NEW YORK AND TORONTO – Minnesota Frost defender Claire Thompson, Montréal Victoire ahead Abby Boreen and Frost ahead Kendall Coyne Schofield have been named the Skilled Ladies’s Hockey League (PWHL) ‘3 Stars of the Week’ introduced by SharkNinja Canada following video games from Dec. 15-22.
FIRST STAR – CLAIRE THOMPSON, D, MINNESOTA FROST
Thompson, Minnesota’s #1 decide on the 2024 Draft, contributed a objective and 4 assists to a two-victory week that saved the Frost atop the PWHL standings. In Thursday’s 5-2 victory over Ottawa at Xcel Power Middle, the 26-year-old Toronto native collected her first PWHL objective, coming into the play as a trailer, accepting Taylor Heise’s go from the suitable facet and sending a wrist shot from the excessive slot contained in the publish to the left of Cost goalie Gwyneth Philips. Thompson added three assists within the contest to tie the league report for factors in a single sport; Montréal’s Erin Ambrose had 4 assists towards Minnesota on April 18. In Sunday’s 4-3 shootout victory over the New York Sirens, Thompson arrange Heise’s first objective of the season to increase her level streak to 3 straight video games. With 1-6—7 for the season, Thompson leads the league in assists and shares the lead in factors with two Sirens standouts, Alex Carpenter (4-3—7) and Thompson’s former Princeton teammate, Sarah Fillier (2-5—7).
SECOND STAR – ABBY BOREEN, F, MONTRÉAL VICTOIRE
In Montréal’s solely sport of the week, a 4-3 extra time overcome the Sceptres in Toronto, the 24-year-old used an distinctive expression of fast thought, fast fingers and strong stability to attain her second objective of the season. The Somerset, Wis. native snared a go from Catherine Dubois on her forehand simply contained in the Toronto blue line, then shifted it shortly to her backhand towards defender Renata Quick earlier than returning to her forehand and whipping a 12-foot shot contained in the publish behind the suitable arm of Sceptres goalie Raygan Kirk earlier than tumbling to the ice. Boreen’s magical strikes, at 3:52 of the second interval, acquired Montréal on the scoreboard, shaved Toronto’s result in 2-1 and helped propel the Victoire to their first victory ever over the Sceptres after an 0-0-2-3 report towards them within the groups’ first 5 conferences. With 2-2—4 for the season, Boreen leads Montréal in targets, assists and factors and is inside one level of matching her output (4-1—5) in 9 video games with Minnesota final season.
THIRD STAR – KENDALL COYNE SCHOFIELD, F, MINNESOTA FROST
In Sunday’s 4-3 shootout victory over the Sirens Minnesota’s captain scored on her staff’s first shot of the competition, at 5:09 of the primary interval, and added her third objective of the season simply over 10 minutes later. The primary multi-goal sport of her PWHL profession helped Coyne Schofield be a part of Michela Cava, Grace Zumwinkle and Dominique Petrie in a tie for the staff objective lead. The output lengthened her present level streak to 3 video games and positioned her in a tie with Taylor Heise for the Frost scoring lead. Coyne Schofield additionally contributed to an ideal week by Minnesota’s penalty killers, who survived two Ottawa energy performs in Thursday’s victory over the Cost and went 2-for-2 throughout personnel disadvantages Sunday towards the Sirens. Additionally towards Ottawa, Coyne Schofield contributed the first help on Kelly Panek’s second objective of the sport.
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 means of Sunday. Factors will probably be awarded to every choice and can assist decide rankings on the finish of the 12 months.
First Star = 30 Factors
Second Star = 20 Factors
Third Star = 10 Factors
