{"id":334262,"date":"2026-05-14T01:31:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=334262"},"modified":"2026-05-14T01:31:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:01:40","slug":"montreal-victoire-heading-to-pwhl-final-after-defeating-minnesota-frost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/montreal-victoire-heading-to-pwhl-final-after-defeating-minnesota-frost\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Victoire heading to PWHL final after defeating Minnesota Frost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Montreal Victoire are heading to their first Walter Cup final as they defeated the two-time defending champion Minnesota Frost 2-1 at Place Bell on Tuesday within the fifth and deciding game of their Skilled Women\u2019s Hockey League semifinal.<\/p>\n<p>Marie-Philip Poulin scored the game-winning goal at 3:06 of the third period on the facility play. The win sets up a best-of-five final against the Ottawa Charge, ensuring that the league will crown its first Canadian champion. It was Poulin\u2019s second game-winning goal of the tight series.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the primary time the Frost lost a game facing elimination, moving to 6-1. They&#8217;ve been in all the league\u2019s deciding fifth games.<\/p>\n<p>Erin Ambrose made a cross-ice pass to Poulin, who beat Maddie Rooney on a pointy angle near the goal line.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota pushed hard after the goal, getting several probabilities within the Montreal end, but Ann-Renee Desbiens was solid within the Victoire net. Rooney made some big saves of her own, keeping the sport at 2-1.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sam Cogan scored for the Frost, while Rooney made 15 saves.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11743817_6a04d48ae6c3a\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11743817\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11743817\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11743817_6a04d48ae6c3a\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data=\"{\"content\":{\"name\":\"PWHL Takeover Tour returning to Edmonton\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"edmonton\",\"canada\",\"sports\"],\"keywords\":[\"boston-fleet\",\"downtown-edmonton\",\"edmonton-sports\",\"edmonton-videos\",\"pwhl\",\"short-clip\",\"vancouver-goldeneyes\",\"global-news-morning-edmonton\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"Sports\/Team Sports\/Baseball\",\"News\",\"Sports\",\"News\/Sports News\",\"Sports\/Team Sports\"],\"tags\":[\"Abby Hustler\",\"Ann-Renu00e9e Desbiens\",\"Canada\",\"Catherine Dubois\",\"u00c9lizabeth Giguu00e8re\",\"Erin Ambrose\",\"Face-off\",\"Goaltender\",\"Hayley Scamurra\",\"Hockey puck\",\"Ice hockey\",\"Kaitlin Willoughby\",\"Kendall Coyne Schofield\",\"Laura Stacey\",\"Laval, Quebec\",\"Maddie Rooney\",\"Mae Batherson\",\"Marie-Philip Poulin\",\"Minnesota\",\"Minnesota Frost\",\"Montreal\",\"Montreal Victoire\",\"Ottawa\",\"Ottawa Charge\",\"Place Bell\",\"Playoffs\",\"Professional Women's Hockey League\",\"Samantha Cogan\",\"Walter Cup\"]}}}\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'PWHL Takeover Tour returning to Edmonton'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/ybofsslk17-rztalhu91s\/AMPWHL.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">4:54<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">PWHL Takeover Tour returning to Edmonton<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Catherine Dubois also scored for the Victoire, while Desbiens made 25 saves, including eight within the third period.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox because it happens so you will not miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Montreal opened the scoring when Dubois\u2019 shot hit off of Elizabeth Giguere\u2019s stick and tricked Rooney. Poulin moved Dubois right before the faceoff, and won it back to her within the shooting position. The goal got here 12:18 into the primary period, and was scored after Minnesota opened with a 9-2 shot advantage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Sports<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dubois was moved to the highest line for this game, and it was her first goal of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Desbiens had an eventful period of her own. A Mae Batherson shot deflected in front by Kendall Coyne Schofield and trickled through Desbiens, but she was in a position to turn around and use her keep on with stop the puck from crossing the road before grabbing it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Minnesota tied the sport 1-1 with 11:45 left within the second period when Cogan tipped a Abby Hustler pass within the slot that beat Desbiens.<\/p>\n<p>As much as that time within the second period, each goaltenders made big saves with Desbiens making a rolling two-pad stack save on Giguere, and Rooney stopping Laura Stacey and Kaitlin Willoughby on separate probabilities early within the frame.<\/p>\n<p>The shots within the second period were 6-5 Montreal, however the Frost had a lot of the possession within the period, aided partially to the sport\u2019s first power play.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Montreal Victoire are heading to their first Walter Cup final as they defeated the two-time defending champion Minnesota Frost 2-1 at Place Bell on Tuesday within the fifth and deciding game of their Skilled Women\u2019s Hockey League semifinal. Marie-Philip Poulin scored the game-winning goal at 3:06 of the third period on the facility play. 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