The 2023–24

PWHL Boston The Boston Fleet are a professional ice hockey team based in the Greater Boston 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 games at Tso ...

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

Professional Women's Hockey League The Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL; , LPHF) is a women's professional ice hockey league in North America. The league comprises eight teams, four each from the United States and Canada. The teams play a Season (sports), regular season ...

(PWHL). They played their home games at the

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. PWHL Boston finished third overall in the league standings and drew a match-up against PWHL Montreal in the playoff semifinals. Boston defeated Montreal in three straight games—with all three games decided in overtime—to advance to the finals, where they faced

PWHL Minnesota The Minnesota Frost are a professional ice hockey team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, 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 Xc ...

for the

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championship. Minnesota won the series in five games, leaving Boston as the runners up.

Offseason

On September 1, 2023, Boston hired Danielle Marmer as its general manager. The team hired

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as its first head coach on September 15. In November, it was announced that the team would play its home games at the Tsongas Center in Lowell. On September 7, Boston announced the signings of its first three players, American national team members

Hilary Knight Hilary Atwood Knight (born July 12, 1989) is an American ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward for PWHL Seattle of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She is also captain of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She ...

Aerin Frankel Aerin Frankel (born May 24, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She was one of the best go ...

, and

Megan Keller Megan Keller (born May 1, 1996) is an American professional ice hockey player for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She is also a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. USA Hockey career A ...

. Knight was named team captain, with Keller and

Jamie Lee Rattray Jamie-Lee Rattray (born September 30, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). Life As a member of the gold medal-winning squad at the 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 ...

named assistant captains.

Standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

Boston hosted its inaugural game on January 3, 2024, against

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scored the team's first goal in the second period; however, Minnesota went on to win the game by a score of 3–2. Boston secured its first win in its second game, defeating

PWHL Montreal The Montreal Victoire () are a professional ice hockey team based in the Greater Montreal 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 game ...

in overtime by a score of 3–2 on a goal by Amanda Pelkey. Boston sat outside of the playoff picture for much of the season; however, the team won four of its final five games, clinching a playoff spot in its final regular season game, a 4–3 win over Montreal.

Regular season schedule

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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TD Place Arena TD Place Arena, originally the Ottawa Civic Centre, is an indoor arena located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Opened in December 1967, it is used primarily for sports, including curling, figure skating, ice hockey, and lacrosse. The arena has hos ...

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Xcel Energy Center Xcel Energy Center is a multipurpose arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Completed in 2000 and often called "The X" by fans, it is named for its locally based corporate sponsor Xcel Energy. With an official capacity of 17,954, the arena ...

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Playoffs

On May 6, 2024,

announced that it had elected to play

in the first round of the playoffs, leaving

and PWHL Boston matched up for the second semifinal. Boston went on to win their semifinal series with three straight wins over Montreal, with all three victories coming in overtime, including a triple-overtime win in Game 2. This sent Boston to the final, where they faced Minnesota. Boston won the first game, on home ice, to take an early series lead. However, they lost the next two, before forcing a fifth and deciding game with a double-overtime win in the fourth game. Boston lost the deciding game by a score of 3–0 as Minnesota captured the inaugural Walter Cup championship. , - , 1 , , May 9 , , @ Montreal , , 2–1 , , OT , ,

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Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and honors

Milestones

Transactions

Boston has been involved in the following transactions during the

2023–24 PWHL season The 2023–24 PWHL season was the first season of operation of the Professional Women's Hockey League, and began play on January 1, 2024. Six teams competed during the inaugural season, located in PWHL Montreal, Montreal, PWHL Toronto, Toronto, P ...

Signings

Trades

Draft picks

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

References

Recaps

External links

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