PWHL Finals: Frost aim to clinch a second championship at home

Buzzing after the Frost s triple-overtime win Saturday night that gave Minnesota a - series lead in their best-of-five finals series against Ottawa Taylor Heise needed to sleep It came remarkably fast and was remarkably sound I slept very peacefully last night the Frost forward commented Heise who has a goal and six assists in two playoff series declared she and linemate and former Gophers teammate Grace Zumwinkle usually have a non-alcoholic cocktail before games But on Saturday Heise had hers when she got home I had a little Sprite and grenadine and it was great put me right to sleep Heise explained Sunday from Xcel Strength Center where the gang had an optional skate and received restoration for Monday s potentially series-ending Event The Frost won the PWHL s inaugural Walter Cup last season and are - in playoff series so far But Minnesota has never clinched a playoff series at home Winning it all again in front of Frost fans Heise announced would be a life-changing experience That will be on the table in Monday s p m puck drop at the X I don t want to jinx it by any means but it would be life-altering explained Heise who hails from Lake City Minn near Red Wing Even certain of us not from Minnesota know how critical that would be The recipe for that won t be as simple as grenadine and Sprite It would be impossible for this series to be closer at this point all three games have ended in overtime with a - number The only time the Stanley Cup Final has had each of its first three games go to overtime was in when all five games between Montreal and Toronto went to OT The last time it happened in an NHL postseason was when Minnesota and Colorado went to overtime in the first three games of their Western Conference quarterfinal series each encounter decided - The Wild led - before losing the next three games Forward Katy Knoll won Saturday s challenge when she collected a shot that hit her in the torso and backhanded it to the near corner before Charge goalie Gwyneth Phillips Knoll s former teammate at Northeastern could slide into position Petitioned Sunday if she had a bruise where the puck hit her Knoll stated Thankfully my equipment did its job It didn t hurt really Britta Curl-Salemme scored both goals in the Frost s - win on Thursday Everyone on the two great teams in the finals wants it so bad and I think that s a reason for the low scoring announced Ottawa forward Emily Clark who scored the overtime winner in Championship We re seeing great goalies great teams with depth on both sides It s fun hockey We re having a blast So we re excited that there is another contest ahead of us The recipe for winning this series will be more complicated than grenadine and Sprite but the Frost have the advantage of having already done it Lots of hard work lots of dedication to the things we do well Heise noted But also playing simple and fast When we do that we re very prosperous We ll get our rest and come out with even more potency than we did Saturday PWHL FINALS Who Frost lead Ottawa in best-of-five series - What Meeting When p m Monday Where Xcel Power Center TV Radio Fan Duel Sports Framework North Minnesota Frost center Taylor Heise models the team's new home uniforms unveiled Thursday Nov Minnesota Frost wing Grace Zumwinkle models the team's new uniforms unveiled Thursday Nov Courtesy of PWHL Related Articles Minnesota Frost In a tight league details will determine the champion Taylor Heise plays hero as Frost head back to the Final Shootout in St Paul has Frost Sceptres thinking goalies Frost seize control of PWHL semifinal series Source PWHL has chosen Vancouver for its first expansion franchise