2024–25 Montreal Victoire season explained

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

Schedule and results

Preseason

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

All times in Eastern Time.

|- | November 20 || 2:00 || Montreal || 1–3 || Boston || || @ Verdun Auditorium | ^[6] |- | November 22 || 2:00 || Ottawa || 3–6 || Montreal || || @ Verdun Auditorium | ^[7]

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.^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

|- | 1 || November 30 || Ottawa || 4–3 || SO || Desbiens|| Place Bell || 10,033 || 0–1–0–0 || 2 || ^[12] |- | 2 || December 4 || New York || 1–4 || || Desbiens || Place Bell || 5,415 || 0–1–0–1 || 2 || ^[13] |- | 3 || December 6 || @ Ottawa || – || || || TBD || || || || |- | 4 || December 21 || @ Toronto || – || || || Coca-Cola Coliseum || || || || |- | 5 || December 28 || @ Minnesota || – || || || Xcel Energy Center || || || || |- | 6 || December 30 || Boston || – || || || Place Bell || || || || |- | 7 || January 5 || @ Boston || – || || || Climate Pledge Arena || || || || |- | 8 || January 8 || @ Toronto || – || || || Rogers Arena || || || || |- | 9 || January 12 || @ Minnesota || – || || || Ball Arena || || || || |- | 10 || January 17 || Minnesota || – || || || Place Bell || || || || |- | 11 || January 19 || Ottawa || – || || || Videotron Centre || || || || |- | 12 || January 29 || Ottawa || – || || || Place Bell || || || || |- | 13 || January 30 || Toronto || – || || || Place Bell || || || || |- | 14 || February 2 || @ New York || – || || || Prudential Center || || || || |- | 15 || February 15 || New York || – || || || Place Bell || || || || |- | 16 || February 18 || Minnesota || – || || || Place Bell || || || || |- | 17 || February 22 || @ Ottawa || – || || || TD Place Arena || || || || |- | 18 || February 25 || Toronto || – || || || Place Bell || || || || |- | 19 || March 1 || Boston || – || || || Bell Centre || || || || |- | 20 || March 4 || Minnesota || – || || || Place Bell || || || || |- | 21 || March 6 || @ Toronto || – || || || Coca-Cola Coliseum || || || || |- | 22 || March 8 || @ Boston || – || || || TBD || || || || |- | 23 || March 12 || @ New York || – || || || Prudential Center || || || || |- | 24 || March 18 || @ Boston || – || || || Tsongas Center || || || || |- | 25 || March 23 || Toronto || – || || || Place Bell || || || || |- | 26 || March 26 || @ Minnesota || – || || || Xcel Energy Center || || || || |- | 27 || April 1 || New York || – || || || Place Bell || || || || |- | 28 || April 26 || @ Ottawa || – || || || TD Place Arena || || || || |- | 29 || April 28 || Boston || – || || || Place Bell || || || |- | 30 || May 2 || @ New York || – || || || Prudential Center || || || || |- style="text-align:center;"|

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season

Player						data-sort-type="number"	!
	2	1	1	2	5		0
	2	1	1	2	5		2
	2	1	1	2	6		0
	2	1	0	1	10		0
	2	0	1	1	6		2
	2	0	1	1	2		0
	2	0	1	1	5		2
	1	0	0	0	1		0
	1	0	0	0	4		0
	2	0	0	0	2		0
	2	0	0	0	3		2
	2	0	0	0	1		0
	2	0	0	0	3		0
	2	0	0	0	2		0
	2	0	0	0	1		2
	2	0	0	0	3		2
	2	0	0	0	2		0
	2	0	0	0	10		2
	2	0	0	0	3		0
	2	0	0	0	0		0

Goaltenders

+ colspan="16" style="background:#fff; border-top:#651517 5px solid; border-bottom:#000 5px solid;"	Regular season
Player
	2	123:48	1	1	0	6	2.91	67	0.910	0	0	0	0

Awards and honors

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
	1st career PWHL goal	November 30, 2024
	1st career PWHL game
	1st career PWHL assist
	1st career PWHL game
	5th career PWHL goal
	1st career PWHL game
Dara Greig
Lina Ljungblom
Anna Kjellbin

Transactions

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

Signings

Players the Montreal Victoire have signed

Date	Player	Position	Term	Previous Team	Ref
June 10, 2024		F	3 years		[14]
June 17, 2024		D	2 years	Montreal	[15] [16]
June 17, 2024		G	1 year	Montreal
June 17, 2024		D	1 year	Montreal
June 21, 2024		D	3 years		[17] [18]
June 28, 2024		F	1 year	Montreal	[19]
July 15, 2024		F	1 year	Montreal	[20]
October 18, 2024		F	3 years		[21]

Draft picks

See also: List of Montreal Victoire 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.^[22]

Montreal Victoire 2024 draft picks

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

References

Recaps

Notes and References

1. Web site: Montreal Staff . ThePWHL.com . . December 17, 2023.
2. News: Donkin . Karissa . 2023-12-29 . Marie-Philip Poulin, Brianne Jenner named captains of PWHL Montreal, Ottawa . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231231052420/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/pwhl/pwhl-montreal-ottawa-captains-1.7071370 . 2023-12-31 . 2024-01-05 . CBC Sports.
3. Web site: Montreal Skater Stats . ThePWHL.com . . November 30, 2024.
4. Web site: Montreal Goalie Stats . ThePWHL.com . . November 30, 2024.
5. Web site: PWHL To Host Pre-Season In Montreal and Toronto . Kennedy . Ian . October 1, 2024 . TheHockeyNews.com . . October 1, 2024 . The PWHL will host a pair of preseason camps including scrimmages. These will take place in Montreal and Toronto beginning November 19..
6. Web site: November 20, 2024 . Montreal @ Boston (Preseason) . November 21, 2024 . ThePWHL.com .
7. Web site: Ottawa @ Montreal (Preseason) . November 22, 2024 . ThePWHL.com . November 21, 2024.
8. Web site: 2024–25 Schedule . October 17, 2024 . thepwhl.com . Professional Women's Hockey League.
9. Web site: Report: PWHL To Play In Quebec City January 19 . LaPrade . Pat . October 28, 2024 . TheHockeyNews.com . . October 28, 2024 . The PWHL will host a neutral site game between the Montreal Victoire and Ottawa Charge in Quebec City on January 19 according to reports..
10. Web site: Bell Centre Booked For March Return Of Montreal Victoire . Laprade . Pat . November 2, 2024 . TheHockeyNews.com . . November 2, 2024 . The Montreal Victoire will return to the Bell Centre for a March 1 game against the Boston Fleet..
11. Web site: Eight Cities To Host Stops On The PWHL Takeover Tour Including West Coast . Kennedy . Ian . November 18, 2024 . TheHockeyNews.com . . November 18, 2024 . Buffalo, Denver, Detroit, Raleigh, St. Louis and Seattle to host U.S. games; Québec City and Vancouver will serve as Canadian Stops on the PWHL's 2024-25 Takeover Tour..
12. Web site: Ottawa Charge @ Montreal Victoire . November 30, 2024 . ThePWHL.com . . November 30, 2024.
13. Web site: New York Sirens @ Montreal Victoire . December 4, 2024 . ThePWHL.com . . December 4, 2024.
14. Web site: Montreal Signs Lina Ljungblom To Three-Year Contract . Kennedy . Ian . June 10, 2024 . TheHockeyNews.com . . June 21, 2024 . PWHL Montreal has signed 2023 Draft Pick Lina Ljungblom to a three-year contract..
15. Web site: Montreal Re-Signs Boulier, Chuli, and Keopple Ahead Of Free Agency . Kennedy . Ian . June 17, 2024 . TheHockeyNews.com . . June 21, 2024 . PWHL Montreal has agreed to terms on contract extensions with Amanda Boulier, Mariah Keopple, and Elaine Chuli ahead of free agency..
16. Web site: PWHL Montreal signs Boulier, Keopple and Chuli to contract extensions . Canadian Press . June 17, 2024 . SportsNet.ca . . June 21, 2024.
17. Web site: Cayla Barnes Becomes First 2024 Draft Pick To Sign, Agrees To Three-Year Deal With Montreal . Kennedy . Ian . June 21, 2024 . TheHockeyNews.com . . June 21, 2024 . Fifth overall pick in the 2024 PWHL Draft Cayla Barnes has agreed to terms on a three-year contract with PWHL Montreal..
18. Web site: Free agency opens: PWHL Montreal signs top draft pick Cayla Barnes to 3-year deal . Donkin . Karissa . June 21, 2024 . CBC.ca . . June 21, 2024 . Toronto bringing back Hannah Miller for 1 season, taking a top forward off the free-agent market.
19. Web site: PWHL Montreal Signs Mikyla Grant-Mentis To A One-Year Deal . Kennedy . Ian . June 28, 2024 . TheHockeyNews.com . . June 28, 2024 . PWHL Montreal has re-signed forward Mikyla Grant-Mentis to a new one-year contract for the 2024–2025 season..
20. Web site: Montreal Re-Signs Forward Catherine Dubois . Kennedy . Ian . July 15, 2024 . TheHockeyNews.com . . July 17, 2024 . PWHL Montreal has signed forward Catherine Dubois to a one-year contact extension for the 2024–2025 season..
21. Web site: Abigail Boreen And Montreal Victoire Agree To Three-Year Deal . Kennedy . Ian . October 18, 2024 . TheHockeyNews.com . . October 19, 2024 . The Montreal Victoire have agreed to terms with 17th overall pick, Abigail Boreen on a three-year PWHL contract..
22. Web site: 2024 PWHL Draft . thepwhl.com . June 10, 2024 . June 10, 2024.