Rookies lead Ottawa Charge to 1-0 victory over Montreal Victoire in PWHL playoff showdown
For almost two and a half periods, it looked like the Ottawa Charge and Montreal Victoire would be in for another long night.
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But a couple of Ottawa rookies had other thoughts.
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A goal by Mannon McMahon at 8:42 of the third period broke the ice and more stellar goaltending from Gwyneth Philips was the difference as the Charge took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five playoff series with a 1-0 victory in front of 7,282 delirious fans at TD Place on Tuesday.
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The Charge now has a chance to finish off the regular season champs when the two teams meet at the same venue on Friday.
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McMahon, a fifth-round pick out of Minnesota, scored the decisive goal by banging the rebound into an open net after Montreal's Ann-Renee Desbiens made a stop off a corner shot by Gabbie Hughes.
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The Victoire outshot the Charge 26-25.
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Ottawa had the only two power-plays through the first 40 minutes and entered the third with a 19-17 advantage in the shots on goal.
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The Charge jumped out of the gate and carried the play in the early going – at one point owning an 8-2 edge in shots – but Montreal stole the momentum in the second half of the opening period before Marie-Philip Poulin took a roughing penalty in the offensive zone at the 18:51 mark.
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