2024-25 PWHL season

[BowWowWow]

We're about a month into the PWHL season, and it goes through early May plus postseason. I thought it was time I initiated a thread!

Here are the current standings (as of the morning of 12/22/24):
1. Minnesota Frost (10 pts, 4 games played)
2. New York Sirens (8 pts, 4 gp)
3. Montreal Victoire (7 pts, 4 gp)
4. Boston Fleet (6 pts, 4 gp)
5. Ottawa Charge (4 pts, 5 gp)
6. Toronto Sceptres (4 pts, 5 gp)

Today at noon eastern, NY faces MIN in Newark in a fight for current first place. Some of the top-performing players so far are recent college grads, including Sarah Fillier (Princeton - to NY), Izzy Daniel (Cornell - to Toronto), and Dominique Petrie (Harvard and Clarkson - to Minnesota).

 

[Lindsay]

Bowwow thanks for the thread.

looks like Min NY game was a good one today, purely from a goals perspective.

My way too early assessment is that the American teams look best once again. I hope this doesnt end up like the Stanley Cup with Canadian teams seemingly incapable
of winning it!!

 

[Lindsay]

6 mins left in the pw game in Seattle. 2-2 Boston and montreal. game is on nesn and YouTube in the US.

12000 fans in attendance apparently. I’m cheering for Boston. Unless she’s wearing a Team Canada sweater I have no more stomach for Poulin ot magic. I mean I’m in awe of it, but I just want someone else to be happy for once.

 

[Lindsay]

Well Poulin scored in the shootout but Bilka, Brandt and Tapani had beauties of their own. Nice to see the Fleet get back in the win column.

 

[Steamboat]

Did anyone watch the Frost--Montreal game tonight? I see from the game stats that there was a 10 minute game misconduct given out at the end of the 3rd period. What happened to cause that, and how will that be administered going forward? Thanks.

 

[BowWowWow]

I've read on the PWHL reddit that Mikyla Grant-Mentis of Montreal flipped a puck hard over the glass right around the final buzzer. I wasn't watching at that point in the game. The penalty was a misconduct but not a game misconduct (which is notated in the box score, for example when Rylind MacKinnon was called for a game misconduct in December). So, there may be no later consequence, but that's unclear.

 

[Steamboat]

I've read on the PWHL reddit that Mikyla Grant-Mentis of Montreal flipped a puck hard over the glass right around the final buzzer. I wasn't watching at that point in the game. The penalty was a misconduct but not a game misconduct (which is notated in the box score, for example when Rylind MacKinnon was called for a game misconduct in December). So, there may be no later consequence, but that's unclear.

Thanks!

 

[BowWowWow]

The attendance record for PWHL/professional league women's games in the US has gone up tonight -- as 14,288 watched Minnesota-NY at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI. New York won 4-1.

From Hailey Salvian's story in The Athletic, "PWHL sets U.S. attendance record in Detroit as part of Takeover Tour," quoting Jayna Hefford about Detroit:
“Although not in our Original Six, it’s somewhere that we still, I think, have our eyes on,” she said. “And tonight has just been another proof point that this is a market that loves hockey and I think loves women’s hockey.”

Three players on the New York Sirens are from Michigan. They are Abby Roque, Elle Hartje, and Taylor Girard. And Mellissa Channell-Watkins on the Minnesota Frost is from MI too.

 

[BowWowWow]

Also today (3/16): Frölunda defeats Luleå in a 3-game sweep for the SDHL crown. Luleå had not even lost a playoff game since 2021! And Frölunda's crowd set a record for women's hockey in Sweden, 8,442. (Story, Laura Rollins.) Frölunda has been backstopped by Princeton alumna Stephanie Neatby. Unfortunately Luleå sound like they had a couple key injuries.

The players are wearing golden crowns in the photo of their victory celebration!