After almost seven periods and six hours of hockey, Montreal striker Victoire Catherine Dubois does not even remember his winning goal.
Dubois took a pass from Kristin O’Neill in the left circle and shot a shot in the wrist beyond the goalkeeper of Ottawa, Gwyneth Philips, to give the victory of Montreal a 3-2 victory in game 2 of his professional semifinal of the Women’s Hockey League on Sunday in front of 7,14 fans in Place Bell.
The goal came at 15:33 of the fourth extra period of time. The longest professional female hockey game in North America ended by spending the semifinal of the Canadian women’s hockey league on March 18, 2018. The previous game of the longest female hockey league was played exactly a year ago between Montreal and Boston.
“I passed out,” Dubois said. “I really remember what happened, I just remember that the girls came to me. We deal with the opposite last year and it hurt, so I am very happy to have come out with the victory.”
The victory links the best PWHL series in 1-1, and it was the first victory in the playoffs for the Victoire in the history of the team.
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Montreal captures his first victory in the playoffs while defeating Ottawa 3-2 with a goal from Catherine Dubois in the fourth extra time. The Victoire wins the longest game in the history of PWHL even for even the best semifinal series with 1-1.
“With a victory, it gives us a little impulse,” said Montreal chief coach Kori Cheverie. “I think Ottawa entered the playoffs believing in his group, and belief is a powerful tool. I think tonight, we take a bit of that belief in our room.”
The long game led to unconventional practices to overcome it. Ottawa recorded mustard packages on the bank so that players could take them to help prevent cramps. Both teams said that the pickles and the juice of pickles were consumed during some of the six intermediates to help with the cramps.
The Nutritionist of the Victoire team ran to get the peanut butter and gelatin beaters as the game extended far beyond what they had prepared. After the game, the players noticed that they had not eaten from 10 am
O’Neill had a goal to go with his winning assistance of the game, and Laura Stacey also scored for Montreal. Defender Anna Wilgren had two assists. Ann-Renee Desbiens made 63 salvages.
“If your team continues to do the right things, as we did today, especially in extra time, we will eventually get a,” said Desbiens. “I had to make sure I did the salvations so that the girls could have what they worked so hard throughout the game.”
Brianne Jenner had the goal of tie and an assistance. Aneta Tejalova also scored for the position. Gwyneth Philips made 53 salctions.
Both teams had five against three power plays in the first extra period of time, but could not capitalize.
Montreal was 1:34 of five against three, while Ottawa had 24 seconds.
The victore opened the score 2:25 in the game when O’Neill scored the first of the postseason.
The pass was placed in the side boards and ended up perfectly placed so that O’Neill defeated Ottawa’s defense on the album. Then he put the reverse beyond Philips. It was the first shot of the Montreal game, to go with his last shot of the game that secured the victory.
Montreal doubled his leadership 8:35 in the second period when Stacey entered the area of a good pass by Anna Wilgren and shot a shot on the Philips platform.
Ottawa sees the agitated goal
Ottawa almost cut off the advantage less than a minute later. A fight at the front saw the album cross the goal line, but the call after an official review was that there was goal interference. The position challenged the call, but it was confirmed that Montreal gave a power game. Rebecca Leslie was accredited with the shot that crossed the line.
The position had the best opportunities during penalty. Katerina Mrazova hit the post in a hurry, and Emily Clark had a shot from the slot saved by Desbiens. It also generated some impulse for Ottawa. Ten of his 11 shots in the second period occurred after Stacey’s goal.
Jenner’s tie goal came when Tereza Vanisova had the album on the goal line to the left of Desbiens, and fired a cross pass. The album hit Ottawa Clark striker before Jenner tried a timer to the open side of the network.
“We have such a belief in each other, and we could say that Gwen felt a little depressed, and I think we really wanted to play for her and not have that result,” said Ottawa Defensor Jocelyne Larocque.
“He even thanked us after the game to be tied again,” Larocque said. “It’s great to be part and I love this team.”
The series now changes to Ottawa for game 3 on Tuesday night at TD Place.
“We know we have an opponent who is a great team, a great opponent,” said Ottawa coach Carla Macleod. “No stone will be left without stirring both sides, but we will be very, very excited to return to Ottawa and go play in front of our fans and see what brings us.”
