Poulin has game-winner as Victoire tops Frost for third straight win
Mariah Keopple and Alexandra Labelle score their first goals of the season for Montreal.
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SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Mariah Keopple and Alexandra Labelle scored their first goals of the season and the Montréal Victoire edged the Minnesota Frost 3-2 on Saturday.
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Marie-Philip Poulin’s goal almost six minutes into the second period was the difference as she converted a 2-on-1 from Laura Stacey and Jennifer Gardiner and Montreal (2-2-0-1), which went 0 for 3 on the power play, won its third straight while handing Minnesota (3-1-1-1) its first regulation loss of the season.
Despite having the better control of the action from the start, Montreal fell behind 1-0 near the middle of the first period when Claire Thompson and Taylor Heise set up Britta Curl-Salemme for her third goal of the season.
But in the last five minutes of the period Keopple scored on a pass from Claire Dalton, and Labelle banged in a rebound of her initial shot.
Minnesota pulled into a tie at just 3:17 into the second period when Brooke McQuigge picked up her first goal during a scramble in front of the Montreal goal. Barely 2 1/2 minutes later, the Victoire were back on top on Poulin’s second goal of the season and Ann-Renée Desbiens, who made 22 saves, made that stand up.
Maddie Rooney made 22 saves for Minnesota, which went 0-1 on the power play.
Boston plays at Montreal on Monday.
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