Minnesota takes over the 2-1 series in a historical high scoring game | PWHL

Saint Paul, Mn (May 11, 2025) -The Minnesota Frost was on the winning side of a 7: 5 victory in the highest goal game in PWHL history to bring a 2-1 lead in front of the Toronto Sceptres on Sunday evening. Twenty-one different players found the score of the score between the teams, including 11 multi-point producers. The frost opened the game strongly and scored three goals with markers from Liz Scheper, Brooke Mcquigge and Lee Stecklein in five minutes before the sceptres recorded their first shot. Daryl Watts replied to bring the sceptres on the board with five minutes in the opening frame and end the first period 3-1. At the beginning of Maggie Connors' second period, Toronto started within a second period, but the frost replied with two more to expand her lead to 5: 2. Toronto, Kali Flanagan's deficiency, cut the deficit to two before the end of the second frame, making it 5-3 to third place. Anna Kjellbin's first PWHL goal brought Toronto back at the beginning of the last period, but Minnesota quickly countered two goals in two minutes, both from Michela Cava to expand the gap again. Toronto fought to stay in the game when Captain Blayre Turnbull scored with eight minutes, but the deficit turned out to be too great to overcome it. Maddie Rooney achieved a second win in a row for the frost and provided 18 of 23 shots, with Kristen Campbell suffering a second defeat in a row and leaving 17 out of 24 shots aside for Toronto.

The defending champion Walter Cup Champions will try to beat the ticket for the PWHL final, while Toronto will remain alive on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in the Xcel Energy Center on Wednesday at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Quotes

Frost chief coach Ken Klee: “I think it's a fan dream and a nightmare of a coach, a 7-5 playoff game. We have found a way to win, and that's the most important thing. Our team played hard and we have to clean up things because the next game is getting much harder.”

Frost forward Liz Scheper At the beginning: “We went a long journey – it is no secret – so we wanted to make sure that we really got out and started the right way. We brought the crowd into the crowd early and we knew little that it would start with all these goals, but it was definitely great to achieve a good start early.”

Frost forward Michela Cava With a chance of a hat trick: “Obviously, it makes a funny thing to do it, but we closed the game again in the end, and I think everyone has only concentrated not to let any other goals and to clean up our defensive game. This is much more important than a hat trick for me.

Toronto head coach Troy Ryan It was difficult to never be completely out of the game and what was difficult Loch to climb out: “A combination of things. You come down so early, you chase the game. Minnesota is a great team. If you put yourself in a situation in which you have to follow it, it's a uphill.” Play. ”

ScepTres defender Kali Flanagan About the uniqueness of a series with five games and in a must-win game 4: “We looked through this year. There is a good group of girls in our team who have some experiences with [five-game series] And then it is obviously new to everyone else in the room, but I think only to hold together as a team. It is exciting to know that we have each other in game 4. I don't think someone will be afraid of, I think everyone will come to the ice rink on Wednesday and look forward to a great opportunity to win a hockey game. ”

Testify

With 12 combined goals, this was the PWHL game with the highest value of all time. The record of the regular season of 11 was set up on February 13 when Ottawa Minnesota defeated 8: 3. The previous playoff record was eight combined goals in game 2 in this series with the 5: 3 victory of Minnesota against Toronto.

The frost recorded two of the three performances of the league of seven or more goals, which achieved twice this month.

Toronto scored five goals for the first time this season. They were the only team in the PWHL in the regular season, which did not achieve five or more goals in a single game. The Sceptres won all seven regulatory games this season, in which they scored four goals.

The three goals of Minnesota in the first period were the first goal in the opening frame in this series and combined their high season. The frost led the PWHL with 29 goals of the first period during the regular season and eight games with several goals in the first period.

Torontos two goals in the third period were their first in the last framework of this series.

This was only the second game in PWHL history, in which both teams scored four or more goals. The other was February 26th when Ottawa New York hit 5: 4.

Michela Cava recorded the first multi-goal performance of your playoff career and second season and has three tallies in her last two games. She was only the second player in the Playoff story, which scored two points twice in the third period Taylor Heise In the game 5 of the semi -final last season against Toronto.

Brooke Mcquigge achieved her first two career late season goals for the first multi-goals of her career. She is the first rookie of the frost to score twice in a playoff game and after playoff appearances of third parties of all time Heise (2) and Sophie Jaques in 2024.

Heise became the first player in the PWHL story to record three templates in a playoff game and has now played five helpers in their last two games in the series.

Jaques recorded a goal and an assist for the second game in a row. She headed all defenders this season with six multi-point games and had two in the playoffs of last year.

Lee Stecklein achieved a goal and an assist to extend their point strips to five games (6g, 3a), including six points (3G, 3A) in this series. Her three goals in this series score in 2024-25 for her regular season and double the three templates that she produced in 10 playoff games last season.

Kendall Coyne Schofield recorded two templates for their first two points of the post-season and the second multi-assist playoff game of their career. The frost captain also had a few helpers against Toronto in the 5th game of last year.

Mellissa Chanell-Watkins Two templates in their first multi-point performance of the season and second of her career, with her first, also a performance with two assistants in the Walter Cup winner of the playoffs last season. The defender has three points in their last two games (1G, 2a).

Daryl Watts scored the first goal and assisted her playoff career. She led the Sceptres with eight multi-point games during the regular season.

Kali Flanagan recorded the first multi-point game of your playoff career with a goal and an assist and now has three points in her last two games (1g, 2a).

Blayre Turnbull achieved a goal and a template for her second multi-point performance of the season and the second of her playoff career. For the first time, the captain of Sceptres scored outside of a competition in game 1, with all three other goals in the opening games and finally this season.

Jesse Compher I recorded two templates in one game for the first time in their career and now has three helpers in the series.

Liz Scheper scored her first goal and the second point of the series. She now has so many goals (2) in 13 career playoff games as in 46 regular season games in her career.

Maggie Connors scored a goal and now has points in consecutive games (1g, 1a), which corresponds to your point Total (2G) in 30 regular season games.

Anna Kjellbin achieved her first career -Pwhl goal in her 28th career games (25 regular season, 3 playoffs). This was the tenth game of the Swedish defender as a member of the Sceptres, which was acquired on March 13 in a trade with Victoire.

Klára Hymlárová And Katy Knoll Both have picked up assists and now have two points of three career playoff games, which corresponded to both sums of the first season.

Emma Maltais And Kelly Pannek Both picked up assists tonight after both contributed multi-assist services in Game 2 for their respective teams.

Grace Zumwinkle With Assist, her first point in the series corresponded and agreed with her post -season from last season, where she recorded one point (1G) in 10 playoff games.

Savannah Harmon recorded an assist and has points in consecutive games (1g, 1a).

Renata fast collected her second assist of the series after she was bound for the league's lead in the regular season.

Maggie Flaherty was introduced for the first time in the frost set -up in this off -season instead of Mae swimming.

Scoresheet Recap

Toronto 1 2 2 – 5
Minnesota 3 2 – 7

1. Period-1, Minnesota, Scheper 1 (Hymlárová, Knoll), 2:33. 2, Minnesota, Mcquigge 1 (Zumwinkle), 6:56. 3, Minnesota, STCKLEIN 3 (Heise, Coyne Schofield), 7:48. 4, Toronto, Watts 1 (Flanagan, Compher), 14:58. Potes flahty min (interference), 17:32.

2. Period-5, Toronto, Connors 1 (fast), 2:28. 6, Minnesota, Mcquigge 2 (Coyne Schofield, Jaques), 8:20 (PP). 7, Minnesota, Jaques 2 (Chanell-Watkins, Pannek), 17:35. 8, Toronto, Flanagan 1 (Watts, Turnbull), 17:57. Potes-Carter goal (illegal body test), 2:55; Carter Tor (illegal body test), 7:25; Flaherty Min (interference), 15:06.

3. Period-9, Toronto, Kjellbin 1 (Maltais), 5:47. 10, Minnesota, Cava 2 (Channel-Watkins, Heise), 7:20. 11, Minnesota, Cava 3 (plug, Heise), 9:21 (PP). 12, Toronto, Turnbull 2 ​​(Harmon, Compher), 12:04. Penalties-Schreubreitor (boarding), 0:58; Turnbull Tor (Hooking), 9:07.

Shots on Tor-Toronto 3-9-11-23. Minnesota 7-8-9-24.

Power Play Opportunity Toronto 0/2; Minnesota 2/4.

Goalkeeper Toronto, Campbell (24 Shots-17 parades). Minnesota, Rooney (23 shots 18 parades).

A-3.917

Three stars

1. Michela Cava (min) 2G

2. Brooke Mcquigge (min) 2G

3. Taylor Heise (min) 3a

SERIES

Minnesota leads Toronto 2-1

Upcoming schedule

Game 4: Wednesday, May 14th at 7 p.m. ET (Xcel Energy Center)