The United States is bringing a mix of familiar faces and youth to the women’s world hockey championship tournament in the Czech Republic next month.
Marie-Philip Poulin scored the only goal of the shootout as the Montreal Victoire extended their lead atop the PWHL with a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Frost on Tuesday night.
The Minnesota Frost opened their season with a 7-3 win-loss record. They looked like the team coming off a Walter Cup title. Since then, the Frost have slid to 3-8. It's a stretch that's dropped them from contending for the league lead,
The Frost badly outshot the Victoire, but Montreal continued its PWHL success in one-goal games.
Jesse Compher one-timed a shot from between the face-off circles to beat Minnesota's Maddie Rooney with the game-winning goal as the Toronto Sceptres beat the Frost 2-1 to take over sole possession of second place in the Professional Women's Hockey League.