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05/20 21:31 CDT Montreal Victoire win their first PWHL title, beating Ottawa
4-0 in Game 4
Montreal Victoire win their first PWHL title, beating Ottawa 4-0 in Game 4
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) --- Abby Roque scored twice, Ann-Rene Desbiens made 23
saves and the Montreal Victoire won their first PWHL title, beating the Ottawa
Charge 4-0 on Wednesday night in Game 4 of the Walter Cup Finals.
Maggie Flaherty and Lina Ljungblom also scored. Montreal opened the
best-of-five series at home with two overtime victories, then fell 2-1 at
Ottawa on Monday night. Home teams had won the last five finals games.
The Minnesota Frost won the first two titles in league history, beating Ottawa
in four games last year in the championship series. Montreal beat Minnesota in
the semifinals this season.
Marie-Philip Poulin was honored as the playoff MVP. She tied for the postseason
lead with eight points on two goals and six assists.
Roque opened the scoring at 3:49 of the second period on a deflection off
Ottawa defender Rory Guilday's stick. On a break with Poulin, Roque went deep
into the right corner and swept the puck to the middle, where it glanced off
Guilday's stick and past goalie Gwyneth Philips.
Roque scored short-handed at 9:58 of the third, cutting across the crease on a
break and beating Philips with a backhander.
Poulin was off for interference when Roque scored. Montreal also killed a
penalty in each of the first two periods, while Ottawa was penalty-free.
Flaherty made it 3-0 with 6:06 remaining. She put a shot from the blue line
through traffic into the top right corner. Ljungblom capped the scoring off a
turnover with 4:16 left.
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