ST. PAUL, Minn. — Liz Schepers scored 12 minutes into time beyond regulation and the Minnesota Frost gained their second straight PWHL Walter Cup with a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Cost on Monday evening in Sport 4.
Every recreation within the best-of-five collection went to at the least one time beyond regulation and completed 2-1, with Sport 3 going to triple time beyond regulation, the longest recreation in PWHL Finals historical past. The groups performed 81 minutes, eight seconds of additional time within the collection. The fourth recreation got here precisely a yr after Minnesota fell to Boston 1-0 in a Sport 4 double time beyond regulation earlier than occurring the street to win the inaugural Walter Cup.
Katy Knoll went alongside the wall and fed Schepers in entrance of the web. Goaltender Gwyneth Philips parried the primary shot however Schepers poked dwelling the rebound to clinch back-to-back Walter Cup titles for the Frost. Maddie Rooney had 33 saves for Minnesota.
Halfway by way of the second interval Claire Thompson pinched in from the left level and fed Kelly Pannek alone on the best aspect of the web. Pannek beat Philips excessive for her second playoff purpose. The purpose marked the primary time within the finals the Cost trailed in regulation.
The Cost trailed till the center of the third interval when Tereza Vanisova was left alone in entrance of the web and Danielle Serdachny fed her from beneath the top line.
It was the primary level of the postseason for Vanisova, who led Ottawa with 15 objectives.
Philips had 36 saves. The rookie had 148 saves in time beyond regulation within the postseason.
Ottawa’s Aneta Tejralova, on a rush, hit the left put up with a shot about 5 minutes into time beyond regulation and the Frost’s Taylor Heise hit the best put up about 4 minutes later.
