They’re not going back to Toronto.
The Frost canceled 7 a.m. plane reservations Thursday bound for Toronto and a potential deciding Game 5 in their PWHL first-round playoff series. They did so after their 4-3 home overtime victory Wednesday beat Toronto in four games.
Defeating Toronto in the semifinals for the second consecutive season advances the Frost to the Walter Cup Finals.
The defending champs will defend their title against either Montreal or Ottawa, who will play Game 4 of their best-of-five series Friday. Ottawa leads 2-1.
Those two teams played four overtimes to determine Montreal the 3-2 winner in Game 2 of their series.
The Frost, in turn, needed only 16 minutes of overtime Wednesday to eliminate Toronto 3-1 before an announced crowd of 3,107 at Xcel Energy Center. Young star Taylor Heise scored the winner, then skated into the boards in celebration after her team trailed 2-0 in the second period and 3-2 in the third.
“We did not want it to go to four overtimes, definitely not,” Klee said. “It was one of those crazy games. Every game in the playoffs is a little different. This one took on a personality of its own.”
That personality included officials not calling a penalty all night long, opting instead to let the players determine a winner themselves. A penalty-free game is a first in the PWHL’s two-season history.