The Minnesota Frost moved two points closer to securing a PWHL playoff spot beating the Toronto Sceptres 2-1 in front of a sold out crowd of 8,510 at Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto.
In the extra frame, Kendall Coyne Schofield scored the winner for the Frost.
“It was a good hockey game. It felt like a playoff game –– to me it felt like the games we played last year that were so tight,” said Minnesota Frost head coach Ken Klee. “Everyone can beat everyone on a given night, if you’re not sharp and paying attention to details you’re probably going to end up on the wrong end. It’s the parity of the league which makes it really fun and every night you better bring it or else you’re going to end up on the wrong side.”
Rookie Brooke McQuigge opened the scoring for Minnesota just over five minutes into the first period. Toronto’s Renata Fast responded early in the second, but it was all the scoring that either team could muster in regulation. For Minnesota it was also an important win for netminder Nicole Hensley who has struggled this season.
“Obviously when you’re not getting a ton of work early you just have to stay in it mentally. They had a two-on-one that was kind of an awkward save, but I was fortunate to make it and got into the game from there,” said Hensley of her game. “When we’re moving our feet like that, we are a really easy team to play behind and picking up people in the D-zone and it’s a lot of fun to play with our group.”
The reigning Walter Cup champions have now won two straight after struggling for much of 2025. Toronto was not happy with their performance in the loss.
“I think we have to do a little bit of soul searching,” said Sceptres head coach Troy Ryan. “You’ve got to reflect on a performance like that at this point in the season you’ve got to ask some questions why. It’s also important not to dive too deep into it and you hope it’s a bit of an outlier, but it’s definitely something we’ve got to find a way to deal with it as you can’t have something like that surfacing this close to playoff time.”
Toronto has 10 days to do that soul searching as they don’t play again until March 19 against the last place New York Sirens. Minnesota returns to the ice in a crucial game Tuesday, March 11 in Ottawa.
