Ottawa Charge heading to playoffs with OT win over Toronto Sceptres
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The Ottawa Charge would not be denied.
Not a second year in a row and certainly not a second year in a row by the same team.
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Needing a win of any kind to advance to the PWHL playoffs for the first time in two years, the Charge got a goal from Katerina Mrazova 2:08 into overtime to punch its ticket to the post-season with a 2-1 win over the Toronto Sceptres.
The game, in front of another sellout of 8,593 at the Coca-Cola Coliseum, was defensive from the outset with neither team having much of an offensive push in the first period, Ottawa managing five shots to Toronto’s four.
Things opened up a little in the second a little with both teams finding the back of the net once.
Sarah Nurse opened the scoring as she took a tidy feed from Renata Fast, back her way into the slot and then beat Gwyneth Philips for the game’s first goal.
Ottawa responded almost immediately when Charge captain Brianne Jenner found herself all alone on the far side of the net as the puck squirted through a number of bodies before finding its way onto her stick. Jenner did not miss roofing one over Kristen Campbell for the game-tying goal.
The two teams will await Sunday’s decision by the first-place Montreal Victoire to determine their opponents for the upcoming semifinals which begin Wednesday in Toronto at the Coca Cola Coliseum.
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