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SAINT PAUL, MN (January 8, 2025) – Taylor Heise scored the overtime winner to lift the Minnesota Frost to a 2-1 victory over the Boston Fleet in a Wednesday night nailbiter at Xcel Energy Center. The win is the Frost’s third in as many games this season against the Fleet, and the second in seven days by an overtime finish. Hannah Bilka scored early on for the Fleet, making this the first time Boston has opened the scoring against Minnesota this season. Later in the first period, Denisa Křížová scored her first goal of the campaign, tying the game at one and ending the game’s regulation scoring. Heise’s winner came at 3:20 of the extra frame on Minnesota’s first shot of overtime on Emma Söderberg, who stopped 24 shots throughout regulation. Maddie Rooney picked up her fourth win of the season with a 26-save performance.
https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2025/january/08/minnesota-freezes-boston-with-a-2-1-overtime-win
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NEWARK, NJ (January 7, 2025) – The Ottawa Charge take their third consecutive win on the road with a 3-2 victory against the New York Sirens on Tuesday night at Prudential Center. Emerance Maschmeyer recorded her fourth win of the season with a 21-save performance, tying her for most goaltender wins across the league. The Sirens started the game off strong with a first period goal from Ella Shelton, her first of the season, but the Charge were quick to respond with goals by Danielle Serdachny and Shiann Darkangelo to make it 2-1 after 20 minutes. Ottawa maintained their lead for the rest of the game, with Emily Clark scoring in the second period to make it 3-1. The Charge withstood a Sirens comeback bid when Maja Nylén Persson netted her first of the year in the final frame. For her first career start, Sirens goaltender Kayle Osborne stopped 34 of 37 shots faced. Ottawa’s win streak continues despite their inability to score more than three goals in any game this season.
https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2025/january/07/ottawa-charges-into-a-3-2-win-over-the-sirens
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SEATTLE, WA (January 5, 2025) – The Boston Fleet opened the PWHL Takeover Tour™ with a thrilling 3-2 shootout win over the Montréal Victoire on Sunday in front of a season-high crowd of 12,608 at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena. Montréal led 2-0 in the first period with goals by Laura Stacey on the power play and Abby Boreen at even strength. Boston rookie Hannah Bilka helped mount the comeback with a second period power play goal, then added an assist on Susanna Tapani’s game-tying goal on the power play midway through the third period. Bilka and Tapani then accounted for two of Boston’s three goals in the shootout. Aerin Frankel stopped 23 shots in regulation and overtime, then turned aside three of Montréal’s four shootout attempts to secure her third win of the season. Victoire goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens made 28 saves in regulation and overtime in the loss. The victory snaps Boston’s three-game losing streak and ends Montréal’s four-game winning streak.
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SAINT PAUL, MN (January 4, 2025) – The New York Sirens recorded the first shutout of the 2024-25 PWHL season, skating to a 5-0 victory over the Minnesota Frost on Saturday afternoon at Xcel Energy Center. Sirens goaltender Corinne Schroeder earned first star honors with a 26-save performance, and forward Alex Carpenter recorded a goal and an assist to set a PWHL record with a seven-game point streak. The Sirens were also led offensively by Jessie Eldridge who had a goal and two assists, Abby Roque with a goal and an assist, and single tallies by Sarah Fillier and Chloé Aurard. Minnesota rookie Lucy Morgan faced 34 shots in her first career start between the pipes.
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Montréal’s Catherine Dubois suspended for one game
NEW YORK AND TORONTO (January 3, 2025) – The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) today announced that, after an automatic review by the PWHL Player Safety Committee, Montréal Victoire forward Catherine Dubois has been suspended for one game.
The incident occurred at the end of the second period in Montréal’s game against Boston on Dec. 30. Dubois was assessed a major penalty and a game misconduct for an illegal check to the head on Boston’s Megan Keller, following an automatic review by the on-ice officials and the PWHL Central Situation Room.
The Player Safety Committee determined that Dubois delivered a hit with significant opposite directional force and speed and that the head was the main point of contact, where such head contact was avoidable. This is in violation of PWHL Rule 48.
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SAINT PAUL, MN (January 2, 2025) – The Minnesota Frost regained control of first place in the PWHL in front of their home crowd, propelled by Britta Curl-Salemme's overtime winner over the Boston Fleet Thursday night at the Xcel Energy Center. After a scoreless first period, the Frost broke open the scoring midway through the second with back-to-back goals just 43 seconds apart from Claire Butorac and Brooke Bryant. To start a high-energy third period, Hilary Knight netted the Fleet’s first goal of the night for her fourth of the season, and Minnesota’s Brooke McQuigge found the back of the net just two minutes later. Down 3-1 with three minutes left in the game, Fleet forward Susanna Tapani scored back-to-back goals just 49 seconds apart to tie the game and force overtime. The Frost snuffed the Fleet from completing the comeback in overtime despite the Fleet’s last-minute push, as Minnesota goalie Nicole Hensley stopped 25 of 28 shots in the Frost victory – at the other end of the ice, Boston goalie Aerin Frankel stopped 18 of 22 shots in the overtime loss.
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Game One of Season One began at 12:48 p.m., ET, on Day One of 2024. With 2,537 fans watching at a sold-out Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto and 2.8 million viewers tuned in, the PWHL was transformed. A dream became an honest-to-goodness on-ice reality for the players, for the fans, for all who hoped this moment would arrive in their lifetime.
Fast-forward: A year later, after shattered attendance records, exceptional competition and seemingly unimaginable business breakthroughs, the six PWHL teams have names and logos. The Minnesota Frost have a Walter Cup championship to defend. The PWHL Takeover Tour is about to begin and the future is full of endless possibilities. So much has happened in the span of one remarkable year! It's time to relive and reflect on some of 2024's most powerful memories, surprising moments and inspiring learnings.
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TORONTO (Dec. 31, 2024) – New Year’s Eve delivered yet another PWHL nail-biter with Toronto and Ottawa battling down to the wire. Toronto threw 38 shots at Ottawa’s Emerance Maschmeyer, but could not overcome a last-minute go-ahead goal by Jincy Roese. After a scoreless opening period, Ottawa broke the deadlock in the second when Ronja Savolainen scored her first PWHL goal. Sceptres’ forward Hannah Miller lit the lamp for her third goal of the season late in the third period, but when Roese scored with under two minutes to play, the Charge secured the 2-1 win despite registering just 13 shots on goal.
It was a game with a lot of emotions as both teams exchanged players late last night, with Jocelyne Larocque and Victoria Bach becoming members of the Ottawa Charge, and Savannah Harmon and Hayley Scamurra joining the Toronto Sceptres.
https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2024/december/31/ottawa-ends-2024-with-a-2-1-win-over-toronto
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Official PWHL story is not up yet, so you only get my screenshots.
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NEWARK, NJ (December 29, 2024) – The Ottawa Charge snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the New York Sirens on Sunday afternoon at Prudential Center. Emily Clark opened the scoring for the Charge at 6:15 of the first period, followed by second period goals from Shiann Darkangelo and Kateřina Mrázová, extending Ottawa’s lead to 3-0 after 40 minutes. First overall pick Sarah Fillier scored the lone goal for the Sirens in the third period. She moves back into a tie atop the league’s scoring race with Minnesota’s Claire Thompson and teammate Alex Carpenter, who picked up an assist on New York’s goal to extend her point streak to six games. Emerance Maschmeyer made 34 saves for her second win of the season.
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NEW YORK (December 29, 2024) – The New York Sirens have announced the return of forward Jill Saulnier ahead of this afternoon’s game at 1:00 p.m. ET at Prudential Center against the Ottawa Charge.
Saulnier has been activated from long-term injured reserve (LTIR) following an upper body injury sustained in the team’s opening game against Minnesota on Dec. 1. The Halifax, NS native recorded one goal and one assist in 18 games for New York during the PWHL’s inaugural season.
https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2024/december/29/sirens-welcome-back-forward-jill-saulnier
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St. Paul, MN (December 28, 2024) – The Minnesota Frost announced Saturday the signing of forward Kaitlyn O’Donohoe to a Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) Standard Player Agreement (SPA).
O’Donohoe, who began the season on the Frost’s Reserve Player List, is a 23-year-old hailing from Myrtle Beach, SC. She appeared in 179 games at Colgate University over five seasons (2019-24), amassing 126 points (54G, 72A), which stands seventh all-time in Raiders history. Her 179 games played is second all-time at Colgate, trailing fellow PWHL rookies Sydney Bard (Boston Fleet) and Danielle Serdachny (Ottawa Charge), both of whom appeared in 180 games.
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SAINT PAUL, MN (December 28, 2024) – The visiting Montréal Victoire picked up their third consecutive win Saturday afternoon at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul and moved to within two points of first-place Minnesota with a 3-2 victory over the Frost. Marie-Philip Poulin scored the game-winner in the second period and the Victoire hung on during a relentless third period push by the Frost. Mariah Keopple and Alexandra Labelle also scored for Montréal, while Britta Curl-Salemme and Brooke McQuigge found the back of the net for Minnesota. Ann-Renée Desbiens picked up the win for Montréal, making 22 saves in her first start since Dec. 4. Maddie Rooney made 22 saves for Minnesota in the loss –– her first defeat in four starts and the Frost’s first in regulation this season.
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TORONTO (Dec. 27, 2024) - The Toronto Sceptres snapped their team-high four-game losing streak in front of a sold-out crowd of 8,264 at Coca-Cola Coliseum tonight, topping the Boston Fleet 4-2.
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Happy Holidays from the PWHL - Action resumes with three games after Christmas
NEW YORK AND TORONTO (December 24, 2024) – A closer look at on- and off-ice highlights from around the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) heading into the holiday break.
100TH PWHL GAME TO BE PLAYED DEC. 27
When the puck drops between Boston and Toronto on Friday night following the holiday break it will be the 100th game in PWHL history. The 99 games played thus far reflect 72 during the inaugural regular season, 13 in the playoffs, and 14 in the 2024-25 campaign. Total attendance through all 99 PWHL games is 569,367 – an average of 5,751 per game. This season’s attendance through 14 games is 85,837 – an average of 6,131 per game.
FROST STAY IN FIRST PLACE IN PWHL STANDINGS
The Minnesota Frost (3-1-1-0) sit alone atop the overall standings with 12 points. They extended their winning streak to four straight games with a 5-2 victory at home against the Ottawa Charge on Thursday, followed by a 4-3 shootout win on the road against the New York Sirens on Sunday in a battle for first place. The reigning PWHL champions, who are a perfect 3-for-3 all-time in shootouts, have scored a league-high 20 goals, and are the only team in the league without a regulation loss this season. Despite the loss to the Frost, the Sirens (2-1-1-1) stay in second place with nine points, having earned four points in two games last week, including a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Sceptres on Wednesday at Prudential Center in the team’s home opener. Click here to see PWHL standings.
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I am not 100% sold on the icon I made, if anyone has a suggestion for something better post here. Also looking for ideas for a banner/header for the community.
