PWHL Minnesota forward Taylor Heise dives for the puck during the second period as PWHL Toronto takes on PWHL Minnesota during the 2024 PWHL playoffs at Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto. Minnesota won the series with a 4-1 win on May 17, 2024.Taylor Heise scored twice, including the winner in the third period, as Minnesota downed Toronto 4-1 on Friday to win a best-of-five Professional Women’s Hockey League semi-final 3-2.
Minnesota will take on Boston in the six-team PWHL’s inaugural Walter Cup final. The best-of-five Walter Cup final opens Sunday in Boston. Toronto was minus veteran star forward Natalie Spooner, who led the league in both goals and points in the regular season, after she suffered a season-ending knee injury in Game 3.The top pick in September’s first-ever PWHL draft – which was held in Toronto – Heise snapped the winner past Campbell’s glove on a power play at 8:30 of the third after Canadian national team defender Jocelyne Larocque was penalized for hooking.
Toronto, which picked its semi-final opponent under the PWHL’s forward-thinking playoff format, got Friday’s first power play – and seven of the first eight shots – but Minnesota came closest to scoring when Grace Zumwinkle’s effort that leaked through Campbell was cleared to safety by defender Allie Munroe.
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