Goldeneyes finish inaugural season with 4-3 overtime win over Frost

Vancouver Goldeneyes' Michelle Karvinen (33), Anna Meixner (94) and Sydney Bard (11) push Minnesota Frost's Katy Knoll (6) during the second period of a PWHL hockey game, in Vancouver, on Saturday, April 25, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

VANCOUVER — Defenceman Sophie Jaques scored at 1:24 of overtime to give the Vancouver Goldeneyes a 4-3 Women’s Professional Hockey League victory over the Minnesota Frost on Saturday.

Jaques took a pass from Hannah Miller and fired a shot over goaltender Marlene Boissonnault’s shoulder for her ninth goal of the season.

The Goldeneyes, who wrapped up their inaugural season finishing seventh in the eight-team league, entered the third period ahead 3-1.

Kelly Pannek and Klara Hymlarova scored third-period goals for the Frost to tie the game and force overtime.

Kendall Coyne Schofield opened the scoring for Minnesota at 4:04 of the first period.

Jenn Gardiner, who finished with a goal and two assists for Vancouver, tied the game 49 seconds later.

Sarah Nurse and Miller also scored for the Goldeneyes, who won their fourth consecutive game to finish with 37 points (9-3-4-14).

The two-time defending champion Frost finish in third place with 50 points (13-354-9). They head into the playoffs having lost four in a row.

Goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer stopped 28 shots for Vancouver, while Boissonnault, making her first PWHL start, stopped 20 shots for Minnesota.

Pannek cut Vancouver’s lead to 3-2 with 62 seconds gone in the third period, scoring on a rebound for her 16th goal of the season. Miller’s power-play goal earlier in the second period put Vancouver ahead 3-1.

TAKEAWAYS

Goldeneyes: Vancouver scored 18 goals over the last four games … Tereza Vanisova tied her career high of 49 points. … Vancouver ends the season with eight wins at home.

Frost: With the night billed as a Pride Celebration Unity Game, Minnesota’s Britta Curl-Salemme, who has faced criticism for her ties to an anti-trans organization, was loudly booed each time she touched the puck … Minnesota has scored four or more goals in a game 12 times this season. No PWHL team has had 10 or more four-goal games in a season. … Taylor Heise has 24 multi-point games in her PWHL career, six more than any other player in league history.

KEY MOMENT

Trailing 3-2 in the third period, Hymlarova fired a shot through a crowd to tie the game with her third goal of the season at 9:26.

KEY STAT

It was Vancouver’s first win against Minnesota after four losses (0-0-1-3).

UP NEXT

Frost: Open the best-of-five semifinal playoffs either Thursday in Boston or Saturday in Montreal.

Goldeneyes: Season is finished.

This report by Jim Morris, The Canadian Press, was first published April 25, 2026.