All was not optimistic for the riveters as the Force split only two games in Montreal

tomtidgewellNovember 27, 2022

The teams spread the gospel of women’s hockey by playing their remaining 10 “home” games at various locations in Quebec.

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Pat Hickey • Montreal Gazette

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Montreal Force head coach Peter Smith is behind the bench during the second period of the team’s first Premier Hockey League home game against the Metropolitan Riveters on Saturday, November 26, 2022, in Verdun. Smith said after the Force lost 3-2 to the New Jersey-based Riveters at Saint Laurent’s Raymond Burke Arena on Sunday. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette

Montreal Force manager Peter Smith said his team is taking a positive approach to its schedule, with 22 of its 24 games played outside the 514 area code.

After losing 3-2 to the New Jersey-based Metropolitan Riveters at Raymond Burke on Sunday, Smith said: Saint Laurent Arena.

The loss created a split in the Force in their only regular season game in the Montreal area. Premier His hockey federation expansion team, The Force, beat the Riveters 5-3 in his first home game held at his auditorium in Verdun on Saturday. The team will continue to advance its women’s hockey team by hosting his remaining 10 games in various locations around the state, starting with his two games against his Whale in Connecticut next weekend in September. spread the gospel of

With the loss, Force moved to a 2-2 record, and Smith said he was still sorting out the special teams and goaltending situation. stopped 24 of 27 shots for Montreal on Sunday.

“I thought Marie Soleil was good today, but unfortunately she flipped the puck in a bad area,” Smith said.

The bad area was in front of the net and Kelly Babstock scored with 52.8 seconds left in regulation time. She scored on the rebound after Deschenne stopped a shot from riveter Sarah Bujold.

Smith said playing the game was key to the power play that saw him score two goals on Saturday. They went 0-4 on Sunday and gave up a short-handed goal.

“We did some good things on the power play[but]I think the puck recovery didn’t go as well as it should have,” Smith said. “I thought we had a shot mentality, but we didn’t get many second shots. is required.”

Brooke Stacy from Kanawake defeated Finland national team goalkeeper Evelina Mäkinen in the Goalmouth Scramble to give Force a 1-0 lead.

The Riveters regained one when Fani Galat Gaspariks, the best forward to come out of Hungary’s burgeoning women’s program, scored on a short-handed breakaway. It was the third shorthanded goal Force allowed in four games.

Madison Packer gave the visitors a 2–1 lead midway through the third period, but Christine Daedelin equalized at 14:35, 17 seconds after the Force emptied on a power play.

In three Olympic appearances without appearing in a match, Mäkinen recorded 25 saves in victories.

On Saturday, Force drew a PHF record crowd of over 2,500. Jade Downey Landry led the Force with his three goals and one assist, while captain Anne-Sophie Bethes scored his two. Downey Landry scored a power play goal, an even strength goal and a short-handed goal.

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