PWHL Toronto beats Montreal 3-0 in front of record-setting crowd for women’s hockey | 24CA News
Kristen Campbell made 30 saves in entrance of a ladies’s hockey-record crowd of 19,285 followers at Scotiabank Arena, serving to Toronto beat Montreal 3-0 on Friday evening within the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
“The Battle on Bay Street” broke the attendance document of 18,013 set on the 2013 world championships in Ottawa, Ontario, for a preliminary spherical sport between Canada and Finland. Minnesota set the earlier PWHL mark of 13,316 for its house opener in opposition to Montreal on Jan. 6 at Xcel Energy Center.
“It just shows that demand for women’s hockey and women’s sport.” Campbell stated after the group’s first sport on the house of the NHL’s Maple Leafs. “Playing in this venue was something that we’re always going to cherish for the rest of our lives.”
Jesse Compher, Hannah Miller and Victoria Bach — into an empty web — scored within the third interval to assist Toronto (6-5-0) win its fourth straight. Ann-Renee Desbiens stopped 21 photographs for Montreal (6-2-2).
“To see the amount of signs in the stands, to see little girls, little boys, families coming up, it’s unbelievable,” Montreal star Marie-Philip Poulin stated. “What’s happening in women’s hockey right now, it’s surreal and we all take it in with a big smile.”
Compher opened the scoring at 5:11 of the third with a shot over Desbiens’ shoulder. Miller made it 2-0 with 4:39 remaining, firing a wrist between Desbiens’ legs. Bach scored with 4:07 left with Desbiens off for an additional attacker.
Canadian ladies’s basketball group star Kia Nurse, the cousin of PWHL Toronto star Sarah Nurse, carried out the ceremonial puck drop.
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