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The 2022–23 PHF season was the eighth and final ice hockey season of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) – known as the National Women's Hockey League during its first six seasons (2015–2021).
2022–23 PHF season | |
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League | Premier Hockey Federation |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | November 5, 2022 – March 12, 2023 |
Number of games | 84 (24 per team) |
Number of teams | 7 |
TV partner(s) | ESPN+, TSN |
Regular season | |
Season Champions | Boston Pride |
Season MVP | Loren Gabel, Boston |
Top scorer | Loren Gabel, Boston |
Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Michela Cava, Toronto |
Isobel Cup | |
Champions | Toronto Six |
Runners-up | Minnesota Whitecaps |
Finals MVP | Tereza Vanišová |
The PHF decided not to hold a draft this year.
The long-expected Montreal Force expansion franchise was announced in July and the team name, colors and logo were revealed in August. The team will not have an official home arena during the 2022–23 season but will instead play home games across the province of Quebec, with expected stops in Montreal, Gatineau, Quebec City, Rimouski, Rivière-du-Loup, Saint-Jérôme, and Sept-Îles, Quebec, among others.[1]
A record twenty international players signed as roster players in the PHF for the 2022–23 season. Of the international players, six are from Finland, five are from Czechia, four are from Sweden, two are from Austria, two are from Hungary, and one is from Switzerland.[2] Signed as a practice player rather than to the main roster, Iveta Klimášová of the Buffalo Beauts is from Slovakia.[3]
An additional four players are North American-born but hold multiple citizenship and have represented nations outside of North America in international competition (listed with nations of citizenship): Taylor Baker (Canada/Hungary). Janka Hlinka (Slovakia/United States), Leah Lum (Canada/China), and Lenka Serdar (Czechia/United States).[4]
Player nationalities
On May 17, 2022, the Minnesota Whitecaps announced that Jack Brodt, who co-founded the team in 2004, would take a position with NLTT Hockey, the company who bought the Whitecaps in the 2021–22 season.[10]
On August 21, 2022, Chi-Yin Tse was named as the new general manager for the Whitecaps.[11]
On May 9, 2022, Venla Hovi succeeded Ivo Mocek as head coach of the Metropolitan Riveters. Mocek remains with the team as associate head coach.[12]
On May 17, 2022, Ronda Engelhardt took over as sole head coach of the Whitecaps.[13]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | Boston Pride | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 92 | 52 | +40 | 54 | Playoffs |
2 | Toronto Six | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 87 | 62 | +25 | 51 | |
3 | Connecticut Whale | 24 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 83 | 66 | +17 | 43 | |
4 | Minnesota Whitecaps | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 33 | |
5 | Metropolitan Riveters | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 64 | 79 | −15 | 30 | |
6 | Montreal Force | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 23 | |
7 | Buffalo Beauts | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 50 | 95 | −45 | 18 |
Notes
The 2022–23 season schedule was published on September 19, 2022.[16][17]
All times in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−05:00); exception of November 5–6, 2022, which are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).
Regular season | ||||||||||
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Date | Time | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Notes | Gamesheet | |||
November 5 | 2:00 | Minnesota | 2–3 | Toronto | OT | [Game 1] | ||||
7:00 | Montreal | 5–4 | Buffalo | SO | [Game 2] | |||||
7:00 | Connecticut | 0–4 | Boston | Shutout recorded by Corinne Schroeder (1)[18] | [Game 3] | |||||
November 6 | 11:00 | Minnesota | 2–3 | Toronto | [Game 4] | |||||
1:00 | Montreal | 2–3 | Buffalo | [Game 5] | ||||||
2:00 | Metropolitan | 0–2 | Boston | Shutout recorded by Corinne Schroeder (2)[19] | [Game 6] | |||||
November 18 | 8:00 | Boston | 2–0 | Minnesota | Shutout recorded by Corinne Schroeder (3)[20] | [Game 7] | ||||
November 19 | 1:00 | Toronto | 3–6 | Metropolitan | [Game 8] | |||||
6:00 | Buffalo | Connecticut | Postponed due to inclement weather; rescheduled for January 17[21] | |||||||
7:00 | Boston | 5–4 | Minnesota | OT | [Game 9] | |||||
November 20 | 12:00 | Toronto | 5–2 | Metropolitan | [Game 10] | |||||
12:00 | Buffalo | Connecticut | Postponed due to inclement weather; rescheduled for January 18[21] | |||||||
November 26 | 2:00 | Metropolitan | 3–5 | Montreal | Hat-trick recorded by Jade Downie-Landry[22] | [Game 11] | ||||
7:00 | Toronto | 2–3 | Boston | OT | [Game 12] | |||||
November 27 | 2:00 | Metropolitan | 3–2 | Montreal | [Game 13] | |||||
2:00 | Toronto | 7–3 | Boston | [Game 14] | ||||||
December 3 | 1:00 | Connecticut | 3–4 | Montreal | SO | [Game 15] | ||||
7:00 | Metropolitan | 3–4 | Minnesota | [Game 16] | ||||||
December 4 | 1:00 | Connecticut | 3–2 | Montreal | [Game 17] | |||||
2:00 | Metropolitan | 1–4 | Minnesota | [Game 18] | ||||||
December 9 | 7:00 | Minnesota | 0–2 | Connecticut | Shutout recorded by Abbie Ives (1)[23] | [Game 19] | ||||
December 10 | 2:00 | Metropolitan | 3–2 | Toronto | SO | [Game 20] | ||||
2:00 | Minnesota | 4–3 | Connecticut | [Game 21] | ||||||
7:00 | Boston | 3–0 | Buffalo | Shutout recorded by Corinne Schroeder (4)[24] | [Game 22] | |||||
December 11 | 1:00 | Boston | 7–5 | Buffalo | Hat-trick recorded by Jillian Dempsey (1)[25] | [Game 23] | ||||
2:00 | Metropolitan | 2–5 | Toronto | Hat-trick recorded by Brittany Howard (1)[26] | [Game 24] | |||||
December 16 | 7:00 | Toronto | 2–1 | Buffalo | Played outdoors at Riverworks in Buffalo[27] | [Game 25] | ||||
December 17 | 2:00 | Metropolitan | 5–2 | Connecticut | [Game 26] | |||||
7:00 | Toronto | 6–4 | Buffalo | [Game 27] | ||||||
7:00 | Montreal | 2–5 | Minnesota | Hat-trick recorded by Natalie Snodgrass(1)[28] | [Game 28] | |||||
December 18 | 2:00 | Boston | 4–6 | Connecticut | [Game 29] | |||||
2:00 | Montreal | 4–1 | Minnesota | [Game 30] | ||||||
January 6 | 7:00 | Boston | 5–2 | Connecticut | [Game 31] | |||||
January 7 | 3:00 | Toronto | 3–2 | Montreal | SO | [Game 32] | ||||
7:00 | Boston | 4–1 | Metropolitan | [Game 33] | ||||||
7:00 | Minnesota | 4–1 | Buffalo | [Game 34] | ||||||
January 8 | 1:00 | Connecticut | 6–0 | Metropolitan | Shutout recorded by Meeri Räisänen (1)[29] | [Game 35] | ||||
1:00 | Minnesota | 5–3 | Buffalo | [Game 36] | ||||||
2:00 | Toronto | 3–2 | Montreal | [Game 37] | ||||||
January 14 | 3:00 | Montreal | 5–4 | Connecticut | Played at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Pittsburgh[30] | [Game 38] | ||||
3:00 | Minnesota | 3–2 | Metropolitan | [Game 39] | ||||||
7:00 | Buffalo | 0–8 | Boston | Shutout recorded by Corinne Schroeder (5) | [Game 40] | |||||
January 15 | 2:00 | Buffalo | 1–2 | Boston | OT | [Game 41] | ||||
2:00 | Minnesota | 4–1 | Metropolitan | [Game 42] | ||||||
January 17 | 7:00 | Buffalo | 0–3 | Connecticut | Rescheduled from November 19[31] Shutout recorded by Abbie Ives (2)[32] |
[Game 43] | ||||
January 18 | 7:30 | Buffalo | 3–7 | Connecticut | Rescheduled from November 20[31] Hat-trick recorded by Kennedy Marchment (1)[33] |
[Game 44] | ||||
January 21 | 2:00 | Connecticut | 4–7 | Toronto | [Game 45] | |||||
3:00 | Boston | 5–0 | Montreal | Hat-trick recorded by Loren Gabel (1) Shutout recorded by Corinne Schroeder (6) |
[Game 46] | |||||
7:00 | Metropolitan | 1–4 | Buffalo | [Game 47] | ||||||
January 22 | 1:00 | Metropolitan | 8–2 | Buffalo | [Game 48] | |||||
1:00 | Boston | 1–2 | Montreal | OT | [Game 49] | |||||
2:00 | Connecticut | 4–1 | Toronto | [Game 50] | ||||||
January 27 | 7:00 | Montreal | 1–4 | Connecticut | [Game 51] | |||||
February 3 | 7:00 | Connecticut | 1–2 | Metropolitan | SO | [Game 52] | ||||
February 4 | 1:00 | Minnesota | Montreal | Postponed due to inclement weather; rescheduled for February 6[34] | ||||||
2:00 | Buffalo | 0–3 | Toronto | Shutout recorded by Elaine Chuli (1) | [Game 53] | |||||
7:00 | Metropolitan | 0–5 | Boston | Shutout recorded by Corinne Schroeder (7) | [Game 54] | |||||
February 5 | 1:00 | Minnesota | 4–1 | Montreal | [Game 55] | |||||
2:00 | Buffalo | 2–7 | Toronto | [Game 56] | ||||||
2:00 | Connecticut | 2–5 | Boston | [Game 57] | ||||||
February 6 | 1:00 | Minnesota | 3–2 | Montreal | Rescheduled from February 4[34] | [Game 58] | ||||
February 11 | 2:00 | Montreal | 3–0 | Toronto | Shutout recorded by Tricia Deguire (1)[35] | [Game 59] | ||||
February 12 | 2:00 | Montreal | 1–2 | Toronto | [Game 60] | |||||
February 18 | 7:00 | Toronto | 5–3 | Connecticut | [Game 61] | |||||
7:00 | Montreal | 1–4 | Boston | [Game 62] | ||||||
7:00 | Buffalo | 4–2 | Minnesota | [Game 63] | ||||||
February 19 | 2:00 | Toronto | 4–6 | Connecticut | [Game 64] | |||||
2:00 | Buffalo | 1–0 | Minnesota | Shutout recorded by Samantha Ridgewell (1)[36][37] | [Game 65] | |||||
3:00 | Montreal | 1–2 | Boston | [Game 66] | ||||||
February 24 | 7:00 | Boston | 2–6 | Metropolitan | [Game 67] | |||||
February 25 | 7:00 | Toronto | 1–0 | Minnesota | Shutout recorded by Elaine Chuli (2)[38] | [Game 68] | ||||
7:30 | Buffalo | 3–1 | Montreal | [Game 69] | ||||||
February 26 | 1:00 | Buffalo | 2–6 | Montreal | [Game 70] | |||||
1:00 | Toronto | 7–1 | Minnesota | [Game 71] | ||||||
3:00 | Metropolitan | 3–6 | Connecticut | Hat-trick recorded by Justine Reyes (1)[39] | [Game 72] | |||||
March 3 | 7:00 | Minnesota | 4–5 | Boston | SO | [Game 73] | ||||
March 4 | 1:00 | Minnesota | 1–5 | Boston | [Game 74] | |||||
7:00 | Connecticut | 2–1 | Buffalo | OT | [Game 75] | |||||
7:00 | Montreal | 1–2 | Metropolitan | OT | [Game 76] | |||||
March 5 | 1:00 | Connecticut | 4–2 | Buffalo | [Game 77] | |||||
2:00 | Montreal | 3–4 | Metropolitan | [Game 78] | ||||||
March 10 | 7:00 | Buffalo | 2–5 | Metropolitan | [Game 79] | |||||
March 11 | 2:00 | Boston | 3–2 | Toronto | [Game 80] | |||||
2:00 | Buffalo | 2–3 | Metropolitan | [Game 81] | ||||||
7:00 | Connecticut | 3–0 | Minnesota | Shutout recorded by Abbie Ives (3)[40] | [Game 82] | |||||
March 12 | 2:00 | Boston | 4–5 | Toronto | [Game 83] | |||||
2:00 | Connecticut | 3–1 | Minnesota | [Game 84] |
The following players led the league in regular season points at the conclusion of the season on March 12, 2023.[42][43]
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Loren Gabel | Boston Pride | 22 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 4 |
Kennedy Marchment | Connecticut Whale | 24 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 6 |
Jillian Dempsey | Boston Pride | 24 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 6 |
Taylor Girard | Connecticut Whale | 24 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 16 |
Brittany Howard | Toronto Six | 20 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 10 |
Shiann Darkangelo | Toronto Six | 24 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 16 |
Emma Woods | Toronto Six | 24 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 6 |
Jade Downie-Landry | Montreal Force | 24 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 20 |
Ann-Sophie Bettez | Montreal Force | 23 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 8 |
Élizabeth Giguère | Boston Pride | 18 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 4 |
The following skaters were the top point scorers of teams not represented in the scoring leader table at the conclusion of the season, noted with their overall league scoring rank:
The following goaltenders led the league in regular season save percentage at the conclusion of the season on March 12, 2023, while playing at least one-third of games.[44][43]
Player | Team | GS | TOI | W | L | SA | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Corinne Schroeder | Boston Pride | 22 | 1290:15 | 19 | 1 | 797 | 36 | 7 | .955 | 1.67 |
Amanda Leveille | Minnesota Whitecaps | 17 | 1013: | 9 | 6 | 533 | 41 | 0 | .923 | 2.43 |
Tricia Deguire | Montreal Force | 15 | 902:41 | 5 | 9 | 478 | 39 | 1 | .918 | 2.59 |
Elaine Chuli | Toronto Six | 19 | 1127: | 12 | 5 | 591 | 49 | 2 | .919 | 2.58 |
Marie-Soleil Deschênes | Montreal Force | 9 | 544:01 | 3 | 5 | 291 | 25 | 0 | .914 | 2.76 |
Katie Burt | Metropolitan Riveters | 11 | 647: | 5 | 5 | 308 | 30 | 0 | .903 | 2.78 |
Abbie Ives | Connecticut Whale | 16 | 935: | 10 | 6 | 410 | 40 | 3 | .896 | 2.74 |
Lovisa Berndtsson | Buffalo Beauts | 13 | 714:06 | 2 | 8 | 402 | 43 | 0 | .893 | 3.61 |
Meeri Räisänen | Connecticut Whale | 9 | 515:35 | 4 | 2 | 226 | 24 | 1 | .894 | 2.79 |
Rachel McQuigge | Metropolitan Riveters | 8 | 477:16 | 4 | 4 | 242 | 27 | 0 | .888 | 3.39 |
PHF Foundation Award Winners[50]
Player of the Month
Three Stars of the Week
The top four teams in the standings qualified for the Isobel Cup playoffs, which were held in two rounds. The first round was a best-of-three series, hosted at Bentley Arena in Waltham, Massachusetts and Mattamy Athletic Centre at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, starting Thursday, March 16, 2023. The two semi-final winners played a one-game championship final on Sunday, March 26, 2023, at Mullett Arena in Tempe, Arizona.[71][72]
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||
1 | Boston Pride | 2 | 1 | – | |||||||
4 | Minnesota Whitecaps | 5 | 4 | – | |||||||
Minnesota Whitecaps | 3 | ||||||||||
Toronto Six | 4OT | ||||||||||
2 | Toronto Six | 3 | 3OT | 3 | |||||||
3 | Connecticut Whale | 5 | 2 | 0 |
March 16, 2023 7:00 PM | Boston Pride | 2–5 (2–2, 0–0, 0–3) | Minnesota Whitecaps | Bentley Arena, Waltham |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Corinne Schroeder (30 saves / 33 shots) | Goalies | Amanda Leveille (30 saves / 32 shots) | Referees: Amanda Tassoni Charlotte Hurley Linesmen: Chelsea Ward McIntosh Jennifer Cameron | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Hat trick recorded by Jonna Albers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Shots | 36 |
March 18, 2023 6:00 PM | Boston Pride | 1–4 (1–2, 0–0, 0–2) | Minnesota Whitecaps | Bentley Arena, Waltham |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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Corinne Schroeder (27 saves / 31 shots) | Goalies | Amanda Leveille (47 saves / 48 shots) | |||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
48 | Shots | 31 |
Minnesota Whitecaps win series, 2–0 |
March 17, 2023 3:00 PM | Toronto Six | 3–5 (1–2, 0–1, 2–2) | Connecticut Whale | Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elaine Chuli (28 saves / 32 shots) | Goalies | Abbie Ives (21 saves / 24 shots) | Referees: Lacey Senuk Gillian Allen Linesmen: Meghan Mactavish Ali Beres | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Shots | 33 |
March 18, 2023 2:00 PM | Toronto Six | 3–2 OT (0–1, 2–1, 0–0) (OT: 1–0) | Connecticut Whale | Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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Elaine Chuli (23 saves / 25 shots) | Goalies | Abbie Ives (26 saves / 29 shots) | Referees: Amy Martin Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Madison Pendleton Gillian Allen | ||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 25 |
March 20, 2023 6:00 PM | Toronto Six | 3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0) | Connecticut Whale | Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
Game reference | |||||||||||
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Elaine Chuli (31 saves / 31 shots) | Goalies | Abbie Ives (22 saves / 25 shots) | Referees: Meghan Mactavish Amy Martin Linesmen: Madison Pendleton Ali Beres | ||||||||
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Shutout recorded by Elaine Chuli | |||||||||||
2 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
25 | Shots | 31 |
Toronto Six win series, 2–1 |
March 26, 2023 9:00 | Toronto Six | 4–3 OT (1–0, 1–2, 1–1) (OT: 1–0) | Minnesota Whitecaps | Mullett Arena, Tempe |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elaine Chuli (21 saves / 24 shots) | Goalies | Amanda Leveille (35 saves / 39 shots) | Referees: Amanda Tassoni Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Erin Zack Sarah Buckner | ||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Shots | 24 |
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