Maddie Rooney stopped all 19 shots she faced as the Minnesota Frost shutout the Ottawa Charge 5-0 in front of 10,782 fans in Raleigh, North Carolina. The game was the seventh stop on the PWHL’s Takeover Tour.

Kendall Coyne Schofield opened the scoring just under six minutes into the game to open the scoring. Minnesota quickly doubled the score with Brooke McQuigge scoring from her stomach which was followed by Denisa Křížová making it 3-0 for Minnesota after one period.

That was all for Emerance Maschmeyer as Ottawa brought in Gwyneth Philips in relief.

After a scoreless second period, Minnesota scored just 47 seconds into the third period with a goal from Sophie Jaques. Michela Cava added an empty-net tally in the game’s final minutes to cap the win for Minnesota.

Ottawa’s playoff hopes took a serious hit falling to fourth place Minnesota who sat directly in front of the Charge in the standings. 

  “We struggled today,” said Ottawa head coach Carla MacLeod. “The start wasn’t ideal by any stretch of imagination. It’s never easy to dig out when you are down three goals in the first period. Minnesota is a great team. They are the reigning Walter Cup champions. It felt that we had some momentum in the third period with some high-quality chances at least. We know we have to be better and grittier. Our passing has to be a lot better. There were some mismanaged pucks that hurt us. This is a league that as quick as you win, as quick you can lose. We gave them a lick a couple of games ago. Now, they gave us a lick tonight and we go back at it again on Tuesday.”