NEW YORK AND TORONTO – Ottawa Cost ahead Emily Clark, Toronto Sceptres goaltender Kristen Campbell and Sceptres ahead Hannah Miller have been named the Skilled Girls’s Hockey League (PWHL) ‘3 Stars of the Week’ offered by Shark Magnificence Canada following video games from Feb. 17-23.
FIRST STAR – EMILY CLARK, F, OTTAWA CHARGE
Clark contributed two objectives, two assists and eight photographs to Ottawa’s assault throughout every week during which the Cost break up a pair of slim selections at TD Place – shedding a 3-2 verdict in additional time to the Boston Fleet on Thursday earlier than amassing a 3-1 triumph Saturday over the Montréal Victoire. Clark created some late-game heroics within the recreation towards Boston, serving to to drive additional time by establishing Tereza Vanišová’s game-tying 15-foot rocket to the highest nook with 2.9 seconds remaining in regulation play. Clark participated in all three Ottawa objectives on Saturday – establishing Stephanie Markowski’s first profession PWHL aim at 9:08 of the primary interval, then answering Laura Stacey’s second-period aim with certainly one of her personal at 16:41 of the second and including an empty-net rating with 1:07 to play. That tally capped the primary multi-goal recreation and three-point performances of Clark’s PWHL profession. Clark is driving a five-game level streak, the longest present run within the PWHL, authoring 3-5—8 in that skein and elevating her season’s whole to 6-7—13. The six objectives is a PWHL profession excessive for Clark and her present level whole is inside two of matching the 4-11—15 she aggregated in 24 video games final season.
SECOND STAR – KRISTEN CAMPBELL, G, TORONTO SCEPTRES
Campbell made 23 saves in a 4-1 victory at New York on Wednesday and adopted that efficiency with 22 stops in a 2-1 overcome the Frost at Xcel Power Heart in Minnesota – the Sceptres’ first victory ever at Xcel. Sunday’s victory was Campbell’s fifth of the season and her third straight – her longest such run of the marketing campaign. The 27-year-old from Brandon, Man., has permitted just one aim in every of these previous three outings. The one aim she surrendered to Minnesota was scored by Michela Cava throughout a Frost energy play. New York’s Alex Carpenter was the one participant to beat Campbell at even energy throughout the two video games that helped Toronto run its total successful streak to 6. The second-place Sceptres have factors in 9 consecutive video games and have pulled inside two factors of league-leading Montréal (which has performed three fewer video games) heading into tomorrow evening’s showdown towards the Victoire at Place Bell. 
THIRD STAR – HANNAH MILLER, F, TORONTO SCEPTRES
Miller had a hand in all 4 Toronto objectives Wednesday, turning into the primary PWHL participant to gather two objectives and two assists in a single contest because the Sceptres defeated the Sirens 4-1 at Prudential Heart. Miller grew to become the third PWHL participant, and the primary ahead, to gather 4 factors in a single recreation, becoming a member of defenders Claire Thompson of Minnesota (1-3—4 towards Ottawa Dec. 19) and Erin Ambrose of Montréal (0-4—4 on Mar. 8, 2024). On the way in which to incomes her third PWHL 3 Stars of the Weekrecognition of the season and her second in as many weeks, Miller opened the scoring with an even-strength aim at 7:53 of the second interval, then helped Toronto’s league-leading energy play (21 for 62, 33.9%) produce three objectives to seal the end result. On an help from Miller, Julia Gosling notched the 2-0 game-winner throughout a Toronto energy play at 13:12 of the second interval and Miller padded the Sceptres’ result in 3-0 at 9:19 of the third. Lower than two minutes after Carpenter gave New York some comeback ideas, Gosling collected her second of the evening – on assists from Miller and Renata Quick – simply 19 seconds after New York’s Gabby Rosenthal took a minor for high-sticking. With 10 objectives this season, Miller trails solely Marie-Philip Poulin of Montréal, who has 11. Miller’s 12 assists lead a four-way tie for third amongst PWHL playmakers.
