TORONTO (March 8, 2026) – The Minnesota Frost outlasted the Toronto Sceptres in a 3-2 overtime victory for their first win after the Olympic break on Sunday afternoon before a sold-out crowd of 8,604 at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Kelly Pannek buried the winning goal off a feed from fellow Olympic gold medalist Taylor Heise 17 seconds into a Frost power play midway through the extra frame. The assist was Heise’s third point of the game, and second three-point performance against the Sceptres this season, lifting her into first in the PWHL scoring race. Denisa Křížová tallied her first goal of the season with a backhand deke to make it 1-0 for the Frost at 10:11 of the first period. With less than two minutes remaining in the opening frame, Emma Woods’ first of the season put Toronto on the board to tie the game on a rebound after a flurry of Sceptres chances. In the middle frame, Daryl Watts provided the lone offensive spark when she gave the Sceptres the lead at 8:04 with a skillful play, batting the puck out of mid-air from behind the goal line and off a Frost player and into the net. Heise recorded the game-tying goal at 5:18 in the third period when she buried a slap shot from the top of the left circle. Maddie Rooney stopped 22 of 24 shots to seal her fourth consecutive win for the Frost, while Raygan Kirk turned away 32 of 35 attempts in her fourth straight start for the Sceptres post- Olympics.
Both teams will host Seattle in their next game, with Minnesota playing the Torrent on Friday, March 13 for an 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT) start and Toronto on Sunday, March 15 for a 1 p.m. ET puck drop.
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