With 8,206 fans packed into The Arena at TD Place, the Ottawa Charge looked to build on their dramatic 2–1 overtime win in Game 1 and take a 2–0 lead before the series shifted to Minnesota. Despite another strong effort at home,

Two teams means double the excitement. On Thursday, the Frost faced the Ottawa Charge in the PWHL finals​. The same night, the Timberwolves​ faced the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Western Conference finals.

Maybe the Frost has Ottawa right where they want them after Tuesday’s 2-1 overtime loss at TD Place. The Frost arrived having never won Game 1 of a playoff series and now are 0-4 in that category. They lost both Game 1s in last season’s run through Toronto and Boston to the inaugural Walter Cup championship.

Kendall Coyne Schofield delivered a cautionary message when assessing the edge in playoff experience she and the defending Walter Cup champion Minnesota Frost enjoy entering the PWHL Finals against the Ottawa Charge.

The Minnesota Frost is going for a repeat in the PWHL Finals as it faces the Ottawa Charge. It’s a best-of-five series, with the first two games in Ottawa.

This spring is starting to look a lot like the end of last season for Minnesota in the PWHL playoffs. A year ago, the team had a five-game skid to end the regular season, barely made the playoffs, and then won in a reverse-sweep against Toronto to reach the championship series on the way to the

For Ottawa, the series opener was yet another one-goal game. The Charge have now won 13 one-goal games, the most in the PWHL.

It’s a big night for Minnesota sports on Tuesday as the Frost play Game 1 of the PWHL Finals, and the Timberwolves play the Thunder in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals.

Golf season for the Minnesota Frost will have to wait a little longer. After an exciting overtime win, the Frost will move on to the final round of playoffs to battle the Ottawa Charge for the Walter Cup.