MONTREAL — Ann-Renée Desbiens isn't comfortable with Toronto holding the attendance record for a women's hockey game. The goalie for Montreal's Professional Women's Hockey League team believes the title should belong to her home province.
MONTREAL — Ann-Renée Desbiens isn't comfortable with Toronto holding the attendance record for a women's hockey game.
Montreal, much to Desbiens' delight, will have a chance to raise the bar even higher after the league announced her team would host Toronto on April 20 — a Saturday — at the Bell Centre, home of the NHL's Canadiens, in a game being dubbed as the"Duel at the Top.""Started ringing pretty quickly with people looking for tickets. I was like, 'There are 20,000 available, try to find some yourself,'" deadpanned the netminder from Clermont, Que.
"I'll even say it as a Toronto Maple Leafs fan," Ambrose said of the Montreal venue that can accommodate more than 21,000 fans."Scotiabank Arena doesn't even come close. The fans in Montreal are way louder and way more electric."Whether it's Montreal or Toronto, she views the moment as a victory for women's hockey and a sign of the PWHL's success in the circuit's inaugural season.
"It's gonna be epic," Ambrose said."You look at Scotiabank Arena and how full it was, and I can't wait to be able to say that Montreal can beat that.Montreal captain Marie Philip Poulin remains day-to-day after missing practice on Wednesday. Poulin was kept out of last Sunday’s game against Ottawa for preventive measures and her status for this weekend is unclear.
“We need to be careful with our players on a regular basis, and if we need to pull them from a game to ensure the rest of the season will be OK, I'll never hesitate to do that.”Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis often refers to his players finding the “right chair” — as in role and situation — to thrive.
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