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12/17 21:43 CST Desbiens, Poulin lead Victoire to 2-1 shootout win over
Sceptres in Halifax
Desbiens, Poulin lead Victoire to 2-1 shootout win over Sceptres in Halifax
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) --- Ann-Rene Desbiens made 35 saves and Marie-Philip
Poulin scored in the shootout to help the Montreal Victoire beat the Toronto
Sceptres in the Professional Women's Hockey League's first-ever game in Halifax
on Wednesday night.
Poulin buried the lone goal in a 10-round shootout, and Desbiens stopped all
five Sceptres attempts as a sold-out crowd of 10,438 inside Scotiabank Centre
cheered equally for Toronto and Montreal.
Maya Labad scored in regulation for Montreal, and Anna Kjellbin scored for
Toronto.
Sceptres goalie Raygan Kirk stopped 30 shots.
It marked the first of 16 neutral-site matchups --- and the first of two in
Halifax --- this season on the PWHL's Takeover Tour.
The league returns to the home of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League's
Halifax Mooseheads on Jan. 11 when the Ottawa Charge face the Boston Fleet.
Kjellbin opened the scoring at 3:26 in the first period to give the Sceptres an
early lead. Labad tied it up at 12:16.
Toronto captain Blayre Turnbull almost scored the winner off her own rebound in
the final seconds in regulation, but she was unable to put it past Desbiens.
Sceptres forward Emma Maltais appeared to win the game on a breakaway in
overtime, but Toronto defender Renata Fast was called for interference on
Montreal's Jessica DiGirolamo moments before her shot crossed the goal line.
Up next
Victoire: Visit Vancouver on Saturday.
Sceptres: Visit New York on Sunday.
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