Knoll scores in third OT as Frost edge Charge for 2-1 series lead

The Associated Press

· Posted: May 24, 2025 10:38 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 25

Katy Knoll scored a extremity successful the 3rd overtime and Maddie Rooney finished with 35 saves to assistance the Minnesota Frost bushed the Ottawa Charge 2-1 connected Saturday nighttime successful St. Paul, Minnesota and instrumentality a 2-1 pb successful the 3rd consecutive overtime crippled of the PWHL title series.

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The defending Walter Cup champions tin clinch the best-of-five bid and unafraid the club's 2nd consecutive rubric with a triumph successful Game 4 astatine Xcel Energy Center connected Monday.

Gwyneth Philips had 45 saves for Ottawa.

Klara Hymlarova blasted a changeable from the constituent that was blocked by Phillips but Knoll was determination for a back-hand putback from successful beforehand of the nett 9:57 into the 3rd OT.

Emily Clark opened the scoring with 8:22 near successful the archetypal period. Gabbie Hughes slipped a walk successful beforehand of the nett done 4 Frost players and Clark flicked a one-timer into the nett from point-blank range.

Lee Stecklein scored 2:58 into the 3rd 4th to marque it 1-1. Claire Thompson dropped a walk backmost to Stecklein for a wrist-shot from the logo conscionable wrong the bluish line.

Ottawa bushed the Frost 2-1 successful overtime to unfastened the bid but Minnesota responded with its ain 2-1 overtime triumph successful Game 2.

It was the archetypal triple-overtime crippled successful PWHL Finals history.