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With the 4-1 victory, PWHL Minnesota is just one win away from lifting the first Walter Cup.

Michela Cava and Taylor Heise both had a goal and an assist to lead Minnesota to a 4-1 victory over Boston on Friday night, giving their team a 2-1 lead in the inaugural championship series of the Professional Womens Hockey League.

Minnesota will host Game 4 in the best-of-five series on Sunday. Game 5, if necessary, would be played in Boston on Wednesday.

Captain Hilary Knight netted the game-winning goal 52 seconds into sudden death overtime as Boston defeated Minnesota, 4-3, in the fourth week of Professional Women’s Hockey League action.

Captain Hilary Knight carried the puck into the attacking zone in the 3-on-3 overtime period and fired a wrist shot that found a way through the pads of Maddie Rooney to allow Boston to pull out a 4-3 win over Minnesota Saturday, becoming just the fifth team in the fledgling Professional Womens Hockey League to win on home ice.

“It feels magical and surreal at the same time. Understanding how important visibility is, it’s a fantastic time to have a professional league." Boston captain Hilary Knight

The Boston PWHL dropped their season opener 3-2 against Minnesota at the Tsongas Center in Lowell on Wednesday night.

LOWELL – Boston made women’s hockey history on Wednesday, but Minnesota’s Taylor Heise stole the show. The PWHL’s top overall draft pick scored the opening goal on the first shot of the game, as the Boston franchise of the Professional Women’s Hockey League dropped the puck on its inaugural season, with a 3-2 loss to Minnesota, at Tsongas Center. A first-of-its-kind women’s hockey league that brings together the best players in the world, Wednesday’s PHWL game was the first to fea...

The Boston franchise of the Professional Women’s Hockey League fell in its inaugural game with a 3-2 loss to Minnesota at the Tsongas Center.

With former Gophers and Minnesotans, headlined by the No. 1 draft pick Taylor Heise, Team Minnesota appears poised to make some noise.