If Sarah Fillier's aspirations involve her becoming the best women’s hockey player in the world, the New York Sirens center is hardly satisfied following her PWHL rookie of the year season.

For all the times she produced in finishing tied with Hilary Knight for the league lead with 29 points, Fillier spent the offseason instead focusing on the opportunities she missed that contributed to New York ending up last in the standings for a second straight year.

“There were moments that I had the game on my stick and we just couldn’t put the puck in the back of the net,” the 25-year-old said, referring to how New York fell out of contention during a nine-game midseason skid. “If you want to be the best in the world, those are moments that define you.”

Unaccustomed to losing, the former Princet

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