The 2023–24 PWHL Boston season was the team's inaugural season as a member of the newly created Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). They played their home games at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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 for the Walter Cup 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 Courtney Kessel 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, Aerin Frankel, and Megan Keller. Knight was named team captain, with Keller and Jamie Lee Rattray named assistant captains.
Standings
Schedule and results
Regular season Boston hosted its inaugural game on January 3, 2024, against PWHL Minnesota. Theresa Schafzahl 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 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
The regular season schedule was published on November 30, 2023.
| 1 || January 3 || PWHL Minnesota || 2–3 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 4,012 || 0–0–0–1 || 0 || |- style="background:#ccc;" | – || January 8 || PWHL Ottawa || colspan="8"|Postponed due to inclement weather. Moved to February 19.
| 2 || January 13 || @ PWHL Montreal || 3–2 || OT || Frankel || Verdun Auditorium || 3,245 || 0–1–0–1 || 2 ||
| 3 || January 17 || @ PWHL Toronto || 3–2 || || Söderberg || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,491 || 1–1–0–1 || 5 ||
| 4 || January 20 || PWHL New York || 1–4 || || Söderberg || Tsongas Center || 4,007 || 1–1–0–2 || 5 ||
| 5 || January 24 || @ PWHL Ottawa || 3–2 || || Frankel || TD Place Arena || 5,208 || 2–1–0–2 || 8 ||
| 6 || January 27 || PWHL Minnesota || 4–3 || OT || Söderberg || Tsongas Center || 4,059 || 2–2–0–2 || 10 ||
| 7 || February 4 || PWHL Montreal || 1–2 || OT || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 4,210 || 2–2–1–2 || 11 ||
| 8 || February 14 || PWHL Toronto || 3–5 || || Söderberg || Tsongas Center || 1,791 || 2–2–1–3 || 11 ||
| 9 || February 17 || PWHL New York || 1–2 || OT || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 4,002 || 2–2–2–3 || 12 ||
| 10 || February 19 || PWHL Ottawa || 2–4 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 2,849 || 2–2–2–4 || 12 ||
| 11 || February 21 || PWHL Ottawa || 3–1 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 1,889 || 3–2–2–4 || 15 ||
| 12 || February 25 || @ PWHL Minnesota || 2–0 || || Frankel || Xcel Energy Center || 10,186 || 4–2–2–4 || 18 ||
| 13 || March 2 || @ PWHL Montreal || 1–3 || || Frankel || Verdun Auditorium || 3,232 || 4–2–2–5 || 18 ||
| 14 || March 6 || @ PWHL Toronto || 1–3 || || Frankel || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,479 || 4–2–2–6 || 18 ||
| 15 || March 10 || PWHL New York || 3–2 || OT || Söderberg || Tsongas Center || 4,607 || 4–3–2–6 || 20 ||
| 16 || March 13 || @ PWHL Minnesota || 0–4 || || Frankel || Xcel Energy Center || 4,669 || 4–3–2–7 || 20 ||
| 17 || March 16 || PWHL Ottawa || 2–1 || SO || Frankel || Little Caesars Arena || 13,736 || 4–4–2–7 || 22 ||
| 18 || March 20 || @ PWHL Toronto || 1–2 || || Söderberg || Mattamy Athletic Centre || 2,525 || 4–4–2–8 || 22 ||
| 19 || March 25 || @ PWHL New York || 2–3 || || Frankel || UBS Arena || 2,834 || 4–4–2–9 || 22 ||
| 20 || April 18 || PWHL Toronto || 2–1 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 4,084 || 5–4–2–9 || 25 ||
| 21 || April 20 || @ PWHL New York || 2–1 || || Frankel || Prudential Center || 5,132 || 6–4–2–9 || 28 ||
| 22 || April 24 || @ PWHL Ottawa || 2–3 || SO || Frankel || TD Place Arena || 7,686 || 6–4–3–9 || 29 ||
| 23 || April 27 || @ PWHL Minnesota || 2–1 || || Söderberg || Xcel Energy Center || 9,977 || 7–4–3–9 || 32 ||
| 24 || May 4 || PWHL Montreal || 4–3 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 5,964 || 8–4–3–9 || 35 ||
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Playoffs
On May 6, 2024, PWHL Toronto announced that it had elected to play PWHL Minnesota in the first round of the playoffs, leaving PWHL Montreal 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 || Frankel || Place Bell || 9,135 || 1–0 ||
| 2 || May 11 || @ Montreal || 2–1 || 3OT || Frankel || Place Bell || 10,172 || 2–0 ||
| 3 || May 14 || Montreal || 3–2 || OT || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 2,781 || 3–0 ||
| 1 || May 19 || Minnesota || 4–3 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 4,508 || 1–0 ||
| 2 || May 21 || Minnesota || 0–3 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 4,543 || 1–1 ||
| 3 || May 24 || @ Minnesota || 1–4 || || Frankel || Xcel Energy Center || 9,054 || 1–2 ||
| 4 || May 26 || @ Minnesota || 1–0 || 2OT || Frankel || Xcel Energy Center || 13,104 || 2–2 ||
| 5 || May 29 || Minnesota || 0–3 || || Frankel || Tsongas Center || 6,309 || 2–3 ||
Player statistics = Indicates team leader
Skaters
Regular season Player Alina Müller 24 5 11 16 56 6Megan Keller 24 4 11 15 53 12Hilary Knight 24 6 5 11 84 6Jamie Lee Rattray 24 3 8 11 65 8Hannah Brandt 24 5 5 10 39 4Susanna Tapani 17 2 6 8 38 6Loren Gabel 17 4 3 7 46 2Taylor Girard 23 4 2 6 30 4Theresa Schafzahl 20 3 3 6 23 0Sophie Shirley 20 3 2 5 25 6Emily Brown 24 1 3 4 20 12Gigi Marvin 24 1 3 4 21 6Sidney Morin 24 1 3 4 69 2Kaleigh Fratkin 24 2 1 3 11 26Lexie Adzija 7 1 2 3 7 2Nicole Kosta 10 1 2 3 5 2Jess Healey 22 1 2 3 14 8Jessica Digirolamo 24 0 3 3 25 8Amanda Pelkey 23 1 1 2 20 8Abby Cook 9 1 0 1 6 2Kelly Babstock 4 0 1 1 1 2Taylor Wenczkowski 16 0 0 0 2 2
Playoffs Player Susanna Tapani 8 3 1 4 13 2Megan Keller 8 0 4 4 12 10Alina Müller 8 2 1 3 19 0Amanda Pelkey 8 2 1 3 9 0Gigi Marvin 8 0 3 3 8 0Theresa Schafzahl 8 0 3 3 7 0Taylor Wenczkowski 8 2 0 2 4 2Hannah Brandt 8 1 1 2 10 4Sophie Shirley 8 1 1 2 14 0Emily Brown 8 0 2 2 6 0Sidney Morin 8 0 2 2 20 0Lexie Adzija 8 1 0 1 10 7Jess Healey 8 1 0 1 3 0Jamie Lee Rattray 6 0 1 1 11 4Abby Cook 2 0 0 0 0 0Nicole Kosta 2 0 0 0 1 0Loren Gabel 6 0 0 0 4 0Kelly Babstock 8 0 0 0 7 4Jessica Digirolamo 8 0 0 0 11 2Kaleigh Fratkin 8 0 0 0 13 8Hilary Knight 8 0 0 0 31 2
Goaltenders
Regular season Player Aerin Frankel 18 1050:52 8 6 2 35 2.00 490 0.929 1 0 0 0Emma Söderberg 8 401:24 4 3 0 17 2.54 170 0.900 0 0 0 0
Playoffs Player Aerin Frankel 8 580:58 5 3 0 14 1.45 300 0.953 1 0 0 0
Awards and honors
Milestones
Regular season Player Milestone Reached Theresa Schafzahl 1st career PWHL goal January 3, 2024 1st career PWHL game Megan Keller 1st career PWHL goal 1st career PWHL game Jamie Lee Rattray 1st career PWHL assist 1st career PWHL game Sophie Shirley 1st career PWHL assist 1st career PWHL game Alina Müller 1st career PWHL assist 1st career PWHL game Sidney Morin 1st career PWHL assist 1st career PWHL game Emily Brown 1st career PWHL game Taylor Wenczkowski Kaleigh Fratkin Amanda Pelkey Taylor Girard Sophie Jaques Gigi Marvin Hannah Brandt Hilary Knight Jessica DiGirolamo Shiann Darkangelo Loren Gabel Jess Healey Aerin Frankel 1st career PWHL game 1st career PWHL loss Taylor Girard 1st career PWHL goal January 13, 2024 Hannah Brandt 1st career PWHL goal Amanda Pelkey 1st career PWHL goal 1st career PWHL overtime goal Gigi Marvin 1st career PWHL assist Theresa Schafzahl Aerin Frankel 1st career PWHL win 1st career PWHL overtime win Loren Gabel 1st career PWHL goal January 17, 2024 1st career PWHL assist Emily Brown 1st career PWHL assist Emma Söderberg 1st career PWHL game 1st career PWHL win Alina Müller 5th career PWHL assist January 20, 2024 Emma Söderberg 1st career PWHL loss Alina Müller 1st career PWHL goal January 24, 2024 Jamie Lee Rattray Megan Keller 1st career PWHL assist Kaleigh Fratkin 1st career PWHL goal January 27, 2024 Hilary Knight Jessica Digirolamo 1st career PWHL assist Shiann Darkangelo Nicole Kosta Hilary Knight Sophie Shirley 1st career PWHL goal February 4, 2024 Hanna Brandt 1st career PWHL assist Taylor Girard 1st career PWHL assist February 14, 2024 Madison Packer 1st career PWHL assist February 17, 2024 Megan Keller 5th career PWHL assist February 19, 2024 Jess Healey 1st career PWHL assist February 21, 2024 Kaleigh Fratkin Gigi Marvin 1st career PWHL goal February 25, 2024 Jamie Lee Rattray 5th career PWHL assist Jess Healey 1st career PWHL goal March 6, 2024 Amanda Pelkey 1st career PWHL assist Alina Müller 10th career PWHL assist March 10, 2024 Susanna Tapani 5th career PWHL assist Sidney Morin 1st career PWHL goal March 20, 2024 Emily Brown 1st career PWHL goal April 18, 2024 Nicole Kosta 1st career PWHL goal April 20, 2024 Lexie Adzija 5th career PWHL assist Megan Keller 10th career PWHL assist Kelly Babstock 1st career PWHL game Hilary Knight 5th career PWHL goal April 24, 2024 Hannah Brandt 5th career PWHL goal April 27, 2024 Alina Müller 5th career PWHL goal May 4, 2024 Hilary Knight 5th career PWHL assist Hannah Brandt Kelly Babstock 1st career PWHL assist
Transactions
Boston has been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 PWHL season.
Signings
Date Player Position Term Previous Team Ref September 7, 2023 Aerin Frankel G 3 years Team Adidas September 7, 2023 Megan Keller D 3 years Team Scotiabank September 7, 2023 Hilary Knight F 3 years Team Sonnet October 27, 2023 Sophie Jaques D 3 years Ohio State October 30, 2023 Alina Müller F 3 years Northeastern October 31, 2023 Emma Söderberg G 2 years Minnesota Duluth October 31, 2023 Jamie Lee Rattray F 3 years Team Harvey's November 1, 2023 Theresa Schafzahl F 2 years Vermont November 2, 2023 Sophie Shirley F 1 year Wisconsin November 2, 2023 Emma Buckles D 1 year Team Sonnet November 3, 2023 Hannah Brandt F 1 year Team Sonnet November 3, 2023 Jess Healey D 1 year Buffalo Beauts November 6, 2023 Emily Brown D 1 year Team Sonnet November 7, 2023 Kaleigh Fratkin D 1 year Boston Pride November 8, 2023 Taylor Girard F 2 years Connecticut Whale November 8, 2023 Jessica DiGirolamo D 2 years Team Adidas November 9, 2023 Shiann Darkangelo F 1 year Toronto Six November 9, 2023 Loren Gabel F 2 years Boston Pride November 10, 2023 Nicole Kosta F 1 year Team Scotiabank December 11, 2023 Cami Kronish G 1 year Wisconsin December 19, 2023 Taylor Wenczkowski F 1 year Boston Pride December 19, 2023 Sidney Morin D 1 year Minnesota Whitecaps December 20, 2023 Gigi Marvin F 1 year Team Adidas December 20, 2023 Amanda Pelkey F 1 year Metropolitan Riveters
Trades Date Details Ref To MinnesotaSophie JaquesTo BostonSusanna TapaniAbby Cook
Draft picks
Below are the PWHL Boston's selections at the 2023 PWHL draft held on September 18, 2023.