The 2023 Isobel Cup is the playoffs for the 2022-23 Premier Hockey Federation season.
Playoffs[]
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 the Bentley Arena in Waltham, Massachusetts and the 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.[1][2]
Bracket[]
- As of March 26, 2023
| 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 | |||||||
Semifinals[]
(1) Boston Pride vs. (4) Minnesota Whitecaps[]
| March 16, 2023 7:00 PM |
Boston Pride | 2–5 (2–2, 0–0, 0–3) |
Minnesota Whitecaps | Bentley Arena, Waltham |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corinne Schroeder (30 saves / 33 shots) |
Goalies | Amanda Leveille (30 saves / 32 shots) |
Referees: Amanda Tassoni Charlotte Hurley | |
| Gilmore (Fratkin, Thunstrom) (PP) – 14:26 / Gabel (Dempsey) – 16:51 | 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5 | 02:56 – Mogren (Wente) / 14:04 – Albers (Knowles) (SH) / 51:21 – Albers (Schepers, Morin) (PP) / 58:41 – Brodt (Křížová, Marshall) (EN) / 59:23 – Albers (Baldwin) (EN) | ||
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corinne Schroeder (27 saves / 31 shots) |
Goalies | Amanda Leveille (47 saves / 48 shots) |
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| Wenczkowski (Gilmore, Fratkin) – 06:19 | 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 | 08:05 – Albers (SH) / 10:56 – Fleming (Křížová, Marshall) / 43:04 – Morin / 47:13 – Snodgrass (Schepers, Albers) | ||
| 4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 48 | Shots | 31 | ||
(2) Toronto Six vs. (3) Connecticut Whale[]
| March 17, 2023 3:00 PM |
Toronto Six | 3–5 (1–2, 0–1, 2–2) |
Connecticut Whale | Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elaine Chuli (28 saves / 32 shots) |
Goalies | Abbie Ives (21 saves / 24 shots) |
Referees: Lacey Senuk Gillian Allen | |
| Woods (Wilson-Bennett, Vanišová) – 17:35 / Cava (Howard, Greco) – 41:42 / Cava (Darkangelo) – 46:21 | 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 3–4 / 3–5 | 14:24 – Reyes (Lonergan, Turner) (PP) / 15:15 – Samoskevich (Mrázová) / 36:28 – Serdar (Lonergan, Munroe) (PP) / 40:25 – Girard (Marchment) (SH) / 58:42 Girard (Marchment) (EN) | ||
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elaine Chuli (23 saves / 25 shots) |
Goalies | Abbie Ives (26 saves / 29 shots) |
Referees: Amy Martin Lacey Senuk | |
| Howard (Wilson-Bennett, Eastwood) (SH) – 26:21 / Howard (Watts, Lásková) – 28:55 / Woods (Tabin, Darkangelo) – 62:31 | 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 | 15:46 – Marchment (Girard) / 27:44 – Girard (Turner, Samoskevich) (PP) | ||
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elaine Chuli (31 saves / 31 shots) |
Goalies | Abbie Ives (22 saves / 25 shots) |
Referees: Meghan Mactavish Amy Martin | |
| Cava (Tabin, Eastwood) – 05:21 / Lum (Cava, Tabin) – 20:32 / Tabin (Howard, Lásková) (PP) – 49:18 | 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 | |||
| 2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
| 25 | Shots | 31 | ||
Isobel Cup final[]
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elaine Chuli (21 saves / 24 shots) |
Goalies | Amanda Leveille (35 saves / 39 shots) |
Referees: Amanda Tassoni Lacey Senuk | |
| Lásková (Cava, Lum) – 07:22 / Wilson-Bennett (E. Woods) – 30:27 / T. Woods (Cava) – 47:56 / Vanišová – 64:23 | 1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 4–3 | 24:02 – Fleming / 36:06 – Madsen (Snodgrass, Schepers) / 40:20 – Albers (Snodgrass, Marshall) (PP) | ||
| 4 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
| 39 | Shots | 24 | ||
- ↑ Krotz, Paul (February 16, 2023). PHF Announces 2023 Isobel Cup Playoff Dates, Semifinal Locations. “Boston and Toronto to host best-of-three semifinals March 16-20. Isobel Cup championship final set for March 26”
- ↑ Krotz, Paul (March 9, 2023). 2023 Isobel Cup Championship Coming to Mullett Arena. Premier Hockey Federation. “PHF Partners with Arizona Coyotes and OVG360 to bring professional women's hockey to the desert on March 26 with live coverage on ESPN2 and TSN.”