By Canadian Press

McQuigge, Cava each score twice, Frost beat Sceptres 7-5 to take 2-1 series lead

May 11, 2025 | 7:19 PM

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Brooke McQuigge and Michela Cava scored two goals apiece on Sunday night and the Minnesota Frost beat the Toronto Sceptres 7-5 to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five semifinal series.

The Frost, who tied the series with a 5-3 win in Game 2, can advance to the Professional Women’s Hockey League championship with a win in Game 4 on Wednesday.

Liz Schepers, Lee Stecklein and Sophie Jaques also scored goals for Minnesota, and Taylor Heise had three assists.

Anna Kjellbin scored her first PWHL goal with 14:13 left in the game to cut Toronto’s deficit to 5-4, but Cava answered with a backhand goal less than two minutes later and then scored a power-play goal to make it 7-4 with 10:39 to go.

Maddie Rooney had 18 saves in her second consecutive win for the Frost

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Daryl Watts scored for the Sceptres with about five minutes left in the first period. Maggie Connors added a goal early in the second and Kali Flanagan’s goal made it 5-3 going into the third.

Blayre Turnbull capped the scoring with 7:56 to left in the game.

Kristen Campbell had 17 saves for Toronto.

KEY MOMENT

After Schepers opened the scoring 2:33 into the game, McQuigge and Stecklein scored 52 seconds apart to make it 3-0 a little more than five minutes later and the Frost never trailed.

KEY STAT

The Frost went 2-for-4 on the power play while Toronto was 0-for-2. Minnesota has converted 5-of-9 power-play opportunities in the series compared to 2-of-6 for the Sceptres.

UP NEXT

The series remains at Xcel Energy Center for Game 4 on Wednesday.

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