{"id":538854,"date":"2026-03-15T22:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/538854\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T22:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:30:09","slug":"kirk-stops-33-shots-to-lead-toronto-sceptres-to-2-0-win-over-seattle-torrent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/538854\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk stops 33 shots to lead Toronto Sceptres to 2-0 win over Seattle Torrent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Torrent outshot Toronto 33-25. Seattle\u2019s Hannah Murphy made 24 saves, 11 in the final 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The capacity crowd gave three former Sceptres and current first-year Torrent players, Julia Gosling, Megan Carter and Carly Jackson, a rousing ovation during the first timeout.<\/p>\n<p>Takeaways<\/p>\n<p>Sceptres: Daryl Watts did not suit up. The Canadian Olympian has been unable to shake a lingering flu bug since returning from the Winter Games three weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Torrent: United States captain Hilary Knight (knee) and Olympic teammate Hannah Bilka (upper-body) were big absences for the visitors. Bilka tied for the Olympic tournament lead with four goals in seven games.<\/p>\n<p>Key moment<\/p>\n<p>Seattle dominated the final nine minutes of the second period. But Toronto veteran Natalie Spooner snuck free for a breakaway, only to be stopped by Murphy with 3:05 remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Key stat<\/p>\n<p>The Sceptres increased their goal total to 41 in 21 outings. Only the expansion Torrent (40 in 19 games) and Vancouver Goldeneyes (35 in 19) have scored fewer times.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Sceptres: Visit the Boston Fleet on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Torrent: Visit the Montreal Victoire on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Mar. 15, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Wharnsby, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Torrent outshot Toronto 33-25. Seattle\u2019s Hannah Murphy made 24 saves, 11 in the final 20 minutes. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-538854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538854","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=538854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}