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2023–24 PWHL New York Season
The 2023–24 PWHL New York season was the team's inaugural season as a member of the newly created Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). They played their home games at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and UBS Arena in Elmont, New York. New York finished in last place and failed to make the playoffs. Their performance secured the team the first overall pick at the 2024 PWHL draft. Offseason On September 1, 2023, New York hired Pascal Daoust as its general manager, before naming Howie Draper the team's first head coach on September 15. In November, it was announced that the team would play the majority of its games at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, CT, Bridgeport, with select games hosted at UBS Arena in Elmont, NY, Elmont. On September 8, New York announced the signings of its first three players, Alex Carpenter, Abby Roque, and Micah Zandee-Hart. Zandee-Hart was named team captain, with Carpenter and Ella Shelton named assistant captains. Standin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Daoust
Pascal Daoust is a Canadian ice hockey executive, the first and current general manager of the New York Sirens of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). Career Daoust received a bachelor's degree in physical education from the Université de Montréal in 1999. He was an assistant coach for their women's hockey program from 2010 to 2016, winning two national championships in that time. He also served as assistant coach of Les Canadiennes de Montreal in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Following his time with the Carabins, Daoust was general manager of the Val-d'Or Foreurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, also serving as interim head coach on multiple occasions. He oversaw a run to the President's Cup finals in 2021, but was fired in February 2023 after multiple disappointing seasons. Turning down an offer to work on the development staff of a National Hockey League team, Daoust was hired as the first general manager of New York in the newly-created Profess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |