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  • NWHL Game Recap – 10/20/2019 – Minnesota Whitecaps v. Boston Pride

    NWHL Game Recap – 10/20/2019 – Minnesota Whitecaps v. Boston Pride

    Minnesota Whitecaps (1-1-1 3pts) v. Boston Pride (4-0-0 8pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    In the second game of their back to back weekend series the Minnesota Whitecaps look to bounce back against the Boston Pride, but the Whitecaps would not do themselves any favors as they would take three consecutive penalties that would cause the Whitecaps to go down two women at one point. However, the Pride would not be able to capitalize on any of their three powerplay opportunities, especially with the extended 5 on 3 chance, but they would strike a little later as they would get on the board first with McKenna Brand’s sixth of the season on a beautiful tic tac toe play with Christina Putigna. Then Tori Sullivan would score her second of the season to give the Pride the 2-0 lead. The Pride would take a late penalty, but the Whitecaps would not be able to capitalize on their lone opportunity.

     

    In the second period the Whitecaps would get an early powerplay opportunity to when Christina Putigna would be called for high sticking, but were unable to capitalize on the opportunity. However, they would get on the board with a Sydney Baldwin goal to cut the Pride’s lead to one. But Jonna Curtis would take an ill advised tripping penalty, and with this powerplay opportunity the Pride would get on the board with a Lexie Laing marker. both teams would continue to generate chances, but the goaltending of Lovisa Selander of the Pride and Amanda Leveille of the Whitecaps would keep this a 3-1 Pride lead heading into the second intermission.

     

    In the third period the Whitecaps would get another early powerplay opportunity to start a period, and this time they would capitalize as Stephanie Anderson would score her first career NWHL goal to cut the Pride’s lead to one once again. However, that would not deter the Pride as they would strike 90 seconds later as Mary Parker would score her first goal of the season to regain the two goal lead. Then Christina Putigna would knock in the loose puck after a hard Jillian Dempsey drive to secure the Pride a 5-2 victory. Both Selander and Leveille would put up strong perfomances again as they faced a combined 84 shots.

     

    Lineups:

    Minnesota Whitecaps:

    Jonna Curtis – Nicole Schammel – Meaghan Pezon

    Audra Richards – Lauren Barnes – Allie Thunstrom

    Megan Lorence – Halea Schmid – Stephanie Anderson

    Kalli Funk –  –

    Sydney Baldwin – Amanda Boulier

    Emma Stauber – Chelsey Rosenthal

    Kelsey Cline –

    Amanda Leveille*

    Allie Morse

     

    Boston Pride:

    McKenna Brand – Jillian Dempsey – Christina Putigna

    Emily Fluke – Mary Parker – Alyssa Wohlfeiler

    Carlee Toews – Lexie Laing – Tori Sullivan

    Kaleigh Fratkin – Briana Mastel

    Lauren Kelly – Lexi Bender

    Mallory Souliotis – Jenna Rheault

    Whitney Renn

    Lovisa Selander*

    Victoria Hanson

     

    First Period:

    MIN Penalty – 6:20 – Bench (Kelsey Cline) 2 minutes for Too Many Women

    MIN Penalty – 7:15 – Chelsey Brodt Rosenthal 2 minutes for Interference

    MIN Penalty – 9:17 – Kalli Funk 2 minutes for Slashing

    BOS Goal – 15:21 – McKenna Brand (6) from Christina Putigna (6)

    BOS Goal – 16:01 – Tori Sullivan (2) from Lexi Bender (2)

    BOS Penalty – 17:14 – Alyssa Wohlfeiler 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 1st – MIN – 0       BOS – 2

    Shots              10                 15

    PP                   0/1                0/3

     

    Second Period:

    BOS Penalty – 2:33 – Christina Putigna 2 minutes for High Sticking

    MIN Goal – 6:56 – Sydney Baldwin (2) from Amanda Boulier (6)

    MIN Penalty – 12:55 – Jonna Curtis 2 minutes for Tripping

    BOS PPG – 13:40 – Lexie Laing (2) from Lauren Kelly (3)

     

    End of 2nd – MIN – 1       BOS – 3

    Shots              20                 25

    PP                   0/2                1/4

     

    Third Period:

    BOS Penalty – 1:29 – Kaleigh Fratkin 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    MIN PPG – 2:31 – Stephanie Anderson (1) from Nicole Schammel (3)

    BOS Goal – 3:58 – Mary Parker (1) from Emily Fluke (1) and Alyssa Wohlfeiler (3)

    MIN Penalty – 8:48 – Chelsey Brodt Rosenthal 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    BOS Penalty – 9:56 – McKenna Brand 2 minutes for Slashing

    BOS Goal – 12:46 – Christina Putigna (2) from Jillian Dempsey (6)

     

    End of 3rd – MIN – 2       BOS – 5

    Shots              37                 47

    PP                   1/4                1/5

     

    Next Up:

    Metropolitan (1-2-0 2pts) v. Boston (5-0-0 10pts) October 26th and 27th

    Minnesota (1-2-1 3pts) v. Connecticut (0-2-1 1pts) October 26th and 27th

     

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  • Pride Defeat Beauts In Home Opener

    Pride Defeat Beauts In Home Opener

    Buffalo Beauts (1-0-0, 2 pts) @ Boston Pride (1-0-0, 2 pts)

    In the second weekend of the NWHL, we got ourselves a pretty good match up with the Buffalo Beauts and the Boston Pride. Both teams were coming off victories in their opening weekend and were looking to continue their momentum early on in the season.

    In the first period, there was complete domination by the Boston Pride. They came out strong in their home opener and really took it to the Beauts, as the Pride out-shot the Beauts by a tally of 19 to 4, however it took until late in the period before the Pride would be able to break through Beauts goalie Mariah Fujimagari. It was a great drive to the net by Carlee Toews, and with the puck loose in front of the net, it was Lexie Laing that would stash home the rebound with about a minute left in the period. The goal would be Lexi Laing’s first goal of her career in the NWHL.

    Penalties in the period were one apiece with no power play goals coming from it with both penalty kills doing their job well.

    In the second period, the Boston Pride came out and continued their momentum from the first period. The Pride would continue to out-shoot the Beauts, as Fujimagari would hold her own until the six and a half minute mark of the period when the Pride would get themselves an odd man rush, and a goal was slotted home by Carlee Toews. Assists on the play came from Lexie Laing and Tori Sullivan. For Toews, it would be her first goal of her career in the NWHL.

    The Pride would continue the pressure on the Beauts, as wave after wave of offensive chances were coming for Boston. It would take twelve minutes before the Pride would get another goal. The goal coming from Christina Putigna, which would be unassisted. It would give the Pride a 3-0 lead. The goal would also be the first NWHL goal for Putigna.

    About a little over a minute later, Carlee Toews would nab her second goal of the game as the assists would once again come from Lexie Laing and Tori Sullivan. The period would mercifully end for the Beauts with the Pride having a 4-0 lead.

    The Pride out-shot the Beauts 16-8 in the second period. There were two penalties called on the Beauts, and one on the Pride, but neither team would be able to score on the power play.

    In the third period, the game finally settled down. Everything was very even, in terms of offensive chances and shots on goal. Both Fujimagari and Lovisa Selander were making great saves. About halfway through the period, Brooke Stacey would get sprung on a breakaway, only to have Chritstina Putigna hook her as she was about to take the shot. A penalty shot was awarded on the play, where Stacey would skate down the middle and put a great shot past Selander to get the Beauts on the board.

    Later on in the period, after some more back and forth action between both teams, Iveta Klimasova would gather the puck at center ice. She looked like she might wait for re-enforcement to come. However she wound up a beautiful slap shot that would beat Selander to cut the lead to two.

    However, that would be the closest the Beauts would get to coming back in the game as the Pride defense shut them out the rest of the way to secure the 4-2 win for Boston.

    The Pride out-shot the Beauts again in the third period 10-8. The only penalty called in the period went against the Pride but the Beauts could not capitalize on the power play.

    It will be a quick turnaround for both teams, as they will square off against each other tomorrow at 230p.

     

    Boxscore

    https://www.nwhl.zone/stats#/100/game/268079/play-by-play

     

    Starting line up for the Beauts:

    Game day line up for the Pride:

  • NWHL Announces the Pride’s Third Signing for 2019-20

    NWHL Announces the Pride’s Third Signing for 2019-20

    This morning the NWHL announced that the Boston Pride has signed forward Christina Putigna.

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    Putigna has signed a one year deal, and her salary was not announced. This will be Putigna’s first season in the NWHL.

     

    TXHT will continue to provide NWHL coverage as more signings are announced.

    *Graphics courtesy of the NWHL.