ROSEMONT, ILL. – One game after beating the undefeated PWHL leader, the Frost lost to the last-place team in the league.
Rookie Sarah Wozniewicz scored her first goal with 65 seconds left in overtime to rally the Ottawa Charge to a 3-2 victory over the two-time defending champion Frost on Sunday.
Wozniewicz secured an assist from former Gophers player Peyton Hemp to score the winner for the Charge (1-1-0-5) at 3:55 in the five-minute OT.
“We had plenty of opportunities,” Frost coach Ken Klee said at a postgame news conference. “It’s just about finishing at the right time. Obviously, they made a great shot at the end, but that’s hockey. It’s a close game.”
Ottawa took a 1-0 lead midway through the first period on a power-play goal by Ronja Savolainen, with assists from Kateřina Mrázová and Jocelyne Larocque.
The Frost (3-0-1-2), who beat Boston 5-2 on Friday for the Fleet’s first loss of the season, pulled even midway through the second on Britta Curl-Salemme’s second goal. Kelly Pannek and Mae Batherson assisted.
Brianne Jenner found the net for the third time this season, beating goalie Nicole Hensley on the power play with 4 seconds left in the second period to put the Charge up 2-1.
Batherson, a defender, scored her first career goal and tied the score at 2-2 four minutes into the final period on a power play, with another assist from Pannek and one from Kendall Cooper.
