1 week Ago By Abdulhamid Ibrahim, The Canadian Press
TORONTO - Blayre Turnbull scored two goals to lead Toronto to a 4-0 win over Minnesota in the first-ever Professional Women's Hockey League playoff game on Wednesday. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * TORONTO - Blayre Turnbull scored two goals to lead Toronto to a 4-0 win over Minnesota in the first-ever Professional Women's Hockey League playoff game on Wednesday. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? TORONTO – Blayre Turnbull scored two goals to lead Toronto to a 4-0 win over Minnesota in the first-ever Professional Women’s Hockey League playoff game on Wednesday.
Natalie Spooner, with the opening goal and one assist, and Emma Maltais also scored for top-seeded Toronto in front of 8,473 fans at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Kristen Campbell posted a 26-save shutout. Nicole Hensley stopped 15 shots for fourth-seeded Minnesota.
Game 2 in the best-of-five semifinal is set for Friday in Toronto. The hosts entered Wednesday winners of four straight to close the regular season, including a 4-1 win over Minnesota last Wednesday. Toronto went 2-1-0-1 against Minnesota in the regular season.
Minnesota earned a 3-1 road victory on Jan. 10. Toronto got its first pair of decent scoring chances early in the opening period.
Brittany Howard almost fired one in off a blocked Sarah Nurse shot and Alexa Vasko was stopped on a one-timer from the slot shortly after. Spooner opened the scoring at 9:47 of the first .
