Montreal Victoire heading to PWHL final after defeating Minnesota Frost - BERITAJA

The Montreal Victoire are heading to their first Walter Cup last arsenic they defeated the two-time defending champion Minnesota Frost 2-1 astatine Place Bell connected Tuesday successful the 5th and deciding crippled of their Professional Women’s Hockey League semifinal.

Marie-Philip Poulin scored the game-winning extremity astatine 3:06 of the 3rd play connected the powerfulness play. The triumph sets up a best-of-five last against the Ottawa Charge, ensuring that the convention will crown its first Canadian champion. It was Poulin’s 2nd game-winning extremity of the tight series.

It is the first clip the Frost mislaid a crippled facing elimination, moving to 6-1. They person been successful each of the league’s deciding 5th games.

Erin Ambrose made a cross-ice walk to Poulin, who hit Maddie Rooney connected a crisp perspective adjacent the extremity line.

Minnesota pushed difficult aft the goal, getting respective chances successful the Montreal end, but Ann-Renee Desbiens was coagulated successful the Victoire net. Rooney made immoderate large saves of her own, keeping the crippled astatine 2-1.

Sam Cogan scored for the Frost, while Rooney made 15 saves.

Catherine Dubois besides scored for the Victoire, while Desbiens made 25 saves, including 8 successful the 3rd period.

Montreal opened the scoring erstwhile Dubois’ changeable deed disconnected of Elizabeth Giguere’s instrumentality and tricked Rooney. Poulin moved Dubois correct earlier the faceoff, and won it backmost to her successful the shooting position. The extremity came 12:18 into the first period, and was scored aft Minnesota opened pinch a 9-2 changeable advantage.

Dubois was moved to the apical statement for this game, and it was her first extremity of the playoffs.

Desbiens had an eventful play of her own. A Mae Batherson changeable deflected successful beforehand by Kendall Coyne Schofield and trickled done Desbiens, but she was capable to move about and usage her instrumentality to extremity the puck from crossing the statement earlier grabbing it.

Minnesota tied the crippled 1-1 pinch 11:45 near successful the 2nd play erstwhile Cogan tipped a Abby Hustler walk successful the slot that hit Desbiens.

Up to that constituent successful the 2nd period, some goaltenders made large saves pinch Desbiens making a rolling two-pad stack prevention connected Giguere, and Rooney stopping Laura Stacey and Kaitlin Willoughby connected abstracted chances early successful the frame.

The shots successful the 2nd play were 6-5 Montreal, but the Frost had about of the possession successful the period, aided successful portion to the game’s first powerfulness play.