No group elevated their regulation win complete by greater than the Ottawa Cost, going from eight through the inaugural season to 12 within the 2024-25 marketing campaign whereas surging all the best way into the PWHL Finals.
2024-25 was a very electrical season for the Cost. After ending three factors outdoors of the 2024 PWHL Playoffs, the Cost received a league-high 4 extra video games in regulation and added 12 factors to their Season Two complete—tied with the Victoire for the best improve of any group—and clinched their spot within the 2025 PWHL Playoffs on the ultimate day of the common season with an additional time win in Toronto.
The Cost had been the one group to have two three-game successful streaks in regulation, and their four-game win streak on the street to shut the season was the longest within the PWHL. They tied for first in game-opening targets (18), had the best proportion of factors by defenders (29.3%), tied for second in proportion of targets scored at even energy (78.9%), and scored a document 4 shorthanded ‘Jailbreak’ targets. The group’s success earned Head Coach Carla MacLeod recognition as a finalist for 2025 PWHL Coach of the Year.
Clinching the playoffs within the remaining sport the best way they did, and maybe being additional motivated by the league’s playoff structure, did the Cost wonders. Montréal selected Ottawa as their first spherical opponent, and MacLeod and her squad embraced the problem.
A real group effort propelled the Cost to a 3-1 collection win over the Victoire, incomes them an opportunity to play for the Walter Cup of their first postseason. In the end falling to Minnesota in 4 video games, the Cost fought to the very finish. Each sport of the 2025 PWHL Finals went to additional time, together with a triple-overtime marathon in Sport 3. Ottawa additionally performed a PWHL-record four-overtime thriller within the semifinals in what was their solely loss in opposition to Montréal.
Maybe most indicative of a team-first strategy was the power of goaltender Gwyneth Philips to go from backup to starter through the group’s essential stretch drive. The rookie by no means misplaced a sport in regulation through the postseason with a glowing 1.23 goals-against-average and a .952 save proportion to earn the Ilana Kloss Playoff MVP Award.
Playoff scoring additionally got here from up and down all the lineup. The factors chief was Emily Clark, who delivered 5 playoff factors, together with a pair of game-winners. On the blue line, Jocelyne Larocque tied for second in group scoring with 4 factors, greater than doubling her point-per-game output from the common season.
As with each PWHL squad this summer season, the Cost are turning the web page heading into Season Three however are battle-tested by way of their resilience. With a robust common season punctuated by a protracted playoff run and each Clark and Phillips having lately signed contract extensions to maintain them in Ottawa by way of the 2027-28 season, coach MacLeod and the Cost are desirous to run all of it again.
