Ottawa Charge advance to the PWHL championship series, beating Montreal 2-1 in Game 4

By Canadian Press on May 16, 2025.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Gwyneth Philips made 19 saves and the Ottawa Charge advanced to the PWHL championship series, beating the Montreal Victoire 2-1 on Friday night in Game 4.

The Charge will face the defending Walter Cup champion Minnesota Frost in the final. The Frost beat Toronto in four games. Regular-season champion Montreal lost after electing to face third-place Ottawa instead of fourth-place Minnesota.

Rebecca Leslie and Emily Clark scored for Ottawa. Maureen Murphy scored for Montreal with 5:02 remaining, spoiling Philips bid for her second straight shutout.

Leslie opened the scoring at two minutes of the first period on a rebound on a 2-on-1 break with Anna Meixner. Meixner, on the right side, kept the puck and fired a shot that went off goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens’ left pad to Leslie.

Clark scored 31 seconds into the third period. She circled the right side and came out front to beat Desbiens from close range.

Desbiens made 21 saves.

After losing Game 2 in Montreal 3-2 in four overtimes, Philips and the Charge rebounded for a 1-0 victory at home in Game 3.

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