Dubois' goal in 4th OT ends longest game in PWHL history as Victoire level series with Charge

Jared Book · The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 11, 2025 8:33 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Catherine Dubois scored astatine 15:33 of the 4th overtime to assistance the Montreal Victoire to a 3-2 playoff triumph implicit the Ottawa Charge connected Sunday day astatine Place Bell.

The crippled acceptable a Canadian nonrecreational women's hockey grounds for the longest hockey crippled ever, passing the Canadian Women's Hockey League semifinal connected March 18, 2018. The erstwhile longest Professional Women's Hockey League crippled was played precisely a twelvemonth agone betwixt Montreal and Boston.

Kristin O'Neill and Laura Stacey besides scored for Montreal, portion Anna Wilgren had 2 assists. Ann-Renee Desbiens made 62 saves arsenic the Victoire tied the best-of-five semifinal bid astatine 1-1.

Brianne Jenner had a extremity and an assistance for the Charge. Aneta Tejralova besides scored for the visitors portion Gwyneth Philips made 53 saves.

WATCH | Dubois scores successful 4th OT, Victoire adjacent bid with Charge:

Ottawa came backmost from a 2-0 shortage with 2 goals successful the last 4:34 of the 3rd period. Jenner's extremity forced overtime with 41.8 seconds remaining. The Charge had pulled their goaltender for the other attacker.

Both teams had five-on-three powerfulness plays successful the archetypal overtime period, but were incapable to capitalize.

The Victoire opened the scoring 2:25 into the crippled erstwhile O'Neill scored her archetypal of the post-season.

The walk banked disconnected the broadside boards and ended up perfectly placed for O'Neill to bushed Ottawa's defence to the puck. She past enactment the backhand past Phillips. It was Montreal's archetypal changeable of the game.

Montreal doubled their pb 8:35 into the 2nd play erstwhile Laura Stacey entered the portion disconnected of a bully walk from Anna Wilgren and fired a drawback changeable implicit the pad of Philips.

Ottawa sees extremity waved off

Ottawa looked to chopped the pb little than a infinitesimal later. A scramble successful beforehand saw the puck transverse the extremity line, but the telephone aft an authoritative reappraisal ruled determination was goaltender interference. The Charge challenged the call, but it was confirmed giving Montreal a powerfulness play. Rebecca Leslie was credited with the changeable that crossed the line.

They yet bushed Desbiens with 4:34 remaining successful the 3rd period. Brianne Jenner's faceoff triumph got the puck to Tejralova. Her constituent changeable got done postulation to marque the people 2-1.

Jenner's tying extremity came erstwhile Tereza Vanisova had the puck astatine the extremity enactment to the near of Desbiens, and fired a cross-ice pass. The puck deed disconnected of Ottawa guardant Clark earlier Jenner fired the one-timer into the unfastened broadside of the net.

The bid present shifts to Ottawa for the adjacent 2 games. Game 3 is scheduled for Tuesday nighttime astatine TD Place.