OTTAWA \u2014 Fanuza Kadirova scored two goals, including the power-play winner with 1:46 remaining, as the Ottawa Charge defeated the Seattle Torrent 4-3 on Wednesday night in the Professional Women\u2019s Hockey League.<\/p>\n
Alexa Vasko and Emily Clark also scored for Ottawa (5-5-1-7), while Katerina Mrazova and Kathryn Reilly provided two assists each. Gwyneth Philips made 33 saves.<\/p>\n
Jessie Eldridge replied with two goals and Alex Carpenter scored on a penalty shot for Seattle (4-1-2-9). Carpenter added an assist and Julia Gosling pitched in with two helpers, while Hannah Murphy stopped 23 shots.<\/p>\n
Before Kadirova\u2019s winner, Carpenter tied the game midway through the third, beating Philips glove side after being pulled down by Reilly on a break.<\/p>\n
The game was delayed an hour due to ice issues following a lengthy pre-game ceremony that included carpet and chairs near the visitor\u2019s net. Players stood for nearly 30 minutes during repairs before returning to their locker rooms.<\/p>\n
Once the puck dropped, the Charge took a 2-0 lead with 57.3 seconds remaining in the first period when Mrazova made a great cross-ice pass to Kadirova, who tipped the puck short-side past Murphy.<\/p>\n
The Torrent cut into the lead with a power-play goal midway through the second period when Eldridge was left alone at the side of the net.<\/p>\n
Ottawa regained its two-goal lead 42 seconds later. Reilly won a foot race to create a two-on-one with Clark, who beat Murphy in close.<\/p>\n
But Eldridge and the Torrent power play struck again with five minutes remaining in the second to make it 3-2.<\/p>\n
Takeaways <\/p>\n
Charge: Second-period breakdowns continue to plague the Charge. <\/p>\n
Torrent: Seattle rebounded from a rough first period with a solid second, outshooting the Charge 17-7.<\/p>\n
Key stat<\/p>\n
Clark hit the 40-point mark (16 goals, 24 assists) in her PWHL career with her second-period goal.<\/p>\n
Key moment<\/p>\n
Carpenter scored the first penalty-shot goal in league history.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Charge: Visit the New York Sirens on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Torrent: Host the Boston Fleet next Wednesday.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 4, 2026.<\/p>\n
Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 Fanuza Kadirova scored two goals, including the power-play winner with 1:46 remaining, as the Ottawa Charge…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739,82],"class_list":["post-515328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515328","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=515328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}