MONTREAL — Erin Ambrose is back on the ice with a weight lifted from her shoulders.

The off-season began anxiously after a second straight heartbreaking playoff exit. Unsure she would still be calling Montreal home this fall, Ambrose watched nervously as the Vancouver and Seattle franchises stockpiled much of the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s top talent in the expansion draft.

But instead of heading West, the 2024 defender of the year is back where she wants to be, and she’s energized by general manager Danièle Sauvageau’s overhaul of a Montréal Victoire roster that needed some edge.

“Once I knew that I was going to be here, obviously a lot of relief and a lot of excitement, and now with this group I’m even more excited than I could have been in that moment,” Ambrose said after M

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