Minnesota 5, at Montreal 4

LAVAL (Interstat) — Jincy Roese scored 4:30 into overtime as the Minnesota Frost defeated the Montreal Victoire 5-4 on May 2 in Game 1 of their Professional Women’s Hockey League playoff series at Place Bell. Minnesota leads the series 1-0. The Frost are now 17-14 this season, while the Victoire are 22-9. Minnesota recovered after surrendering a two-goal lead and then a one-goal advantage in regulation. The overtime winner came after Kelly Pannek and Grace Zumwinkle set up Roese, capping a back-and-forth contest that featured six combined goals in the second and third periods. Montreal had won all four previous… Read more...