PWHL New York Sirens' trajectory points up with addition of rookie star Sarah Fillier and new home
The New York Sirens enter their second PWHL season featuring a new star in Sarah Fillier, a new coach in Greg Fargo and have finally landed a permanent home at New Jersey's Prudential Center
Soon after the final refrains of Frank Sinatra’s iconic “New York, New York” finished playing over the loudspeakers to signify New York's preseason 5-2 victory over Toronto, Sarah Fillier took a seat at the podium to go over her three-goal outing.
Perhaps this was a glimpse of what’s to come from the rookie No. 1 draft pick for her nomadic, win-starved Sirens team that opens its second PWHL season at the defending champion Minnesota Frost on Sunday.
“I’m pretty happy with how the game went,” Fillier said last week, following a game in which the 24-year-old capped a hockey cycle of sorts by scoring a shorthanded, power-play and even-strength goal. “Every game I’m trying to be dangerous in the offensive zone, so it’s nice for our line to get a few.”
That’s the expectation going forward for a player dubbed a generational talent and a three-time Patty Kazmaier college player of the year finalist at Princeton. She scored eight goals in her Olympic debut as part of Canada’s gold medal-winning team in 2022, and is a three-time world champion.
