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2023–24 PWHL Montreal Season
The 2023–24 PWHL Montréal season was the team's inaugural season as a member of the newly created Professional Women's Hockey League. They played their home games at Verdun Auditorium in Montreal and Place Bell in the suburb of Laval. They also played one game at the Bell Centre on April 20. Montréal finished second overall in the league standings, clinching a playoff berth on April 24, 2024, with a 5–2 victory over PWHL New York. Montréal faced PWHL Boston in the playoff semifinal. Montréal lost the series in three straight games, with all three decisions coming in overtime, including a triple-overtime loss in the second game of the series. After the season, Erin Ambrose won defender of the year honours from the league. Offseason On September 1, 2023, Montréal hired Daniele Sauvageau as its general manager. The team then hired Kori Cheverie as its first head coach on September 13. In November, it was announced that the team would split its home games between Verdun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danièle Sauvageau
Danièle Sauvageau, (born April 22, 1962) is a Canadian ice hockey executive and former coach. Sauvageau was the head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey team that won the gold medal in ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Police career Originally from Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Sauvageau served as a police officer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal for 33 years. According to Sauvageau, she "dealt with everything as a police officer and investigator (911, drugs, morality, surveillance, strategic development, etc." including being part of the responses to the École Polytechnique massacre and Dawson College shooting. Hockey career Sauvageau was the head coach for the Ferland Quatre Glaces (first based out of Brossard, and then Repentigny) team in the League Régionale du Hockey au Féminin in the province of Québec. When the Canadian Under-19 women's hockey team was founded on May 15, 1996, Danielle Sauvageau wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
