Pro Tips with Ann-Renée Desbiens
From Record Season to Playoff Mindset: 'Just Be the Average You'
Ann-Renée Desbiens is coming off a regular season for the ages.
The Montreal Victoire goalie set PWHL records with a .955 save percentage and 1.11 goals-against average, tying Boston Fleet No. 1 Aerin Frankel — who had an equally surreal season — with a league-record 19 wins, including seven shutouts, one behind Frankel’s new record.
Those are video game numbers for both goalies, but will they mean anything once the PWHL playoffs start this weekend and postseason pressure gets turned up?
Preparation is the biggest thing. If you've done everything to prepare yourself -- your body, your mind -- to get to that moment, then you get to just enjoy it
Still ahead in this article:
Desbiens gives a direct answer to whether her record-setting regular season will translate to the playoffs — and the reasoning she shared with her coach just before the Seattle finale is in the next paragraph.
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