Minnesota Frost seize 2d Walter Cup name

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Liz Schepers scored 12 mins into time beyond regulation and the Minnesota Frost gained their 2d instantly Professional Women’s Hockey League Walter Cup championship with a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Charge on Monday evening in Game 4.

Each sport within the best-of-five collection went to a minimum of one time beyond regulation and completed 2-1, with Game 3 going to triple time beyond regulation, the longest sport in PWHL finals historical past.

The groups performed 81 mins, 8 seconds of overtime within the collection. The fourth sport got here precisely a 12 months after Minnesota fell to Boston 1-0 in a Game 4 double time beyond regulation sooner than going at the street to win the inaugural Walter Cup.

Katy Knoll went alongside the wall and fed Schepers in entrance of the online. Goaltender Gwyneth Philips parried the primary shot however Schepers poked house the rebound.

Maddie Rooney had 33 saves for Minnesota.

Midway thru the second one duration Claire Thompson pinched in from the left level and fed Kelly Pannek on my own at the proper facet of the online. Pannek beat Philips top for her 2d playoff objective.

The objective marked the primary time within the finals the Charge trailed in legislation.

The Charge trailed till the center of the 3rd duration when Tereza Vanisova used to be left on my own in entrance of the online and Danielle Serdachny fed her from under the purple line.

It used to be the primary level of the post-season for Vanisova, who led Ottawa with 15 objectives.

Philips had 36 saves. The rookie had 148 saves in time beyond regulation within the post-season.

Ottawa’s Aneta Tejralova, on a hurry, hit the left submit with a shot about 5 mins into time beyond regulation and the Frost’s Taylor Heise hit the correct submit about 4 mins later.