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05/08 23:12 CDT Sidney Morin's 2 goals, Kelly Pannek's empty-netter help Frost
beat Victoire 3-1 to force Game 5
Sidney Morin's 2 goals, Kelly Pannek's empty-netter help Frost beat Victoire
3-1 to force Game 5
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) --- Defender Sidney Morin scored two goals in the third
period, Kelly Pannek added an empty-netter with 1:07 left, and the Minnesota
Frost beat the Montreal Victoire 3-1 on Friday night to force a winner-take-all
Game 5 in the PWHL semifinals.
Minnesota improved to 5-0 in the playoffs when facing elimination, with the
previous four coming in its 2024 Walter Cup run. The Frost are also 4-1 in Game
4 history.
Morin's shot from near the blue line got past Ann-Rene Desbiens for the second
game in a row to tie it at 1-all with 11:55 left in the third.
Then Minnesota scored a power-play goal for the first time since Game 1 to take
a 2-1 lead. Morin's fourth goal of the playoffs came from the top of the left
faceoff circle with 7:59 left.
Morin entered the playoffs with just four career goals in 84 regular-season
games --- none coming this season.
Pannek, the leading goal scorer during the regular season with 33, scored from
the Minnesota's end of the rink.
Montreal scored the first goal of the game just 1:13 into the third on Maureen
Murphy's first goal of the playoffs. Hayley Scamurra sent a wraparound shot off
the pads of goaltender Maddie Rooney and Murphy knocked in the rebound.
Montreal entered 19-3 this season when scoring first.
Up next
Montreal hosts Minnesota on Monday for a spot in the Walter Cup finals.
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