It's an exciting time for Toronto sitting on the doorstep of advancing into the Professional Women's Hockey League championship final.
Jesse Compher scored the winning goal with 1:25 left in the third period to give Toronto a 2-0 victory over Minnesota on Friday. Toronto is up 2-0 in the best-of-five semifinal series, with Game 3 on Monday at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., and a shot at playing for the Walter Cup in the balance.
“I honestly didn’t see much, just tried to go to the net as hard as possible,” Compher said. “We’ve talked about it all year, getting in front of goalies, taking their eyes away creates chaos and hopefully good things come from that.Toronto’s Jesse Compher scores against Minnesota during third period PWHL playoff hockey action in Toronto, on Friday, May 10, 2024.top news stories from Canada and around the world.
“There’s a lot of our game that I liked tonight,” Toronto head coach Troy Ryan said. “It wasn’t wide open or pretty but … I love that our players were working hard, getting above pucks, putting sticks on pucks and forcing teams to give up possession when they don’t want to give up possession.“We’re just gonna continue to build on the small things that have already made us successful.”“It’s tough, right?” Minnesota head coach Ken Klee said.
With just under nine minutes remaining in the first period, Nurse had her shot stopped after making a rush toward the net on a 2-on-1. However, she was tripped from behind by Minnesota defender Sophie Jaques, who was sent to the penalty box with 34 seconds left in the visitors’ power play. Kaitlin Willoughby came down the right side and fired a wrist shot that was stopped. The rebound, however, came out to Flanagan going full speed but she couldn’t get her stick on it with a gaping net staring at her.
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