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Curl-Salemme scores twice as Frost evens series
Ottawa, Canada – May 22nd: Game #2 of the Walter Cup Final between the Minnesota Frost and the Ottawa Charge at the TD Place Arena on May 22nd, 2025 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – (Photo by: Josh Kim / Ottawa Charge) OTTAWA, ON (May 22, 2025) – Britta Curl-Salemme scored late in the third period […]
OTTAWA, ON (May 22, 2025) – Britta Curl-Salemme scored late in the third period and again in overtime to lift the Minnesota Frost to a 2-1 series-tying win over the Ottawa Charge, silencing a sellout crowd of 8,206 fans on Thursday night at TD Place. The score remained scoreless for most of regulation until Jocelyne Larocque broke the deadlock at 17:25 of the third period, giving Ottawa the lead. With 15 seconds left in regulation, and the Frost pressing on a power play with their net empty, Curl-Salemme scored the equalizer to send the game to overtime. While both teams traded chances in extra time, it was Curl-Salemme who struck again––scoring with less than four minutes left in the first overtime frame–– to lift Minnesota to the win. Maddie Rooney made 37 saves on 38 shots in her third win of the postseason, while Gwyneth Philips turned aside 22 of 24 shots in her sixth start of the postseason. The loss was Ottawa’s first in four games on home ice this postseason.
Game Three of the best-of-five PWHL Finals, presented by Scotiabank, is set to take place on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET at Xcel Energy Center.
