2024–25 Montreal Victoire season

The 2024–25 Montreal Victoire season was the team's second season as a member of the Professional Women's Hockey League. They played their home games at Place Bell in the suburb of Laval.

League1 PWHL

2024–25 record12–7–3–8

Home record6–5–0–4

Road record6–2–3–4

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2024–25 Montreal Victoire
League	1 PWHL
2024–25 record	12–7–3–8
Home record	6–5–0–4
Road record	6–2–3–4
Goals for	77
Goals against	67
Team information
General manager	Danièle Sauvageau^[1]
Coach	Kori Cheverie^[1]
Assistant coach	Éric Houde Alexandre Imbeault Noémie Marin Caroline Ouellette Alexandre Tremblay^[1]
Captain	Marie-Philip Poulin^[2]
Alternate captains	Erin Ambrose Laura Stacey Kristin O'Neill^[2]
Arena	Place Bell
Average attendance	9,013
Team leaders
Goals	Marie-Philip Poulin (19)^[3]
Assists	Erin Ambrose Jennifer Gardiner (13)^[3]
Points	Marie-Philip Poulin (26)^[3]
Penalty minutes	Catherine Dubois (27)^[3]
Plus/minus	Marie-Philip Poulin (+17)^[3]
Wins	Ann-Renée Desbiens (15)^[4]
Goals against average	Ann-Renée Desbiens (1.86)^[4]
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Standings

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montreal Victoire (Y)	30	12	7	3	8	77	67	+10	53	Playoffs
2	Toronto Sceptres (X)	30	12	3	6	9	73	73	0	48
3	Ottawa Charge (X)	30	12	2	4	12	71	80	−9	44^[a]
4	Minnesota Frost (X)	30	10	5	4	11	85	76	+9	44^[a]

5	Boston Fleet (E)	30	9	6	5	10	75	76	−1	44^[a]
6	New York Sirens (E)	30	8	4	5	13	71	80	−9	37

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Updated to match(es) played on May 3, 2025. Source: PWHL
(E) Eliminated; (X) Clinched playoff berth; (Y) Clinched first place
Notes:

[a]
Regulation wins: Ottawa 12, Minnesota 10, Boston 9

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on October 1, 2024.^[5]

All times in Eastern Time.

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Pre-season camp

Date	Time	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Notes	Box Score/Recap
November 20	2:00	Montreal	1–3	Boston		@ Verdun Auditorium	^{[Recap 1]}
November 22	2:00	Ottawa	3–6	Montreal		@ Verdun Auditorium	^{[Recap 2]}

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Regular season

The regular season schedule was announced on October 15, 2024. The Victoire's regular season will begin on November 30, 2024, and will end on May 2, 2025, with each team playing 30 games; six games against every opponent.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

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Regular season schedule (Home: 6–5–0–4; Road: 6–2–3–4)

November: 0–1–0–0, 2 points (Home: 0–1–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1	November 30	Ottawa	4–3	SO	Desbiens	Place Bell	10,033	0–1–0–0	2	^{[Recap 3]}

December: 3–1–0–1, 11 points (Home: 1–0–0–1; Road: 2–1–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
2	December 4	New York	1–4		Desbiens	Place Bell	5,415	0–1–0–1	2	^{[Recap 4]}
3	December 6	@ Ottawa	2–1		Chuli	Canadian Tire Centre	11,065	1–1–0–1	5	^{[Recap 5]}
4	December 21	@ Toronto	4–3	OT	Chuli	Coca-Cola Coliseum	8,251	1–2–0–1	7	^{[Recap 6]}
5	December 28	@ Minnesota	3–2		Desbiens	Xcel Energy Center	8,726	2–2–0–1	10	^{[Recap 7]}
6	December 30	Boston	3–1		Desbiens	Place Bell	10,172	3–2–0–1	13	^{[Recap 8]}

January: 4–1–1–1, 15 points (Home: 3–1–0–0; Road: 1–0–1–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
7	January 5	@ Boston	2–3	SO	Desbiens	Climate Pledge Arena	12,608	3–2–1–1	14	^{[Recap 9]}
8	January 8	@ Toronto	4–2		Desbiens	Rogers Arena	19,038	4–2–1–1	17	^{[Recap 10]}
9	January 12	@ Minnesota	2–4		Chuli	Ball Arena	14,108	4–2–1–2	17	^{[Recap 11]}
10	January 17	Minnesota	4–2		Desbiens	Place Bell	10,172	5–2–1–2	20	^{[Recap 12]}
11	January 19	Ottawa	2–1		Desbiens	Videotron Centre	18,259	6–2–1–2	23	^{[Recap 13]}
12	January 29	Ottawa	4–1		Desbiens	Place Bell	6,150	7–2–1–2	26	^{[Recap 14]}
13	January 30	Toronto	4–3	SO	Chuli	Place Bell	7,242	7–3–1–2	28	^{[Recap 15]}

February: 3–0–0–2, 9 points (Home: 2–0–0–1; Road: 1–0–0–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
14	February 2	@ New York	2–1	Desbiens	Prudential Center	4,346	8–3–1–2	31	^{[Recap 16]}
15	February 15	New York	6–2	Desbiens	Place Bell	10,172	9–3–1–2	34	^{[Recap 17]}
16	February 18	Minnesota	0–4	Chuli	Place Bell	6,696	9–3–1–3	34	^{[Recap 18]}
17	February 22	@ Ottawa	1–3	Desbiens	TD Place Arena	8,424	9–3–1–4	34	^{[Recap 19]}
18	February 25	Toronto	3–1	Desbiens	Place Bell	6,101	10–3–1–4	37	^{[Recap 20]}

March: 1–3–2–2, 11 points (Home: 0–2–0–1; Road: 1–1–2–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
19	March 1	Boston	3–2	OT	Desbiens	Bell Centre	17,324	10–4–1–4	39	^{[Recap 21]}
20	March 4	Minnesota	2–1	SO	Desbiens	Place Bell	8,923	10–5–1–4	41	^{[Recap 22]}
21	March 6	@ Toronto	1–4		Chuli	Coca-Cola Coliseum	8,618	10–5–1–5	41	^{[Recap 23]}
22	March 8	@ Boston	3–2	OT	Desbiens	Agganis Arena	5,968	43	10–6–1–5	^{[Recap 24]}
23	March 12	@ New York	2–3	OT	Desbiens	Prudential Center	1,944	10–6–2–5	44	^{[Recap 25]}
24	March 18	@ Boston	2–3	SO	Chuli	Tsongas Center	3,375	10–6–3–5	45	^{[Recap 26]}
25	March 23	Toronto	1–2		Chuli	Place Bell	10,172	10–6–3–6	45	^{[Recap 27]}
26	March 26	@ Minnesota	4–1		Chuli	Xcel Energy Center	6,330	11–6–3–6	48	^{[Recap 28]}

April: 0–1–0–2, 2 points (Home: 0–1–0–1; Road: 0–0–0–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
27	April 1	New York	0–1		Chuli	Place Bell	8,798	11–6–3–7	48	^{[Recap 29]}
28	April 26	@ Ottawa	2–3		Chuli	TD Place Arena	8,576	11–6–3–8	48	^{[Recap 30]}
29	April 28	Boston	3–2	OT	Desbiens	Place Bell	8,812	11–7–3–8	50	^{[Recap 31]}

May: 1–0–0–0, 3 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 1–0–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
30	May 3	@ New York	3–2		Desbiens	Prudential Center	2,737	12–7–3–8	53	^{[Recap 32]}

Regulation Win (3 points) Overtime/Shootout win (2 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Regulation Loss (0 points)

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Playoffs

Montreal clinched first place in the league on the last day of the regular season.^[10] On May 4, they announced their choice to play the third-place Ottawa Charge in the first round.^[11]^[12]

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2025 PWHL playoffs

First round vs. Ottawa Charge: Ottawa won 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	May 8	Ottawa	2–3		Desbiens	Place Bell	6,570	0–1	^{[Recap 33]}
2	May 11	Ottawa	3–2	4OT	Desbiens	Place Bell	7,114	1–1	^{[Recap 34]}
3	May 13	@ Ottawa	0–1		Desbiens	TD Place Arena	7,282	1–2	^{[Recap 35]}
4	May 16	@ Ottawa	1–2		Desbiens	TD Place Arena	8,011	1–3	^{[Recap 36]}

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Player statistics

As of May 16, 2025^[3]

Skaters

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Regular season^[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	SOG	+/−	PIM
Marie-Philip Poulin	30	19	7	26	98	+17	21
Laura Stacey	27	11	11	22	112	+12	6
Jennifer Gardiner	30	5	13	18	55	+10	2
Abigail Boreen	30	6	8	14	51	–9	12
Cayla Barnes	30	2	11	13	45	–1	12
Erin Ambrose	28	0	13	13	41	+10	4
Catherine Dubois	24	6	3	9	32	–1	27
Claire Dalton	30	3	6	9	45	+2	4
Anna Wilgren	30	3	6	9	25	+7	8
Kati Tabin	28	4	4	8	39	+3	23
Mikyla Grant-Mentis	30	3	5	8	43	+4	18
Maureen Murphy	28	3	3	6	34	–5	10
Lina Ljungblom	29	3	3	6	45	–3	8
Amanda Boulier	25	1	5	6	17	0	4
Kristin O'Neill	30	1	4	5	35	–12	24
Mariah Keopple	29	3	1	4	22	+1	14
Alexandra Labelle	19	1	3	4	29	+4	2
Dara Greig	29	0	3	3	14	–2	16
Clair DeGeorge	26	0	2	2	12	+4	4
Kaitlin Willoughby	7	0	1	1	6	0	0
Catherine Daoust	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabrielle David	3	0	0	0	2	–1	0
Kelly-Ann Nadeau	4	0	0	0	1	–1	0
Dominika Lásková	5	0	0	0	1	–1	2

Playoffs^[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	SOG	+/−	PIM
Jennifer Gardiner	4	0	3	3	6	–2	0
Anna Wilgren	4	0	3	3	5	–3	0
Maureen Murphy	4	2	0	2	8	0	2
Kristin O'Neill	4	1	1	2	7	+1	2
Marie-Philip Poulin	4	1	1	2	27	–2	2
Catherine Dubois	4	1	0	1	14	+1	0
Laura Stacey	4	1	0	1	28	–3	2
Erin Ambrose	4	0	1	1	4	+1	0
Kati Tabin	4	0	1	1	6	+1	4
Kaitlin Willoughby	4	0	1	1	8	+1	0
Clair DeGeorge	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Claire Dalton	3	0	0	0	1	–1	0
Cayla Barnes	4	0	0	0	5	–3	0
Abigail Boreen	4	0	0	0	3	–1	0
Amanda Boulier	4	0	0	0	1	–1	0
Mikyla Grant-Mentis	4	0	0	0	4	–1	0
Dara Greig	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mariah Keopple	4	0	0	0	1	–1	4
Alexandra Labelle	4	0	0	0	1	–1	0
Lina Ljungblom	4	0	0	0	6	–1	0

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Goaltenders

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Regular season^[4]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	SOL	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Ann-Renée Desbiens	21	1228:17	15	2	1	1	38	1.86	556	0.932	0	0	0	6
Elaine Chuli	11	595:07	4	6	0	1	24	2.42	268	0.910	0	0	0	0

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Playoffs^[4]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	SOL	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Ann-Renée Desbiens	4	310:38	1	3	0	0	8	1.55	140	0.943	0	0	0	0

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Awards and honours

Milestones

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Regular season
Date	Player	Milestone
November 30, 2024^{[Recap 3]}	Jennifer Gardiner	1st career PWHL goal
	Jennifer Gardiner	1st career PWHL game
	Cayla Barnes	1st career PWHL assist
	Cayla Barnes	1st career PWHL game
	Abby Boreen	5th career PWHL goal
	Anna Wilgren	1st career PWHL game
	Dara Greig
	Lina Ljungblom
	Anna Kjellbin
December 4, 2024^{[Recap 4]}	Cayla Barnes	1st career PWHL goal
December 4, 2024^{[Recap 4]}	Jennifer Gardiner	1st career PWHL assist
December 6, 2024^{[Recap 5]}	Claire Dalton	5th career PWHL assist
	Mikyla Grant-Mentis	5th career PWHL assist
	Dara Greig	1st career PWHL penalty
December 21, 2024^{[Recap 6]}	Marie-Philip Poulin	15th career PWHL assist
	Catherine Dubois	5th career PWHL assist
	Lina Ljungblom	1st career PWHL goal
	Anna Kjellbin	1st career PWHL assist
	Jennifer Gardiner	1st career PWHL penalty
December 28, 2024^{[Recap 7]}	Laura Stacey	10th career PWHL assist
December 28, 2024^{[Recap 7]}	Mariah Keopple	1st career PWHL goal
December 30, 2024^{[Recap 8]}	Anna Wilgren	1st career PWHL goal
January 5, 2025^{[Recap 9]}	Anna Wilgren	1st career PWHL penalty
January 8, 2025^{[Recap 10]}	Marie-Philip Poulin	15th career PWHL goal
January 8, 2025^{[Recap 10]}	Anna Wilgren	1st career PWHL assist
January 12, 2025^{[Recap 11]}	Dara Greig	1st career PWHL assist
January 17, 2025^{[Recap 12]}	Erin Ambrose	20th career PWHL assist
	Alexandra Labelle	5th career PWHL assist
	Cayla Barnes	1st career PWHL penalty
January 19, 2025^{[Recap 13]}	Abby Boreen	5th career PWHL assist
January 29, 2025^{[Recap 14]}	Amanda Boulier	10th career PWHL assist
	Cayla Barnes	5th career PWHL assist
	Jennifer Gardiner	5th career PWHL assist
January 30, 2025^{[Recap 15]}	Lina Ljungblom	1st career PWHL assist
February 2, 2025^{[Recap 16]}	Marie-Philip Poulin	20th career PWHL goal
February 15, 2025^{[Recap 17]}	Abby Boreen	10th career PWHL goal
	Mikyla Grant-Mentis	5th career PWHL goal
	Kelly-Ann Nadeau	1st career PWHL game
February 22, 2025^{[Recap 19]}	Laura Stacey	15th career PWHL goal
March 1, 2025^{[Recap 21]}	Jennifer Gardiner	10th career PWHL assist
March 6, 2025^{[Recap 23]}	Laura Stacey	15th career PWHL assist
March 8, 2025^{[Recap 24]}	Catherine Dubois	5th career PWHL goal
	Claire Dalton	10th career PWHL assist
	Anna Wilgren	5th career PWHL assist
March 12, 2025^{[Recap 25]}	Kati Tabin	5th career PWHL goal
March 23, 2025^{[Recap 27]}	Cayla Barnes	10th career PWHL assist
March 26, 2026^{[Recap 28]}	Laura Stacey	20th career PWHL goal
March 26, 2026^{[Recap 28]}	Marie-Philip Poulin	20th career PWHL assist
April 26, 2025^{[Recap 30]}	Laura Stacey	20th career PWHL assist
April 28, 2025^{[Recap 31]}	Jennifer Gardiner	5th career PWHL goal
	Maureen Murphy	15th career PWHL assist
	Abby Boreen	10th career PWHL assist
May 3, 2025^{[Recap 32]}	Marie-Philip Poulin	30th career PWHL goal

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Date	Player	Milestone
May 8, 2025^{[Recap 33]}	Jennifer Gardiner	1st career PWHL playoff assist
	Kati Tabin
	Anna Wilren
	Mariah Keopple	1st career PWHL playoff penalty
	Kati Tabin	1st career PWHL playoff penalty
May 11, 2025^{[Recap 34]}	Laura Stacey	1st career PWHL playoff goal
	Catherine Dubois	1st career PWHL playoff goal
	Kristin O'Neill	1st career PWHL playoff assist
	Kaitlyn Willoughby	1st career PWHL playoff assist
May 13, 2025^{[Recap 35]}	Marie-Philip Poulin	1st career PWHL playoff penalty
May 13, 2025^{[Recap 35]}	Laura Stacey	1st career PWHL playoff penalty
May 16, 2025^{[Recap 36]}	Kristin O'Neill	1st career PWHL playoff penalty

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Honors

December 2, 2024: Marie-Philip Poulin and Abby Boreen were named the Second and Third Stars of the Week^[13]
December 23, 2024: Abby Boreen earned Second Star of the Week^[14]
December 30, 2024: Marie-Philip Poulin was named Third Star of the Week^[15]
January 13, 2025: Marie-Philip Poulin was named PWHL First Star of the Week^[16]
January 20, 2025: Abby Boreen earned another PWHL Second Star of the Week^[17]
On February 3, 2025, Marie-Philip Poulin and Erin Ambrose were named as January SupraStars of the Month^[18]
February 3, 2025: Marie-Philip Poulin and Ann-Renée Desbiens earned PWHL First and Third Stars of the Week, respectively^[19]
March 3, 2025: Laura Stacey and Kati Tabin earned PWHL First and Third Stars of the Week, respectively^[20]
March 10, 2025: Laura Stacey was named PWHL Second Star of the Week^[21]
March 31, 2025: Laura Stacey again earned PWHL First Star of the Week^[22]
On April 3, 2025, Laura Stacey was honored as a forward on the SupraStars of the Month team for March^[23]

Transactions

Montreal has been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 PWHL season.

Signings

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Players the Montreal Victoire have signed
Date	Player	Position	Term	Previous team	Ref
June 10, 2024	Lina Ljungblom	F	3 years	MoDo Hockey	^[24]
June 17, 2024	Amanda Boulier	D	2 years	Montreal	^[25]^[26]
June 17, 2024	Elaine Chuli	G	1 year	Montreal	^[25]^[26]
June 17, 2024	Mariah Keopple	D	1 year	Montreal	^[25]^[26]
June 21, 2024	Cayla Barnes	D	3 years	Ohio State	^[27]^[28]
June 28, 2024	Mikyla Grant-Mentis	F	1 year	Montreal	^[29]
July 15, 2024	Catherine Dubois	F	1 year	Montreal	^[30]
October 18, 2024	Abigail Boreen	F	3 years	Minnesota	^[31]

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Draft picks

Below are PWHL Montreal's selections at the 2024 PWHL Draft, which was held on June 10, 2024, at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul.^[32]

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Montreal Victoire 2024 draft picks
Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	5	Cayla Barnes	D	United States	Ohio State Buckeyes (WCHA)
2	11	Jennifer Gardiner	F	Canada	Ohio State Buckeyes (WCHA)
3	17	Abigail Boreen	F	United States	Minnesota (PWHL)
4	23	Dara Greig	F	Canada	Colgate Raiders (ECAC)
5	29	Anna Wilgren	D	United States	Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA)
6	35	Anna Kjellbin	D	Sweden	Luleå HF/MSSK (SDHL)
7	41	Amanda Kessel	F	United States	Did not play

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2024–25 Montreal Victoire season

Standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and honours

Milestones

Honors

Transactions

Signings

Draft picks

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