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.
Renata Fast scored late in overtime to give the Toronto Sceptres a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Frost on Tuesday night in reigning MVP Natalie Spooner’s return from knee surgery. Fast beat Minnesota goalie Maddie Rooney on a breakaway with 3.7 seconds left in 3-on-3 OT, ending a game in which Spooner had a point in her season debut.
Claire Thompson scored two goals and added an assist on her 27th birthday, Maddie Rooney had 24 saves — including three in the shootout — to help the Minnesota Frost beat the Toronto Sceptres 4-3.
Brianne Jenner scored her first PWHL goal less than four minutes into the game, Gwyneth Philips made 22 saves for her first career shutout and the Ottawa Charge beat the Minnesota Frost 1-0 on Tuesday night to end a three-game losing streak.
Three neutral site stops down and six to go, the PWHL is quickly discovering how popular it has become at a time the second-year six-team league is considering expanding by as many as two more franchises by next season.
Maggie Flaherty scored her first goal of the season to give Minnesota the lead in the third period and the Frost moved into first place in the Professional Women’s Hockey League with a 4-2 win over the Montréal Victoire at Denver’s Ball Arena, home ice of the NHL's Colorado Avalanche.
Jessie Eldridge scored the fastest goal in franchise history and Alex Carpenter added to her league-leading scoring totals as the New York Sirens shut out the short-handed Minnesota Frost 5-0.
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