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Frankel's 41-save shutout leads PWHL Boston past Minnesota for back-to-back wins

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 forwards Theresa Schafzahl, Gigi Marvin each score for 2-0 road win

A group of women's hockey players wrap their arms around each other in celebration.
Boston blanked Minnesota 2-0 in Professional Women's Hockey League action on Sunday at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. (@PWHL_Boston)

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.

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 4 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

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