Team Harvey's with the Secret Cup and Billie Jean King. Source.
In 2022-23 the Professional Women's Hockey Player Association staged a travelling exhibition tournament named the Secret Dream Gap Tour (after their deodorant sponsor) with games in Eastern Canada and the US. There were four teams, each named after a corporate sponsor: Team Adidas (after the shoemaker), Team Harvey's (after the restaurant chain), Team Scotiabank (after the Canadian bank), and Team Sonnet (after an insurance company).
The tournament took the form of a series of showcases with breaks to release the players to their national teams for the Canada vs US Series.
The 2022-23 Secret Dream Gap Tour was the immediate precursor of the 2024 PWHL and helped work out the logistics of operating a pro league. But perhaps because it was an exhibition series it's not that well documented. The game results listed below have been cobbled together from a variety of sources.
The rosters were:
Team Adidas:
Forwards: Kendall Coyne Schofield; Samantha Donovan; Laura Dostaler; Kelly Gribbons; Jess Jones; Amanda Kessel; Sarah Nurse; Kristin O’Neill; Sarah Potomak; Jill Saulnier; Laura Stacey; Kayla Vespa; Kaitlin Willoughby
Defense: Emily Curlett; Jessica Digrolamo; Jincy Dunne; Megan Eady; Renata Fast; Haili Krzyzaniak; Jocelyne Larocque; Meaghan Mikkelson
Goaltenders: Aerin Frankel; Maddie Rooney; Sydney Scobee; Shea Tiley
Staff: Matt Leitner (GM/Head Coach)
Team Harvey's:
Forwards: Emily Clark; Rosalie Demers; Jessie Eldridge; Karell Emard; Alexa Grushchow; Rhianna Kurio; Bailey Larson; Marie-Philip Poulin; Alexandra Poznikoff; Jamie Lee Rattray; Hayley Scamurra; Sophia Shaver
Defense: Mellissa Channell; Laura Fortino; Jacquie Greco; Savannah Harmon; Kristen Richards; Lauriane Rougeau; Lee Stecklein
Goaltenders: Marlène Boissonnault; Ann-Renée Desbiens; Geneviève Lacasse
Staff: Danièle Sauvageau (GM/Head Coach)
Team Scotiabank:
Forwards: Victoria Bach; Alex Carpenter; Mélodie Daoust; Madison Field; Grace Graham; Rebecca Johnston; Nicole Kosta; Hayley Lunny; Kelly Pannek; Tatum Skaggs; Natalie Spooner; Blayre Turnbull
Defense: Jaime Bourbonnais; Mélanie Desrochers; Katelyn Gosling; Megan Keller; Brigette Lacquette; Makayla Langei; Cat Quirion; Ella Shelton
Goaltenders: Kristen Campbell; Amanda Makela; Emerance Maschmeyer
Staff: Becky McGee (GM), Dean Seymour (Head Coach)
Team Sonnet:
Forwards: Hannah Brandt; Hanna Bunton; Samantha Cogan; Demi Crossman; Iya Gavrilova; Brianne Jenner; Hilary Knight; Rebecca Leslie; Carolyne Prévost; Abby Roque; Malia Schneider; Natasza Tarnowski
Defense: Erin Ambrose; Leah Bohlken; Lilian Braga; Emily Brown; Emma Buckles; Ella Matteucci; Nikki Nightengale; Claire Thompson; Micah Zandee-Hart
Goaltenders: Lindsay Browning; Nicole Hensley; Erica Howe
Staff: Rebecca Michael (GM), Laura McIntosh (Head Coach)
(Source.)
The games:
2022/10/15 Sonnet 4 - 2 Scotiabank Montreal
2022/10/15 Harvey's 4 - 2 Adidas Montreal
2022/10/16 Scotiabank 5 - 0 Adidas Montreal
2022/10/16 Harvey's 3 - 2 Sonnet (SO) Montreal
2022/11/4 Harvey's 4 - 3 Adidas (OT) Truro
2022/11/4 Scotiabank 2 - 1 Sonnet Truro
2022/11/5 Harvey's 6 - 2 Sonnet Truro
2022/11/5 Adidas 5 - 3 Scotiabank Truro
2022/11/6 Harvey's 5 - 1 Scotiabank Truro
2022/11/6 Sonnet 4 - 1 Adidas Truro
2022/11/15 Canada 3 - 4 US Kelowna
2022/11/17 Canada 1 - 2 US Kamloops
2022/11/20 US 4 - 2 Canada Seattle
2022/11/26 Scotiabank 5 - 4 Sonnet Pittsburgh
2022/11/26 Adidas 3 - 4 Harvey's Pittsburgh
2022/11/27 Sonnet 1 - 3 Adidas Pittsburgh
2022/11/27 Harvey's 5 - 2 Scotiabank Pittsburgh
2022/12/9 Harvey's 3 - 2 Sonnet (SO) Gatineau
2022/12/9 Adidas 2 - 1 Scotiabank Kemptville
2022/12/10 Harvey's 3 - 1 Scotiabank Ottawa
2022/12/10 Adidas 4 - 0 Sonnet Ottawa
2022/12/15 US 2 - 3 Canada Henderson, Nevada
2022/12/19 US 2 - 3 Canada Los Angeles
2023/1/21 Scotiabank 3 - 0 Adidas Owen Sound
2023/1/21 Harvey's 3 - 2 Sonnet Collingwood
2023/1/22 Sonnet 1 - 6 Scotiabank Collingwood
2023/1/22 Adidas 1 - 5 Harvey's Collingwood
2023/2/10 Harvey's 5 - 2 Scotiabank Peterborough
2023/2/10 Adidas 4 - 0 Sonnet St. Catharines
2023/2/11 Adidas 2 - 1 Harvey's (OT) Barrie
2023/2/11 Sonnet 1 - 4 Scotiabank Kitchener
2023/2/20 Canada 5 - 1 US Series Trois-Rivières
2023/2/22 Canada 5 - 0 US Series Laval
2023/2/24 Scotiabank 3 - 2 Harvey's Tampa Bay
2023/2/24 Sonnet 2 - 3 Adidas Tampa Bay
2023/2/25 Adidas [6 - 3] Scotiabank Tampa Bay [should be]
2023/2/25 Sonnet [4 - 2] Harvey's Tampa Bay [should be]
2023/2/26 Harvey's 4 - 1 Scotiabank Tampa Bay
2023/2/26 Adidas [2 - 0] Sonnet Tampa Bay [should be]
2023/3/4 Harvey's 1 - 3 Adidas DC
2023/3/4 Scotiabank 2 - 3 Sonnet DC
2023/3/5 Sonnet 1 - 3 Harvey's DC
2023/3/5 Adidas 4 - 1 Scotiabank DC
Playoffs:
2023/3/10 Harvey's 2 - 1 Sonnet (OT) semi-final Irvine, California
2023/3/10 Scotiabank 4 - 3 Adidas (OT) semi-final Irvine, California
2023/3/11 Adidas 3 - 2 Sonnet (OT) 3rd-place game El Segundo, California
2023/3/11 Harvey's 5 - 4 Scotiabank final Palm Desert, California
Final standings:
(Source.)
[I was unable to find three of the Tampa Showcase scores, so I worked them out by subtracting the other game results from the final standings.]
Comments