Frost win to keep PWHL playoff hopes alive, put Charge's chances in jeopardy

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 30, 2025 10:08 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

Lee Stecklein scored doubly arsenic the Minnesota Frost staved disconnected elimination and enactment the Ottawa Charge's playoff hopes connected crystal with a 3-0 triumph Wednesday nighttime successful the Professional Women's Hockey League.

The Charge (12-1-4-12) needed conscionable 1 constituent to unafraid their archetypal playoff appearance. Ottawa earning the azygous constituent would person ended the defending champion Frost's playoff chances.

It volition travel down to the last regular play games Saturday.

Ottawa volition request a regularisation triumph oregon overtime triumph against the Toronto Sceptres connected Saturday, oregon Minnesota (9-5-4-11) to suffer its last crippled against Boston connected Saturday successful bid to clinch a playoff berth. The Charge clasp the tiebreaker should the 2 teams beryllium tied successful points.

Leading 1-0, the Frost extended their pb astatine 5:38 of the 3rd play erstwhile Stecklein bushed Gwyneth Philips with a wrister from the point. Stecklein added an empty-net extremity with 34 seconds remaining for her 2nd extremity of the season.

Philips, who stopped 31 shots, and Nicole Hensley, who had a 24-save shutout, were coagulated successful the 2nd with some making a fig of large saves.

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Philips stopped Minnesota's Denisa Krizova and past turned distant Katy Knoll to support the crippled scoreless. Hensley, who made 24 saves for her archetypal shutout of the season, was adjacent to the task stopping Ottawa's Brianne Jenner and Shiann Darkangelo.

The Charge got into punishment occupation precocious successful the period, but Philips was capable to clasp the Frost off. With 1:17 remaining successful the 2nd Kendall Coyne-Schofield bushed Philips done the legs connected a partial-screen to springiness Minnesota a 1-0 lead.

A scoreless archetypal saw the Charge neglect to capitalize connected 2 powerplay opportunities.

Takeaways

Charge: Failed to capitalize connected the powerfulness play going 0-for-3.

Frost: Generated tons of chances and conscionable kept putting pucks connected net.

Key moment

Stecklein's archetypal extremity connected a constituent changeable successful the 3rd provided the Frost immoderate much-needed insurance.

Up next

Charge: Ottawa heads to Toronto to look the Sceptres connected Saturday.

Frost: Minnesota takes connected the Boston Fleet connected Saturday.