In a season of firsts, PWHL Minnesota added another Wednesday night: an overtime victory.
PWHL Minnesota mounts comeback for 3-2 overtime victory at Ottawa
Down by two goals after the first period, Minnesota scored three unanswered, two by Susanna Tapani, to rally and win.
January 18, 2024 at 4:51AM
Down by two goals in the first period, Minnesota scored three unanswered to nip host Ottawa 3-2.
Susanna Tapani's second goal of the game — her first two tallies of the season — was the winner 1 minute, 57 seconds into the extra session.
The teams were tied 2-2 heading into the third period after each turned in a dominant 20 minutes.
Ottawa (1-0-2) opened the scoring just 3:41 into the game when Savannah Harmon popped in her first goal of the season. Six minutes later, Lexi Adzija took advantage on the power play to give the home team a 2-0 lead.
Minnesota (4-0-1) bounced back in similar fashion in the second. Tapani got Minnesota on the board with a power-play goal early in the period. At 11:20 of the second, Grace Zumwinkle took a feed from Kelly Pannek and buried past Emerance Maschmeyer for a shorthanded goal to knot the score.
For Zumwinkle, it was her PWHL-leading fifth goal of the young season and just the third shorthanded goal since the league began earlier this month.
Goalie Nicole Hensley made 24 saves for the victory.
A Calgary snowstorm left the former Gophers standout stuck on the road, so he improvised his entrance into the arena.
