However, they’re not going to want to stop there as the hottest team in the league will get set to play New York on Friday at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.
If Toronto is able to earn themselves three points against New York, they’ll be able to extend their record-breaking winning streak to five games.
Despite this streak and winning five of their last six games, Toronto sits third, middle of the pack in the PWHL standings, thanks to the shaky start they had to the campaign.
Toronto forward Jesse Compher said, “None of us were happy with the start to the season we had.”
In a new league, it’s expected that not everything will run smoothly and it’ll take some time before things start clicking.
Head coach Troy Ryan and his team were under a lot of pressure to perform and put up better results after losing four of the first five games of the season.
For quite some time, the last-place position in the PWHL standings was a familiar home for Toronto, but coach Ryan shared what he thought was a big turning point for his team.
Ryan looked back to Jan. 17, when Boston defeated Toronto, 3-2 at home. He believed the team put up a respectable fight and took some positives from the loss.
“I thought we played really well physically; I thought we had some good offensive chances.”
Forward Hannah Miller believes that their turnaround in form was from “Building chemistry, getting to know each other better.”
Toronto’s last game was a monumental one. Not only did they extend their win streak to four games, they played in front of a record-breaking crowd.
Last Friday, Toronto faced Montreal in the “Battle on Bay Street” at Scotiabank Arena. Tickets for this game sold out in minutes.
It set a new record for the largest attendance for a women’s hockey event ever with 19,285 fans.
Toronto was able to feed off the historic crowd and will be looking to take that same energy and support into tomorrow’s game.
Montreal defender, Erin Ambrose admitted that she is not surprised to see Toronto doing well despite their start.
“I think all of us knew that Toronto’s start wasn’t how they were going to continue on; they have too many good players on that team,” she said. “They got a lot of speed and they’re physical; they’re hard to play against. You can’t do anything but tip your cap to your opponent sometimes.”
Toronto will face New York tomorrow at the Mattamy Athletic Centre at 7 p.m.