion, we'll choose based on the criteria that we've given ourselves,” she said.Toronto became the first team in league history to clinch a playoff spot after Saturday’s 3-2 overtime win over Montreal before a record women’s hockey crowd of 21,105 at the Bell Centre.
"Tomorrow against New York, a team that's fighting for their life, we need to come in with that same energy," Stacey said."We're also fighting for our life. We want to clinch a playoff spot. We want to clinch a spot that we want to be in.:Boulier, traded from Ottawa to Montreal at the PWHL trade deadline on March 18, travelled from New York back to Ottawa that night to pack her belongings before hitting the road to Montreal at 4:30 a.m.
Ambrose recorded the first four-point game in PWHL history with four assists against Minnesota last Thursday before adding a goal Saturday against Toronto to earn the league’s first star of the week. She leads all defenders with 15 points in 21 games.
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