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03/27 21:08 CDT Aerin Frankel earns third straight shutout as Fleet take 4-0
win over Sceptres
Aerin Frankel earns third straight shutout as Fleet take 4-0 win over Sceptres
TORONTO (AP) --- Aerin Frankel made 18 saves for her third straight shutout and
seventh of the season as the Boston Fleet topped the Toronto Sceptres 4-0 on
Friday night.
Liz Schepers, with two goals, Jessie Eldridge and Sophie Shirley scored for
Boston, which extended its lead atop the standings to five points ahead of
second-place Montreal.
Elaine Chuli stopped 19 shots for Toronto, which had its six-game point streak
snapped. Three of the Sceptres' four wins during the streak came against
Vancouver and Seattle, the PWHL's last-place teams.
The Sceptres last played on March 17, a 2-0 win at Boston. It was the second of
back-to-back shutout wins for Toronto, including a 2-0 home win over Seattle on
March 15.
Schepers opened the scoring 11:38 into the first period when she put home a
rebound after Shirley's point shot was initially tipped by Hadley Hartmetz.
Schepers added her second of the game at 10:54 of the second period after she
tipped in a wrist shot from Haley Winn.
Eldridge scored with 5:28 remaining in the middle frame.
Shirley put home a rebound with 5:46 left in the third period after Chuli
stopped consecutive shots from Jamie Lee Rattray and Mia Biotti.
The Fleet now hold the best goal-differential in the PWHL at plus-23, and have
scored first in a PWHL-leading 18 games this season.
Up next
Fleet: Visit the Minnesota Frost on Sunday.
Sceptres: Host the Vancouver Goldeneyes on Sunday.
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