Sceptres fall to Frost in overtime despite another solid game from Campbell
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It was just like old times on Sunday afternoon with the Toronto Sceptres and those ‘Soupy’ chants for goalkeeper Kristen Campbell that have become synonymous with home-ice victories for the local Professional Women’s Hockey League team.
Unfortunately, this time, not even Campbell’s heroics could save the Sceptres who fell 2-1 to the Minnesota Frost in overtime at the Coca-Cola Coliseum.
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Kendall Coyne-Schofield got the game winner with 2:21 into the overtime period on a scramble in front of Campbell who had already made three game-saving saves in the extra, sudden-death frame alone.
If there is a positive to take from Sunday’s loss it is that Campbell is right back to the form that helped Toronto win 11 in a row in its first year as she kept the Sceptres in a game they easily could have lost in a lethargic first period, allowing them to earn a point after coming back to force overtime.
Campbell turned aside 24 of 26 shots and looked extremely sharp in doing so.
Minnesota got on the board first as Toronto failed to clear the zone with numerous chances before finally paying the pirce when Brooke McQuigge beat Campbell through a slew of bodies from the high slot.
Campbell, though, while not tested often turned away numerous quality chances as the Frost attempted to put this one away early, only to be denied.
It was the sixth start in the past seven games for Campbell who struggled earlier in the season, opening the door for rookie Raygan Kirk before getting back in the net and re-establishing her No. 1 spot in the Sceptre’s goaltending pecking order.
Toronto’s lone goal in the game, which tied the score 1-1 with 65 seconds remaining in the second period, came off the stick of Renata Fast on a nice feed from Daryl Watts.
The Sceptres were outshot 29-15, including 11-2 in the first period and 4-0 in overtime.
With the point, the Sceptres move temporarily into second place, a point up on Boston, which has a game in hand.
Toronto now embarks on a 10-day break and doesn’t play again until hosting the New York Sirens on March 19.
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