The 2023–24

PWHL Ottawa The Ottawa Charge (French: ''Charge d'Ottawa'') are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa that competes in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). They are one of the league's six charter franchises. The Charge play home games at ...

season was the team's inaugural season as a member of the newly created

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(PWHL). They played their home games at

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. Ottawa finished the season on a three-game losing streak, and were eliminated from playoff contention in the final regular season game, a 5–2 loss to

PWHL Toronto The Toronto Sceptres are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto that competes in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). They are one of the six charter franchises of the league. The team plays its home games at Coca-Cola Coliseu ...

. Despite missing the playoffs, Ottawa led the league in attendance.

Offseason

The team announced

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as their first employee in the summer of 2023 when he was named general manager. On August 31, it was announced that TD Place Arena would be the home venue for the team. On September 5, the team signed its first three players in Emily Clark,

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, and

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. On September 15, the team named

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its head coach. On December 29, Jenner was named captain, with Clark and

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to serve as assistant captains.

Standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

On December 17, 2023, it was announced that the team had sold out its January 2 opening game against

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. With 8,318 fans in attendance at the game, it set a new record for attendance at a professional women's hockey game. Hayley Scamurra scored the first goal in franchise history during the game, but PWHL Montréal won the game in overtime by a score of 3–2. After its second scheduled game was postponed due to inclement weather, Ottawa secured its first ever win on January 13 with a 5–1 victory over PWHL Toronto. After dropping its first two home games in overtime, Ottawa won its first game at TD Place Arena on January 23, defeating Toronto by a score of 3–1. Ottawa was in a position to clinch a playoff spot in late April, needing one regulation win with three games left on the schedule. However, Ottawa lost all three games, including a 4–3 decision against last place-

PWHL New York The New York Sirens are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). They are one of the six charter franchises of the league. The team plays its home gam ...

, and narrowly missed out on the final playoff spot.

Regular season schedule

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Total Mortgage Arena Total Mortgage Arena (formerly The Arena at Harbor Yard and Webster Bank Arena) is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena in downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. It is the home venue of the Bridgeport Islanders of the American Hockey Leag ...

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Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and honours

Milestones

Transactions

Signings

Draft picks

Below are the PWHL Ottawa's selections at the 2023 PWHL draft held on September 18, 2023.

References

Recaps

External links

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