Some quotes from PWHL Toronto players after their season ended

Blayre Turnbull:

"I think a lot of my off-season focus will be right now on resting a bit and recovering but when I get back on the ice and get back into the gym, it’s going to be about continuing to get faster and stronger. I know with the youth that’s coming into this league next year from the girls who are entering the draft, I think the league is going to get a lot faster, the skill’s going to rise so I’m going to work on my skills, and my offense a lot too so hopefully next year I can provide a bit more offensive scoring and depth up front for our team."

Sarah Nurse:

"I would say the only thing that surprised me was how consistently amazing the crowds were. I didn’t know how consistent we would get from a fan perspective and to be able to be in buildings whether it was a weekday game or an afternoon game, but every time my team hit the building, it was packed. and I think the in-arena atmosphere always felt amazing, to hear from the bench and so many times that it was loud and you’d have to be screaming to your teammates to be able to communicate and so the fan support has been unbelievably great and very very very happy with how it went."

"I think that anytime you lose a player it’s horrible, to lose a player like Spooner was horrible, and I think what we tried to do collectively was take on what Spooner brought and what she did,she was consistent, she was hard to play against, she put pucks to the net, and it didn’t fall to one player to try to be Natalie Spooner because there’s only one of her. I think we all just needed to collectively step up and elevate our games and although we didn’t get the results we wanted, I think the group did a great job of trying to fill that void a little bit."

Renata Fast:

"I think from a player perspective, we need to kind of look at ourselves and realize the opportunity that was in front of us, being up two games and being the top seed going into the playoffs and not getting the job done and I think that has to hold a place in us and kind of that feeling of disappointment but i still think that overall there’s so much to be celebrated in a year like this and what we were able to do, we had some players that had some incredible individual accomplishments, like Natalie Spooner, and i think there are some things we can take away that are positives, but i also think it;s also a huge learning moment, and I think that that disappointment of this series will sit with us through the summer."