When Boston’s offence was struggling to produce, Frankel was there to keep her team in the game. When the defence collapsed in front of her, she’d come up with a highlight-reel save. The regular-season series offers a glimpse into the goalie battle this semifinal will be, with only 17 goals scored between the two teams across the four games (not including shootouts). Ottawa scored nine of those and Boston the other seven.
But on Ottawa’s side, MacLeod prefers to view this series as more than a goalie battle. “I think it’s just two great teams going at each other, and both teams have great goaltending,” MacLeod said Monday. “For us, it’s not about any single player against any other single player. It’s going to be Boston Fleet against Ottawa Charge.” Drawing on experience One major advantage for Ottawa could be that it was in this position exactly one year ago.
Meanwhile, Boston was getting ready to hit the golf course. “When you have a run like that last year, you definitely learn a lot,” Charge captain Brianne Jenner said. “I think the core of us that are back this year, we will draw from that experience, but we know we’ve got a whole new team and it’s a whole new playoffs.”
