Another PWHL goalie has landed on long-term injury reserve.
Toronto Sceptres goaltender Raygan Kirk has been placed on LTIR retroactive to March 30, the team announced on Monday.
Kirk sustained a lower-body injury in the third period of the Sceptre's 5-2 loss to the Fleet on March 30, the last game Toronto played before the international break. Kirk will be out of the lineup indefinitely.
The Sceptres have signed Kassidy Sauvé to a standard players agreement as Kirk's replacement. Although there is a roster freeze in effect, the CBA allows teams an exception to this rule if they need to fill a goaltender position.
Kirk, a 24-year-old rookie, has played in 10 games for the Sceptres this season and made eight starts. Of those, she's secured five wins — four in regulation and one in overtime — and boasts a .917 save percentage.
Kirk joins two other PWHL goalies, Montreal's Ann-Renee Desbiens and Ottawa's Emerance Maschmeyer, on the LTIR. All three have landed there within the last month.
Sauvé has spent the 2024-25 season playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League with SDE Hockey. She has nine regulation wins, one shootout win, and eight losses over 18 games played this season. With a .940 save percentage, she sits fourth in the Swedish league. The 28-year-old was born in Whitby, Ont., has played four years at Ohio State at the NCAA level, and was invited to PWHL New York's training camp before the start of the league's inaugural season.
