TORONTO — Natalie Spooner scored twice in Toronto's 5-2 win over Ottawa in the Professional Women's Hockey League regular-season finale Sunday.
TORONTO — Natalie Spooner scored twice in Toronto's 5-2 win over Ottawa in the Professional Women's Hockey League regular-season finale Sunday.
Toronto had already secured first place and has a choice of semifinal opponent between third-place Boston and fourth-place Minnesota .Montreal finished second and starts playoffs Thursday at Place Bell in Laval, Que.The visitors needed a regulation win to secure third place ahead of Boston, and bump Minnesota out of the playoff picture.Spooner opened the scoring just 1:05 into the contest.
Nurse restored Toronto's edge at 10:48 of the frame. With Natalie Snodgrass trailing her every move, Nurse skated up the boards, spun around and drove the net to roof the puck on Maschmeyer. Watts evened the score on a sweet play in which she capitalized on a defensive mishap from the hosts at 6:27 of the second period.
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