LOWELL — PWHL Boston took a 1-0 series lead in the Walter Cup Finals with a Game 1 win over PWHL Minnesota on Sunday night at Tsongas Center. A lot of things went right for Boston in the 4-3 win, but one particular hockey stick is getting some credit from the players.
Taylor Wenczkowski scored in the second period to make it 2-2. Not even three minutes later, Hannah Brandt gave Boston a 3-2 lead.
It turns out, they scored using the same stick. Wenczkowski lost hers while she was on the ice. So Brandt, knowing her teammate was a righty, offered hers up just before the goal.
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“I was like ‘this is going to be hilarious if she scores with this’ and she did,” Brandt said after the game. “And then the next shift I think is when I scored with it, so that’s a hot stick.”
The second period featured five goals, with Jess Healey scoring Boston’s game-winner 15 seconds after Taylor Heise tied things up for Minnesota. Despite a push from Minnesota at the end of the period and pulling their goalie, Boston hung on for the 4-3 win to take a 1-0 series lead.
Game 2 between Boston and Minnesota is set for Tuesday at 7 p.m. EST at Tsongas Center.
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