The PWHL is heading west by selecting Vancouver as its first expansion franchise as part of the six-team league’s objective to broaden its reach across North America. And league executive Amy Scheer tells The Associated Press the PWHL expects to add a second expansion team for the start of next season, with Seattle being a candidate.
Taylor Heise and Britta Curl-Salemme both scored in the first 1:43 and Heise added an insurance goal late as the Minnesota Frost beat Toronto 5-2 at the Xcel Energy Center, snapping a three-match losing streak and preventing the Sceptres from clinching a spot in the playoffs.
A faceoff is coming between Eveleth and St. Paul over which should host the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. With its storied hockey history, the Iron Range town has hosted the Hall for decades. Yet even the locals admit it doesn’t draw a lot of visitors.
The Minnesota Frost and New York Sirens played in front of 14,288 fans Sunday night, setting an attendance record for a professional women’s hockey game in the United States.
Marie-Philip Poulin scored the only goal of the shootout as the Montreal Victoire extended their lead atop the PWHL with a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Frost on Tuesday night.
The PWHL is enjoying a jump in attendance and scoring two-thirds of the way into its second season. The six-team league is drawing more than 7,300 fans per game, up from 5,500 last year, and expects to break the one-million attendance mark within the next month.
Jesse Compher one-timed a shot from between the face-off circles to beat Minnesota’s Maddie Rooney with the game-winning goal as the Toronto Sceptres beat the Frost 2-1 to take over sole possession of second place in the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
Maddie Rooney made 21 saves for her first shutout this season to lead the Minnesota Frost past the league-leading Montreal Victoire 4-0 on Tuesday night. Denisa Krizova scored twice — including an empty-netter — and Liz Schepers and Kendall Coyne Schofield also scored for Minnesota.
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