Victoire look to exorcise last year’s playoff demons in PWHL semifinal against Charge

MONTREAL — Laura Stacey learned a lot about playoff hockey in her first trip to the Professional Women’s Hockey League post-season a year ago.
The razor-thin margins. The gruelling physical demands. The resilience needed to rise back up after a crushing defeat.
Stacey will draw from that experience when her Montreal Victoire face the Ottawa Charge in a best-of-five semifinal series, beginning Thursday at Place Bell in Laval, Que.
The Victoire forward and many of her teammates will al