Katy Knoll’s goal in third OT puts Frost one game from championship

Walter will be in town on Memorial Day The Frost are on a first-name basis with the PWHL championship trophy after winning it the Walter Cup last year in the league s inaugural season They speedily grew attached to it calling the union a match made it heaven Saturday at Xcel Ability Center the Frost entered Tournament of the best-of-five PWHL Finals knowing that a win over the Ottawa Charge would leave them just one win away from making Walter theirs to have and to hold for another year It took Minnesota longer than it could have imagined but it fought its way to a - win in triple overtime on Saturday Katy Knoll got the winner at of the third extra period spinning around to bang in a rebound in the slot after getting hit from a shot from the point I don t remember much about it Knoll disclosed when solicited about the championship winner I think I had just come off the bench and unfortunately got in the way of someone s shot It dropped right in front of me and I took a whack at it on net Just glad it went in With Tournament set for p m on Monday at Xcel the Frost can claim their second straight PWHL title on home ice with a conquest Should a Battle prove necessary it will be played in Ottawa on Wednesday Right now we re just trying to focus on us Frost coach Ken Klee stated of being one win away from another title Focus on our contest our habits our details I advised the ladies the biggest competition of the year is still coming up I m certainly happy for them tonight but they know we ll be resetting We ll meet and go through chosen things and the biggest encounter of the year for us is still coming up Goals continue to be at a premium in the series with each of the three games being decided by a - tally in overtime Goals are just hard to come by Klee revealed It s that time of year Everybody is playing a little tighter checking There s a little less space in the neutral zone Both teams are making it hard on their opponent The Frost held Ottawa without a shot on goal through the first of the meeting But the Charge s first shot unveiled the back of the net giving them a - lead A scramble around the Frost net saw the puck bounce off the top of the net and onto the stick of Charge winger Emily Clark just off the edge of the crease Clark fired a wrist shot past Frost goaltender Maddie Rooney for her third goal of the postseason The Frost who had the only power play of the period outshot the Charge - in the first minutes of play The Frost pulled even at of the second period on a goal by Lee Stecklein With Knoll helping to create a screen in front of the net Stecklein beat Ottawa goaltender Gwyneth Philips on a wrist shot from just inside the blue line for her fourth goal of the postseason With the challenge still tied - the Frost went on a power play at of the third when Ottawa s Jocelyne Larocque was sent off for roughing The Frost came up empty despite having three great scoring opportunities Philips slid across the crease to smother a one-timer by Grace Zumwinkle from the left-wing circle early in the power play Seconds later the Frost s Claire Thompson was looking at an open net when she gathered a rebound but a Charge defender got her stick on the shot to deflect the puck over the net Taylor Heise hit the post on a wrist shot before the penalty expired Both goaltenders were called on to make big stops in overtime A limited by Philips were of the acrobatic variety She had little chance on Knoll s tournament winner Now the Frost have a chance to be the last crew standing with a win on Monday It s exciting but we ve got work to do come Monday Rooney commented So we re not going to get too high right now This is great momentum for us but we ll celebrate tonight and then the following morning it s back to work Related Articles Is Minnesota s Britta Curl-Salemme the PWHL s first villain General enemy Curl-Salemme knots the Final for Frost No the Frost don t feel great about being down - in PWHL Finals Clark s OT goal sinks Frost in Walter Cup Final opener Hughes-Heise battle could determine Frost s fate in PWHL Finals