Taylor Heise’s goal in overtime lifts Frost past Goldeneyes 2-1 in Edmonton

EDMONTON, ALBERTA — Taylor Heise scored her first goal of the season 2:57 into overtime Saturday to give the Frost a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Goldeneyes as the PWHL Takeover Tour hit Edmonton’s Rogers Place.

Heise worked her way into the left faceoff circle before rifling a shot just under the crossbar to give the Frost the win and keep Vancouver winless away from home.

“At the end of the day, I saw an odd-angle shot, and that’s something I practice often, so I was just hoping it went in,” Heise said.

Abby Hustler also scored her first career PWHL goal for the Frost, with Maddie Rooney making 27 saves.

Izzy Daniel scored Vancouver’s only goal, and Emerance Maschmeyer stopped 33 shots.

“When you look at the quality of goaltenders that we have in the league, I thought it was on full display,” Frost coach Ken Klee said.

With 10,264 mostly partisan Vancouver fans having cheered through 52 minutes of scoreless hockey after two goals in the first three minutes of the game, the Goldeneyes had a golden opportunity with a power play at 15:04 of the third period. Against one of the worst penalty-killing teams in the league, Vancouver failed to generate a single shot on goal.

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Gabby Rosenthal drew a delay of game penalty just 52 seconds in, and it took Minnesota only 26 seconds to capitalize. Hustler rifled a shot from the slot past Maschmeyer to finish off a series of crisp passes that left her wide open.

The Goldeneyes responded less than two minutes later when Daniel backhanded a rebound past Rooney.

“I’m thinking, ‘OK, it’s a game right after Christmas, this might be a 6-5 game.’ You know what I mean?” Klee said. “Chances went both ways. Obviously, things got tighter and the goalies really made some big saves.”

The game was the third of 16 Tour stops for the PWHL this season and the first of two visits to Edmonton with the second game scheduled for April 7, 2026.

It was the Frost’s second neutral-site game in a row, after they lost 3-2 in overtime to Ottawa on Dec. 21 in suburban Chicago.