Frost put end to three-game losing streak with 5-2 victory over Sceptres
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Taylor Heise and Britta Curl-Salemme both scored in the first 1:43 and Heise added an insurance goal late as the Minnesota Frost beat pc28¹ÙÍø5-2 at the Xcel Energy Center on Sunday, snapping a three-match losing streak and preventing the Sceptres from clinching a spot in the playoffs.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Taylor Heise and Britta Curl-Salemme both scored in the first 1:43 and Heise added an insurance goal late as the Minnesota Frost beat pc28¹ÙÍø5-2 at the Xcel Energy Center on Sunday, snapping a three-match losing streak and preventing the Sceptres from clinching a spot in the playoffs.
Minnesota (8—5-4-10) jumped in front after Heise needed just 58 seconds to send a shot whistling past pc28¹ÙÍøgoalie Kristen Campbell. Curl-Salemme scored for a seventh time when she banged in a loose puck in front of the net 45 seconds later.
Minnesota took a three-goal lead in the second period when pc28¹ÙÍønative Sophie Jaques found the net for the fifth time. Brooke McQuigge collected an assist and has a point in six straight matches.
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Liz Schepers made it 4-0 late in the period with her second goal this season. Claire Thompson notched her 14th assist.
pc28¹ÙÍøclosed within 4-2 when Kali Flanagan and Daryl Watts both scored in the first 7:35 of the final period. Flanagan’s goal was her third and Watts netted her team-high 11th.
Heise answered with a wraparound goal with 5:44 remaining.
pc28¹ÙÍø(12-2-5-8) is the best power-play team in the league with a success rate of just under 30%, but Nicole Hensley and company thwarted Sceptre opportunities in all three periods. Hensley finished with 27 saves.
Campbell saved 12 shots for pc28¹ÙÍøthrough the first two periods. Raygan Kirk finished.
Minnesota moves two points ahead of the Ottawa Charge for the fourth and final playoff spot. pc28¹ÙÍøneeded one point to clinch a postseason berth as the league takes an international break beginning Thursday for the IIHF Women’s World Championship.
Play resumes on April 26 with pc28¹ÙÍøat the third-place Boston Fleet and Minnesota hosting the last-place New York Sirens. The 30-match regular season concludes May 3. The Montreal Victoire have already clinched a playoff spot.
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