Montreal Victoire select Ottawa Charge as 1st-round opponent in PWHL playoffs [Video]

The Montreal Victoire will face the Ottawa Charge in the opening round of the Professional Women’s Hockey League playoffs.

Montreal general manager Daniele Sauvageau announced the selection of Ottawa as its first opponent on Sunday on the league’s “Jocks in Jills” podcast.

The regular-season PWHL champion has the option of selecting either the third seed or the fourth seed to face in a best-of-five first-round series.

“We’ve been preparing for this all year should we be in this position,” Victoire head coach Kori Cheverie said on a conference call Sunday, without giving away too much of what went into the process of selecting the third-seeded Charge.

Ottawa finished ahead of fourth-place Minnesota through a tiebreaker after the Charge, Frost and Boston Fleet finished the season tied at 44 points.

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