All seven teams in action before Holiday Break
The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) regular season schedule is headed towards the holidays, but not before all seven teams hit the ice for a series of six games. The Buffalo Beauts host the Toronto Six for two including Friday’s Outdoor Classic, the Minnesota Whitecaps welcome the Montreal Force for their first ever weekend set, and the Connecticut Whale take on the Metropolitan Riveters and Boston Pride.
Here’s a closer look at the action.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 16, 2022
7:00 PM ET – Toronto Six (5-1-2) vs Buffalo Beauts (1-2-1)
(ESPN+ & TSN.ca with Joe Malfa and Erica Ayala)
The first battle of the season between the cross border rivals begins outdoors in Buffalo, and the Beauts hope the experience provides the same boost as it did last season when they shutout Toronto 3-0 at Riverworks. Claudia Kepler, Dominique Kremer, and Autumn MacDougall all scored in that game and are among the team’s returnees in this year’s lineup. Carly Jackson earned her first career shutout with a sensational 36-save performance, but finds herself on the opposite side this season as a new member of the Six. That game stands as Buffalo’s only win over Toronto in five attempts through two seasons. The other game played in the Queen City opened the 2021-22 campaign and came down to a last minute goal by Michela Cava to lift T6 to a 4-3 victory at Northtown Center. So far this season all of Buffalo’s games have been played at home, suffering a sweep against first place Boston last weekend. Toronto has played twice as many games, split evenly at home and on the road, and look to carry momentum from a 5-2 victory over the Riveters last Sunday which gave the franchise its 25th all-time regular season win. All eyes will be on Beauts forward Mikyla Grant-Mentis who faces her former team for the first time.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 17, 2022
2:00 PM ET – Metropolitan Riveters (3-6-0) vs Connecticut Whale (2-2-1)
(ESPN+ & TSN.ca with Phil Giubileo and Erica Ayala)
It’s a Founding Four clash in Connecticut where the Riveters will become the first team to officially head into the holidays with 10 games behind them. They wrap up a lengthy road schedule that will count eight games with their visit to ISCC a week after splitting a two-game set with Toronto. That series included a 3-2 shootout victory last Saturday for the franchise’s 50th all-time win. 16 of those wins have come at the Whale’s expense since the inaugural 2015-16 campaign,…
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