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National Post
15-05-2025
- Sport
- National Post
With expansion draft looming, it really is the end of a Sceptres era
Article content For the second year in a row, the Toronto Sceptres season came to a premature end at the hands of the Minnesota Frost. Article content Article content The defending Walter Cup champs put themselves in position to win a second title with a determined offensive push and a never-say-die attitude that has served them well throughout two PWHL seasons. Article content Taylor Heise, who will go down in league history as the first ever pick in a PWHL draft, ended this one 16 minutes into overtime on a well-placed shot from the top of the circle with the big body of Brooke McQuigge and Toronto defender Kali Flanagan ensuring goalkeeper Carly (CJ) Jackson never saw the shot until it was already by them. Article content It was a heartbreaking loss for a team that ran into a goaltending problem at the worst possible time of the year that put them in a hole out of which they did not escape. Article content The Sceptres had a 1-0 lead in this series and looked poised to make that 2-0 before a pair of harmless-looking shots found their way past Toronto starting goaltender Kristen (Soupy) Campbell, letting Minnesota back into the series. Article content Once back, the Frost did not falter steam-rolling the Sceptres in Game 3 in a 7-5 derby that set a record for goals scored in a PWHL game. Article content A 3-0 deficit just under eight minutes into that one, this time an overall team defensive letdown as opposed to strictly soft goals, was the culprit. Article content And while Game 4 was the ultimate eliminator for the Sceptres, it was a game of few regrets for the losing side, short of the final result. Article content Article content 'I think tonight's game, the feeling that I have as a coach, I'm incredibly proud of the effort, the attitude, the playing within our team structure, the battle level and the compete level our team showed throughout that game,' head coach Troy Ryan said. 'I think the way Game 2 and Game 3 ended, our team could have taken an easier route in this one but I thought they showed a ton of character in battling this one right to the end.' Article content Article content Perhaps the saddest part about coming up short this year is it probably means the core of this team as constructed coming into the inaugural season and maintained into Year 2 will never get the chance to see what they could do in a Final. Article content Expansion is already here and that means two new teams in the PWHL in Vancouver and Seattle next year and with it will come at least some dismantling of the core of the club GM Gina Kingsbury and Ryan put together to bring Toronto championships. The league has made its intent clear from the beginning of the expansion process. The goal is to make the incoming teams competitive to start and that means all existing teams will have some of their key roster components stripped away. Article content We don't how deep the cuts will go just yet, but there is talk that even the foundational players, the three original picks the league's six original clubs made in advance of the first draft, could be exposed in the draft.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Minnesota Frost win highest-scoring game in PWHL history, take series lead
The Minnesota Frost took down the Toronto Sceptres in a 7-5 thriller on Sunday night, and they're now only one win away from advancing to the Walter Cup Finals. Minnesota took a commanding 3-0 lead less than eight minutes into the game. Lee Stecklein scored the third goal in the flurry, and it was her third of the postseason, but Toronto wasn't going away. The Sceptres added one before the end of the first period, and added one more to open the second. Minnesota regained momentum when Brooke McQuigge found the back of the net for her second goal of the evening. Both teams added one more goal before the end of the second period, and it was 5-3 heading into the final 20 minutes. Toronto opened the scoring in the third period, but Minnesota responded. Michela Cava scored her second goal of the night before Stecklein finished a hat trick in a thrilling 7-5 win. Twelve total goals made it the highest-scoring game in PWHL history. The Frost lead the best-of-five series two games to one, and they'll look to close things out in Minnesota on Wednesday night, with a trip back to the Walter Cup Finals on the line.
CBS News
12-05-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Frost take series lead with 7-5 victory over the Sceptres
Brooke McQuigge and Michela Cava scored two goals apiece on Sunday night and the Minnesota Frost beat the Toronto Sceptres 7-5 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five semifinal series. The Frost, who tied the series with a 5-3 win in Game 2, can advance to the PWHL championship with a win in Game 4 on Wednesday. Liz Schepers, Lee Stecklein and Sophie Jaques also scored goals for Minnesota, and Taylor Heise had three assists. Anna Kjellbin scored her first PWHL goal with 14:13 left in the game to cut Toronto's deficit to 5-4, but Cava answered with a back-hand goal less than two minutes later and then scored a power-play goal to make it 7-4 with 10:39 to go. Maddie Rooney had 18 saves in her second consecutive win for the Frost Daryl Watts scored for the Sceptres with about five minutes left in the first period. Maggie Connors added a goal early in the second and Kali Flanagan's goal made it 5-3 going into the third. Blayre Turnbull capped the scoring with 7:56 to left in the game. Kristen Campbell had 17 saves for Toronto. After Schepers opened the scoring 2:33 into the game, McQuigge and Stecklein scored 52 seconds apart to make it 3-0 a little more than five minutes later and the Frost never trailed. The Frost was 2 for 4 on power plays while Toronto was 0 for 2. Minnesota has converted 5 of 9 power-play opportunities in the series compared to 2 of 6 for the Sceptres. The series remains at Xcel Energy Center for Game 4 on Wednesday. ___ AP Women's Hockey:
CBC
12-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Frost defeat Sceptres to take 2-1 series lead as McGuigge, Cava lead way
Minnesota beats Toronto 7-5 in Game 3 of their best-of-five semifinal series. Brooke McQuigge and Michela Cava each score twice.
CBC
12-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Frost ice Sceptres in high-scoring Game 3, moving a win away from PWHL final
Brooke McQuigge and Michela Cava scored two goals apiece on Sunday night and the Minnesota Frost beat the Toronto Sceptres 7-5 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five semifinal series. The Frost, who tied the series with a 5-3 win in Game 2, can advance to the PWHL championship with a win in Game 4 on Wednesday. Liz Schepers, Lee Stecklein and Sophie Jaques also scored goals for Minnesota, and Taylor Heise had three assists. Anna Kjellbin scored her first PWHL goal with 14:13 left in the game to cut Toronto's deficit to 5-4, but Cava answered with a back-hand goal less than two minutes later and then scored a power-play goal to make it 7-4 with 10:39 to go. Daryl Watts scored for the Sceptres with about five minutes left in the first period. Maggie Connors added a goal early in the second and Kali Flanagan's goal made it 5-3 going into the third. Blayre Turnbull capped the scoring with 7:56 to left in the game.
