OTTAWA – Brianne Jenner scored twice to lead the Ottawa Charge to a 5-2 victory over Frost on Saturday, Jan. 3.
It marked just the second regulation victory for the Charge (2-3-0-5), who have won four consecutive games after losing their first six. The first victory in the winning streak came 3-2 in overtime over the Frost in Rosemont, Ill., on Dec. 21.
Emily Clark, Sarah Wozniewicz and Katerina Mrazova also scored for Ottawa and Gwyneth Philips made 24 saves. Jenner iced the victory with an empty-netter with 2:44 remaining.
“We’ve got to tip our hat to them. They played well, they finished their chances better than we did,” Frost coach Ken Klee told reporters following the game. “I thought we had plenty of chances to maybe take charge of the game and get control, and we just didn’t find a way to score. And obviously, they did a good job in burying the chances they did have.”
Kelly Pannek and Britta Curl-Salemme scored for the Frost (4-1-1-3). Maddie Rooney stopped 17 shots.
The Charge opened the scoring early in the first period on a backdoor tap-in for Jenner.
The Frost tied it with a power-play goal 38 seconds into the second period. Philips thought she had secured the puck, but Pannek knocked it in for her fourth goal of the season.
Ottawa pulled away later in the period with three goals in just over six minutes.
