{"id":508499,"date":"2026-03-02T01:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T01:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508499\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T01:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T01:31:10","slug":"toronto-sceptres-ride-early-goals-to-2-1-victory-over-vancouver-goldeneyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508499\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Sceptres ride early goals to 2-1 victory over Vancouver Goldeneyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lauren Messier scored her first Professional Women\u2019s Hockey League goal, lifting the Toronto Sceptres to a 2-1 victory over the Goldeneyes in Vancouver on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Sara Hjalmarsson opened the scoring for Toronto at the 7:10 mark of the first period, collecting a pass from Claire Dalton and blasting a quick shot in from the low hash mark for her second goal of the season.<\/p>\n

Messier doubled the lead 57 seconds later, with Dalton tallying her second assist of the afternoon.<\/p>\n

After taking the early lead, Toronto’s (6-1-3-8) focus appeared to turn to defence over the second and third periods, with the visitors blocking 20 shots across the game. <\/p>\n

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Lauren Messier’s 1st PWHL goal lifts Sceptres over Goldeneyes<\/p>\n

Toronto defeats Vancouver 2-1 as Lauren Messier records her first point in the PWHL.<\/p>\n

The Sceptres got 25 saves from Raygan Kirk as they won a second straight game. Toronto took a 5-2 road win over the Seattle Torrent on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Goldeneyes (5-1-2-9) got on the board 9:07 into the third period Sunday when Izzy Daniel sent a one-timer through Kirk’s legs for her fifth goal of the season.<\/p>\n

Emerance Maschmeyer stopped 22 of the 24 shots she faced in the Vancouver net.<\/p>\n

This was the Goldeneyes first game since Jan. 28 and they showed some rust early with turnovers that led to the two Sceptres’ goals.<\/p>\n

Vancouver pressed hard in the third but Kirk came up big, including 7:48 into the period when she dropped to the ice to stymie Sarah Nurse and reached back with her glove to ensure Vancouver’s star forward couldn’t poke a rebound into a crack between the netminder and her post.<\/p>\n

The Goldeneyes continue a five-game homestand against the Boston Fleet on March 10, while the Sceptres return to Toronto to host the Montreal Victoire on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-508499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}