Sunday, February 16, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. ET | Tsongas Heart at UMass Lowell<\/strong><\/em>
WATCH LIVE<\/strong><\/em>: NESN, FanDuel Sports activities Community North, TSN 2, <\/em>TSN.ca<\/em><\/a>, TSN App, PWHL <\/em>YouTube<\/em><\/a> & <\/em>thepwhl.com<\/em><\/a> (U.S. \/ Worldwide)<\/em>
Jamie Hersch (Play-by-Play), Gigi Marvin (Analyst), Natalie Noury (Reporter)<\/em>
MINNESOTA FROST<\/strong>                    
5-4-3-5 | 26 PTS | 2^{ND<\/sup> PLACE
High Scorers: Coyne Schofield (6-10-16) & Heise (4-12-16)
Final Sport:} 8-3 L at OTT on Feb. 13<\/a>
BOSTON FLEET<\/strong>                            
4-3-2-6 | 20 PTS | 4^{TH<\/sup> PLACE (TIED)
High Scorers: Keller (5-7-12) & Knight (5-7-12)
Final Sport:} 3-1 L at TOR on Feb. 14<\/a>
2024-25 SEASON SERIES: MINNESOTA LEADS 10-2 IN POINTS (BOSTON WON 8-7 IN 2024)<\/strong><\/u>
<\/strong><\/u>Dec. 4 at BOS: 2-1 MIN<\/a> | Jan. 2 at MIN: 4-3 MIN (OT)<\/a> | Jan. 8 at MIN: 2-1 MIN (OT)<\/a> | Jan. 26 at MIN: 5-2 MIN<\/a> | Feb. 16 at BOS | Could 3 at BOS
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW<\/strong><\/u>
Minnesota and Boston shall be assembly for the fifth time this season because the Frost have received every of the primary 4 conferences (two in regulation, two in extra time). The one PWHL group to beat one other 5 instances in an everyday season was Toronto towards Montr\u00e9al final season.
Minnesota is coming off an 8-3 loss to Ottawa on Thursday with the 11 mixed objectives being essentially the most in a single sport in PWHL historical past. It was the Frost\u2019s second sport this season with a minimum of 9 mixed objectives (6-3 win over Toronto) after there was only one such sport all of final season (Montr\u00e9al vs Ottawa, Feb. 24 ,2024).
Taylor Heise<\/strong> had her eleventh and twelfth assists of the season (tied with Sarah Fillier for many within the PWHL) towards the Cost. Heise, Claire Thompson<\/strong> and Kendall Coyne Schofield<\/strong> have a mixed 33 assists this season, whereas no non-Minnesota teammate trio has 28 or extra assists.
Michela Cava<\/strong> has a career-high four-game level streak (2G, 4A) and is tied for third within the PWHL with seven objectives.
Kelly Pannek<\/strong> is tied for the PWHL lead in faceoff wins this season with 175 whereas having a faceoff win share of 59.3%. Final season, Pannek completed fourth in faceoff wins with 230 however her win share was 53.4%.
Britta Curl-Salemme<\/strong> used the Frost’s off day to attach along with her sister Brenna and her College of Maine teammates, shocking the Black Bears of their locker room previous to Maine’s sport towards Merrimack in Andover, MA.
In the present day\u2019s sport is Boston\u2019s solely residence sport in February. The Fleet have received 4 straight video games on the Tsongas Heart and carry a 3-1-0-1 file at their major venue. The one loss was towards Minnesota on Dec. 4. Boston\u2019s .722 win share in residence video games, which features a shootout victory over Montr\u00e9al in Seattle, is second within the PWHL behind the Victoire (.792).
Megan Keller<\/strong> is using a three-game level streak and has scored objectives in consecutive PWHL video games, tallying in highway video games towards each New York and Toronto. Previous to her present streak, six of her seven profession objectives got here at residence (lone highway objective was Jan. 17, 2024 at Toronto).
Hilary<\/strong> Knight<\/strong> has tried 54 photographs on objective this season, which is second within the league (Daryl Watts \u2013 58) and 22 greater than another Fleet participant. Knight is the one group chief with a double-digit SOG lead over all her teammates this season.
Each group captains lead the season collection in head-to-head scoring with Knight<\/strong> (3G, 3A) producing in all 4 video games together with her solely two multi-point performances in 2024-25. Coyne Schofield<\/strong> (1G, 4A) recorded her first profession three-point sport with a objective and three helpers within the Frost\u2019s 5-2 win over the Fleet on Jan. 26.
The Fleet will journey to New York instantly following at present\u2019s matchup and can play their first back-to-back in group historical past tomorrow afternoon towards the Sirens at 4 p.m. ET. The Frost will bus to Montr\u00e9al to wrap up their four-game highway swing towards the Victoire on Tuesday.
WHAT THEY\u2019RE SAYING<\/strong><\/u>
\u201cIt\u2019s an extended season and we\u2019re going to have good days and unhealthy days. The most effective groups have the power to bounce again and we\u2019ve confirmed we will do this. We want get again to our sport and make it onerous on Boston to get seems and photographs. Each sport is aggressive with them, and we have to rise to the problem.\u201d – Frost Head Coach Ken Klee.<\/strong>
\u201cAfter Toronto, we\u2019ve refocused and are able to get again to our sport. Tonight is about taking part in a full 60 minutes, capitalizing extra on scoring probabilities, and getting again on monitor in entrance of our followers.\u201d – Fleet Head Coach Courtney Kessel.<\/strong>
SUNDAY\u2019S GAME: <\/strong>It\u2019s Boston\u2019s Black Historical past Month Unity Sport<\/strong>, highlighting the affect and legacy of our Black athletes and communities on and off the ice. Briana Mastel<\/strong>, a Harvard graduate and two-year member of the PHF\u2019s Boston Delight will carry out the ceremonial puck drop. Michelle Brooks-Thompson<\/strong>, a Grammy-nominated recording artist and worship chief will sing the Star-Spangled Banner and carry out \u201cStand Up For Love\u201d at intermission. Neighborhood organizations in attendance embody Black Youth Sports activities Ministry<\/strong> \u2013 an initiative supporting Black athletes, coaches, and workers by offering culturally related non secular care, mentorship, and academic assets, and Afro-American Neighborhood Collaboration<\/strong> – a Boston-based group devoted to uplifting and empowering the native Black group by advocacy, training, and cultural enrichment.
\u00a9 2025 PWHL<\/p>\n

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