Vancouver Goldeneyes top Seattle Torrent in PWHL's latest Takeover Tour stop
Denver's Ball Arena played host to 3-1 contest in battle of expansion teams
Jenn Gardiner, Izzy Daniel and Michelle Karvinen each scored a goal on Sunday to help the Vancouver Goldeneyes beat the Seattle Torrent 3-1 at Ball Arena as part of the PWHL's Takeover Tour.
Emerance Maschmeyer had 33 saves for the Goldeneyes.
Jessie Eldridge scored a goal for Seattle (4-1-2-6), which beat Toronto 6-4 on Tuesday but has lost three of four. Hannah Murphy had 28 saves.
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—PWHL__VancouverAfter Murphy stopped a one-timer by Gardiner, Hannah Miller passed it to Daniel for a tap-in goal that gave the Goldeneyes the lead for good with 13:37 left in the game.
Karvinen capped the scoring with 6:18 to play.
Vancouver (5-1-2-7) beat the Torrent 4-3 in overtime in the season opener for both expansion teams.
Gardiner's goal with five seconds left in the first period gave Vancouver a 1-0 lead. From the left side, Gardiner slipped a low wrister inside the back post.
Eldridge beat the defence to a puck pushed ahead by Julia Gosling and beat Maschmeyer stick side with 6:20 left in the second period to make it 1-1.
