Saturday, January 25, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. ET | Scotiabank Arena
WATCH LIVE: CBC TV, CBC Gem, cbcsports.ca, MSG/MSGHD, PWHL YouTube & thepwhl.com (U.S. / International)
Daniella Ponticelli (Play-by-Play), Becky Kellar (Analyst), Rob Pizzo (Reporter);
Andi Petrillo (CBC Studio Host), Hailey Salvian (CBC Studio Analyst), Saroya Tinker (CBC Studio Analyst)
NEW YORK SIRENS
3-3-1-3 | 16 PTS | 4TH PLACE
Top Scorer: Sarah Fillier – 10 GP, 5-6-11 PTS
Last Game: 3-2 SOW vs. MIN on Jan. 15
TORONTO SCEPTRES
3-0-2-6 | 11 PTS | 6TH PLACE
Top Scorer: Renata Fast – 11 GP, 0-8-8 PTS
Last Game: 4-1 L at BOS on Jan. 22
2024-25 SEASON SERIES: NEW YORK LEADS 6-0 IN POINTS (TOR WON 11-4 IN 2024)
Dec. 18 at NY: 4-2 NY | Jan. 12 at NY: 1-0 NY | Jan. 25 at TOR | Feb. 19 at NY | Mar. 19 at TOR | Apr. 29 at TOR
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
In the last meeting between the Sirens and Sceptres, New York scored a 1-0 overtime win on Jessie Eldridge’s first career goal against Toronto. That game is the only regular-season game in PWHL history to have zero goals scored in regulation.
The Sirens are coming off a 3-2 shootout victory against Minnesota which followed the OT victory over Toronto. New York is the only team in PWHL history to have three straight OT/SO wins with a three-game streak Feb. 4-21, 2024.
First overall pick Sarah Fillier (Georgetown) will play her first PWHL game in Ontario. She’s one of five players from the province in the Sirens lineup along with Eldridge (Barrie), Jaime Bourbonnais (Mississauga), Ella Shelton (Ingersoll) and Kayle Osborne (Westport). Each player will have 10+ family members and friends in attendance.
Olivia Knowles returns to Toronto for the first time to face-off against her former team. The defender began 2024-25 as a Sceptres reserve and played 20 games for Toronto last season.
Taylor Girard will make her Sirens debut after being acquired from Boston in a trade for Jill Saulnier on Tuesday. She has six points in 28 career games with her best offensive performance against Toronto last Feb. 14 (1G, 1A).
Gabby Rosenthal leads both the Sirens and all PWHL rookies with a plus-6 rating this season. The fourth-round pick has had a positive rating in six of New York’s 10 games this season, the most by any rookie this season.
Toronto defeated Montréal 3-0 in last season’s Battle on Bay Street on Feb. 16 before a sold-out crowd of 19,285, setting a professional women’s hockey attendance record at the time. Jesse Compher, Hannah Miller and Victoria Bach were the scorers, while Kristen Campbell secured the shutout.
Toronto’s lone goal in its 4-1 loss to Boston came at 14:50 of the third period. The Sceptres have scored eight goals in the final six minutes of the third period this season, the most by any PWHL team (Minnesota second – seven).
Blayre Turnbull has scored a goal in consecutive games, joining Sarah Nurse (Nov. 30 – Dec. 3) as the only Toronto players to do so this season. The team record for consecutive games with a goal is three, done twice by Natalie Spooner last season.
Megan Carter will make her Sceptres debut after beginning the season on LTIR. The defender was chosen in the second round of the draft from Northeastern University.
The Sceptres lead the PWHL in shots-per-game with an average of 30.91 and have outshot their opponent in six consecutive games.
New York is averaging 1.6 points per game this season compared to 1.1 last season, the largest improvement by any PWHL team. Meanwhile, Toronto’s drop from 2.0 points per game last season to 1.0 this season is the largest decrease by a team.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“Today’s game at Scotiabank Arena is incredibly exciting for the whole team, and for me personally. Growing up watching the Leafs play there, I never imagined I’d get the chance to play in my own professional hockey game on that ice. For many of us, this will be the biggest crowd we’ve ever played in front of, and I know the girls are excited to live out our dreams.” - Sirens defender Jaime Bourbonnais.
“So, so, so pumped to play in Scotiabank Arena again! These moments are so big for us as a team, the league and the sport of women’s hockey so they are such an honour to play in. Our fans are the best in the league and I’m excited to be able to play in front of so many of them. As a team, we are going to bring the energy and attitude from puck drop to get this win against the Sirens!” - Sceptres forward Emma Maltais.
SATURDAY’S GAME: The only home game for the Sceptres in Toronto this month is here – and the stage is Scotiabank Arena! The Battle On Bay Street presented by Scotiabank is back and features a celebration of Toronto’s women’s sports with Teresa Resch, President of the WNBA’s Toronto Tempo performing the ceremonial puck drop, a welcome to local members of Canada’s U18 National Women’s National Team who recently won gold at the World Championship, a shoutout to AFC Toronto, and the next generation with the first Nursey Night presented by Rogers of the 2024-25 season welcoming Hockey 4 Youth. Fans can catch a live recording of the Jocks in Jills podcast presented by Canadian Tire and hosted by Tessa Bonhomme and Julia Tocheri before the game near Gate 1 at 1:05 p.m. Toronto and New York will be wearing specialty jerseys in partnership with Molson. The jerseys feature the player’s name bar at the bottom, with the Molson logo placed where the regular name bar would be, often covered by some players’ long hair. The jerseys debuted last season on International Women’s Day to launch Molson’s ‘See My Name’ campaign and were worn by teams during the PWHL Takeover Tour games in Vancouver and Québec City.