NEW YORK AND TORONTO – Boston Fleet ahead Alina Müller, Toronto Sceptres ahead Hannah Miller and Minnesota Frost ahead Taylor Heise have been named the Skilled Girls’s Hockey League (PWHL) ‘3 Stars of the Week’ offered by Shark Magnificence Canada following video games from Jan. 20-26. 9*
FIRST STAR – ALINA MÜLLER, F, BOSTON FLEET
The Fleet scored six targets whereas splitting two video games final week, and the dynamic Müller performed a job in 4 of them – scoring a aim and establishing two others in Boston’s 4-1 victory over Toronto Wednesday on the Tsongas Heart, then including an help in Sunday’s 5-2 loss at Minnesota. Targets within the first or final 5 minutes of a interval can create enormous swings in momentum, and Müller was at her most efficient at these junctures in opposition to Toronto. She opened the scoring at 4:27 of the primary, turning a wrist shot from the rim of the left-wing circle into her first aim of the season. After her robust forecheck helped Boston set up some stable offensive zone time, Müller used a no-look backhand move throughout the goalmouth to arrange Emily Brown’s first aim of the season at 17:48 of the session. Then, simply 58 seconds into the third interval, Müller grabbed the rebound of her personal shot and arrange Shay Maloney for a 3-0 Boston lead. Sunday at Minnesota, Müller arrange the Hilary Knight aim that introduced the Fleet inside 2-1. After going with out a level in her first eight video games this season, Muller has factors in three straight contests.
SECOND STAR – HANNAH MILLER, F, TORONTO SCEPTRES
Miller scored twice in opposition to New York Saturday, lifting the Sceptres to a 4-2 victory over New York and giving Toronto its second victory in as many appearances on the Battle On Bay Road, offered by Scotiabank. Earlier than a crowd of 19,102 at Scotiabank Enviornment, Miller was a pressure within the closing minutes of the primary and second intervals. She opened the scoring at 18:34 of the opening session, driving to the entrance of the web and tipping in a degree shot from Kali Flanagan. Then, at 18:47 of the second, Miller stole the puck, broke in alone up the center and fired a 15-foot shot between the pads of Sirens goalie Corinne Schroeder for her sixth aim of the season. Miller thus capped her first two-goal recreation of the season and her third aim in two Battle On Bay Road appearances; she additionally scored in a 3-0 victory over Montréal within the inaugural version of the traditional. With 6-3—9 in 12 video games this season, Miller is inside one in all matching her aim complete for 23 video games in the course of the 2024 season. She shares the PWHL goal-scoring lead with final week’s Third Star, Minnesota’s Kendall Coyne Schofield.
THIRD STAR – TAYLOR HEISE, F, MINNESOTA FROST
With 5 pictures in a 1-0 loss to Ottawa on Tuesday and 7 extra in Sunday’s 5-2 victory over Boston, Heise produced 12 of her staff’s 49 pictures – almost one-fourth of the Frost’s complete throughout the 2 dwelling video games at Xcel Power Heart. In Sunday’s triumph, the Lake Metropolis, Minnesota native opened the scoring with a snap shot from the internal rim of the left wing circle – igniting a seven-point efficiency by her line with Michela Cava (0-2—2) and Coyne Schofield (1-2—3). After the Fleet had halved Minnesota’s result in 2-1, Heise powered a rising wrist shot over Emma Söderberg’s left glove from nearly the identical location for the game-winner and the fourth two-goal efficiency of her PWHL profession; final season, she had two targets plus an help in opposition to Toronto on Jan. 10, plus consecutive two-goal showings within the playoffs. With 4-8—12 in 13 video games this season, together with three two-point performances, Heise has matched final season’s aim complete and is inside one in all matching her help complete over 19 video games as a rookie in 2024. With 42 pictures, Heise is third within the PWHL – one behind Coyne Schofield and three behind Knight.
The PWHL 3 Stars of the Week Offered by Shark Magnificence Canada are introduced every Monday all through the common season and playoffs, encompassing video games from the earlier Monday by means of Sunday. Factors shall be awarded to every choice and can assist decide rankings on the finish of the yr.
First Star = 30 Factors
Second Star = 20 Factors
Third Star = 10 Factors
