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04/25 16:12 CDT Charge earn final playoff spot with 3-0 victory over Sceptres
Charge earn final playoff spot with 3-0 victory over Sceptres
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) --- Gwyneth Philips stopped 41 shots as the Ottawa Charge
defeated the Toronto Sceptres 3-0 on Saturday to capture the final Professional
Women's Hockey League playoff berth.
Fanuza Kadirova, Sarah Wozniewicz and Alexa Vasko scored for Ottawa, which will
make its second playoff appearance.
Raygan Kirk had 28 saves for Toronto.
Ottawa will now wait to find out if it will play either the Boston Fleet or
Montreal Victoire in the playoffs.
The Sceptres came into the game needing a regulation win to leapfrog the Charge
for the final playoff spot but came up short for the second straight year.
Leading 1-0, Ottawa extended its advantage just 1:03 into the third when
Toronto's Kali Flanagan turned the puck over at her own blue line. That allowed
Charge captain Brianne Jenner to find Wozniewicz all alone and beat Kirk off
her backhand.
Vasko added an empty-net goal with just over four minutes remaining to seal the
victory.
The Charge opened the scoring early in the second.
With a battle in front for the puck Michela Cava made a cross-crease pass to
Kadirova, who took the pass off her skate to her stick to beat Kirk to the
short side.
The goal changed the momentum of the game. Toronto dominated play early in the
contest but the Charge fed off the energy of the goal and had sustained
pressure numerous times throughout the period.
Ottawa thought it had opened the scoring near the seven-minute mark when Brooke
McQuigge fired a shot that initially looked like a goal. But the review showed
the puck hit the crossbar and never crossed the goal line.
Up next Charge: Playoff game against a yet to be determined opponent. ___ AP women's hockey: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-hockey
Up next Charge: Playoff game against a yet to be determined opponent. ___ AP women's hockey: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-hockey
