Ottawa Charge's Tereza Vanisova (13) and Toronto Sceptres' Jocelyne Larocque (3) watch the puck go wide of Sceptres goaltender Kristen Campbell (50) during third period PWHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.
Charge rally to defeat Sceptres in home openerOttawa defeats Toronto 3-2 after trailing by a goal heading into the third period. Tereza Vanišová scores the game-winner and finishes with 2 points.The Ottawa Charge gave their home fans the start they were hoping for with a come-from-behind 3-2 Professional Women's Hockey League victory over the Toronto Sceptres Tuesday night.
Ottawa got off to a solid start, but similar to last season struggled in the second allowing Toronto , who opened its season with a win over Boston, to take the lead.Toronto worked hard for the equalizer but Emerance Maschmeyer, who made 20 saves, came up big in the dying minutes. Ottawa's Mannon McMahon opened the scoring early in the first, but Toronto was able to tie the game with a power-play goal with Sarah Nurse tipping a Hannah Miller shot.
Toronto took the lead late in the second when Izzy Daniel was able to knock home a loose puck across the goal line.Ottawa tied the game on the power play when Jincy Roese was able to get a shot through traffic from the point. The Charge regained the lead when Katerina Mrazova found space and saw Tereza Vanisova at the side of the net to redirect a shot high over Kristen Campbell, who made 28 saves.Charge: Ottawa's focus in the off-season had been to build up its size and grit but far too often they were outmuscled in front of its own net.After tying the game early in the third the Charge were able to build off the momentum and score the go-ahead goal.Sceptres: Host the Minnesota Frost on Saturday.
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