Frankel's 41-save shutout leads PWHL Boston past Minnesota for back-to-back wins
Boston forwards Theresa Schafzahl, Gigi Marvin each score for 2-0 road win
Theresa Schafzahl and Gigi Marvin each scored a goal and Aerin Frankel had her first career shutout to help Boston beat host Minnesota 2-0 Sunday in Professional Women's Hockey League action.
Boston (6-4-2-0) has back-to-back wins following consecutive losses to New York and Ottawa last week. Frankel, who finished with a career-best 41 saves, has allowed one goal with 70 saves in wins over Ottawa on Wednesday and Minnesota.
Schafzahl opened the scoring midway through the second. Jamie Lee Rattray poked a pass ahead to Susanna Tapani who dropped it to Schafzahl for the back-hand finish with 11:21 left in the period.
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Marvin scored an empty-netter, her first career goal, to make it 2-0 in the closing seconds at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
Minnesota (5-4-3-0) has scored just one goal in back-to-back losses, including a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Montreal last Sunday.
Minnesota hosts Toronto in Minneapolis on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET, while Boston visits Montreal on Saturday at 4Â p.m. Watch live coverage of both games on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem.
The full schedule of PWHL games airing on CBC Sports this season is available here.
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With files from CBC Sports