Sceptres Fight Back to Take Down Frost 2-1 – The Hockey Writers PWHL News Latest News, Analysis & More

The Minnesota Frost and Toronto Sceptres faced off for the fourth time this season and the second time in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 23. The Frost had all of their roster back as they activated Natalie Buchbinder off the injured list. The Sceptres were missing Sarah Nurse, who is currently on injured reserve. 

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The goaltending battle was between Maddie Rooney for the Frost as she made her third consecutive start, and for the Sceptres, it was Kristen Campbell. The game started off with the Frost in control; however, in the second period, things took a turn, and the Frost couldn’t get it back as they fell 2-1 to the Sceptres.

Game Recap

The Frost got the scoring started with a goal on the power play in the first half of the period. Michela Cava shot one past Campbell on a pass from Dominique Petrie to put their team up by one. The Sceptres had several chances to tie things up, but Rooney stood her ground and kept her team in the lead to end the period. 

The second period saw the momentum swing the Sceptres’ way as they also scored on the power play. Emma Maltais recorded the goal, and Savannah Harmon and Jesse Compher helped her tie it up. There was more back-and-forth action, but the score remained tied. The Frost did lose Brooke McQuigge as she received a 5-minute major and game misconduct for an illegal check to the head, which gave the Sceptres their power-play goal. 

The third-period scoring didn’t start until the halfway point of the game when the Sceptres scored to take a 2-1 lead. The goal was tallied by Compher, who had a wide-open net to shoot at as Rooney had dove to the other side to try and make a save. Hayley Scamurra and Harmon assisted Compher. That would be the final goal as the Sceptres took the win and some big points towards the postseason.

The Frost will have over a week off before they head back on the road and back to Montréal to face the Victoire on Tuesday, Mar. 4. The Sceptres will be back in action in just two days from now to finish out their road trip on Tuesday, Feb. 25 and they’ll also face the Victoire in Montréal.