国产诱惑福利

鈥淚鈥檇 much prefer this happening now than later on down the road, that鈥檚 for sure,鈥� said Victoire head coach Kori Cheverie. 鈥淭his is a great learning for us to have now instead of May."

Added Montreal forward Laura Stacey: "The messaging, the feeling in the room is let it hurt tonight. We regroup, we have another game Thursday and we have to learn from it."

And Stacey feels there's plenty Montreal (9-4-1-5) can take away from the game.

"There鈥檚 a lot to learn, but there鈥檚 also some really great things to be proud of,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e up 3-0 against the first-place team in the league.聽

"Our power play is clicking; our penalty kill killed a five-minute major in the third period. The physicality, the first 48 minutes of the game, we owned it. The shots on goal. Frankel is a great goaltender, to get three on her that鈥檚 something to be proud of.鈥�

Stacey鈥檚 words have weight to them. With Montreal defender Erin Ambrose on long-term injured reserve and captain Marie-Philip Poulin leaving the game in the first period, Stacey is the only member of the team鈥檚 usual leadership group remaining.

With just over three minutes remaining in the first and Montreal on the power play, Poulin collided with Boston forward Shay Maloney at the side boards. Instantly she started favouring her right leg.

It was the same leg she injured against Czechia at the Winter Olympics on Feb. 9. It forced her to miss two games at the Olympics, and Montreal鈥檚 first PWHL contest following the Olympic break.聽

This was Montreal鈥檚 fourth game after the Olympics.

鈥淲e鈥檝e been batting some adversity here, and I think with that being said it鈥檚 pretty awesome to see how this team鈥檚 coming together, how everybody鈥檚 picking up the pieces,鈥� Stacey said. 鈥淣obody鈥檚 going to replace No. 29 out there, and we all know that.

"But what we can do is every little thing we possibly can to try and win it as a team together. When your captain goes down, to see the way the group responded, to see that feeling in the locker room of 鈥榃e got this,鈥� I think that鈥檚 what you want to feel, that your team not only wants to lift her up, but they want to do it for her.鈥�

Abby Roque, who had a goal and two assists in the game, was asked to step up in Poulin鈥檚 absence. She moved to centre on the team鈥檚 top line, and in the third period when the team was down two defenders because of penalties, she even was asked to play defence.

鈥淵ou go back to the drawing board,鈥� Roque said. 鈥淚 like to watch video the same night if I can get my hands on it 鈥� see what I did right, see what I did wrong.聽

"As a team we like to do it as quickly as possible because you do have to learn from games like this, but you also have to let go and think of the positives, and you look at both of those and take the good, try to throw away the bad and we have quick turnaround to play Thursday.鈥�

聽鈥楴EVER A DOUBT鈥�

Boston head coach Kris Sparre is in his first season coaching the Fleet in the PWHL. But he has full confidence in his team, which moved three points ahead of Montreal atop the standings despite trailing 3-0 after 40 minutes.

鈥淵ou come into a building like this that鈥檚 loud, and you have a team sitting here waiting for you for 11 days, it鈥檚 a tough one to battle back from,鈥� he said. 鈥淕oing into the third period, really, there was never a doubt.聽

"We said 鈥榣et鈥檚 get one and see what happens. We got the first one relatively early, and then our bench took over from there.鈥�

This report by 国产诱惑福利 was first published March 15, 2026.