NEW YORK AND TORONTO – Ottawa Cost ahead Tereza Vanišová, Toronto Sceptres goaltender Kristen Campbell and Boston Fleet ahead Susanna Tapani have been named the Skilled Ladies’s Hockey League (PWHL) 3 Stars of the Week introduced by Shark Magnificence Canada following video games from Mar. 17-23.
FIRST STAR – TEREZA VANIŠOVÁ, F, OTTAWA CHARGE
Vanišová scored three objectives in an 8:44 span at Prudential Middle Saturday and have become the first participant in PWHL historical past to report two hat methods in a season because the Cost collected a 5-2 victory over the New York Sirens. Vanišová opened the spree by barging into the slot and tipping in Aneta Tejralová’s right-point shot at 15:11 of the second interval. Simply 2:18 later, Vanišová grabbed her personal rebound and skated behind the web earlier than pulling in entrance for a 10-foot shot previous Corinne Schroeder from the goalie’s left. Vanišová accomplished her second hat trick in 9 video games by changing a rebound at 3:55 of the third interval. She completed with a career-high 9 photographs whereas notching her fifth multi-point recreation of the season. Her hat trick matched an identical efficiency in an 8-3 rout of Minnesota Feb. 13. With 13-4—17 for the season, Vanišová leads the Cost in objectives and factors. After taking simply 42 photographs in 23 video games final season, she has 72 in 24 contests this season – the sixth-highest complete within the PWHL.
SECOND STAR – KRISTEN CAMPBELL, G, TORONTO SCEPTRES
The Sceptres snared a pair of 2-1 triumphs final week and Campbell backstopped each of them, making 27 saves in opposition to New York on Wednesday and including a season-high 32 Sunday in defeating Montréal at Place Bell earlier than a sellout crowd of 10,172. Within the latter victory, which pulled Toronto inside three factors of the first-place Victoire (each groups have 5 video games remaining), Campbell made 17 stops within the second interval and held the Victoire off the scoresheet till Marie-Philip Poulin related on an influence play with 4:45 left within the third interval. It was the eighth consecutive outing during which Campbell had permitted two objectives or fewer; she additionally leads the PWHL with eight outings of 1 purpose or fewer. Her save proportion within the eight outings since Feb. 14 is .951, and for the season, Campbell’s .918 save proportion is tied with teammate Raygan Kirk for third within the PWHL behind the .930 by Boston’s Aerin Frankel and the .932 by Montréal’s Ann-Renée Desbiens.
THIRD STAR – SUSANNA TAPANI, F, BOSTON FLEET
Tapani was a pressure within the Fleet’s solely recreation of the week, a 3-2 shootout victory over Montréal on the Tsongas Middle Tuesday. The 32-year-old from Turku, Finland arrange Fleet captain Hilary Knight’s power-play purpose within the closing minute of the primary interval to open the scoring. Then Tapani scored to offer a 2-1 lead within the second interval and picked up the decisive purpose within the sixth spherical of the shootout, serving to Boston prolong its factors streak to 9 video games (4-3-2-0). The shootout purpose was Tapani’s third in six makes an attempt this season and her second shootout winner. With 5 multi-point video games this season and 10-5—15 for the marketing campaign, Tapani is third on the staff in scoring behind Alina Müller (7-10—17) and Knight (13-13—26). Tapani has wanted solely 49 photographs to attain her 10 objectives, a 20.4 taking pictures proportion that’s second within the PWHL to Minnesota’s Brooke McQuigge (7 objectives on 32 photographs, 21.9%). 
The ‘3 Stars of the Week’ are introduced every Monday all through the common season and playoffs, encompassing video games from the earlier Monday by way of Sunday. Factors can be awarded to every choice and can assist decide rankings on the finish of the 12 months.
