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National Post
a day ago
- Sport
- National Post
Sceptres re-sign defender Kali Flanagan to one-year extension
The Toronto Sceptres have signed defender Kali Flanagan to a one-year contract extension, the Professional Women's Hockey League team announced Thursday. Article content The 29-year-old from Burlington, Mass., had three goals and four assists in 30 games with the Sceptres this past season and was second on the team in ice time with over 647 minutes played. Article content Article content Flanagan was selected by Toronto in the sixth round, 35th overall, in the inaugural PWHL Draft. Article content She had six points (three goals, three assists) during the inaugural season and was the only player to play the full 24 games without taking more than one penalty. Article content Flanagan is the fourth player to re-sign with Toronto this off-season alongside forwards Jesse Compher, Maggie Connors and 2024 MVP Natalie Spooner. Article content The PWHL draft is June 24 in Ottawa. Article content Article content
CTV News
a day ago
- Sport
- CTV News
Toronto Sceptres re-sign defender Kali Flanagan to one-year extension
Toronto Sceptres defender Kali Flanagan (6) passes the puck as Minnesota Frost forward Kendall Coyne Schofield (26) defends against her in the first period of a PWHL hockey playoff game Sunday, May 11, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) The Toronto Sceptres have signed defender Kali Flanagan to a one-year contract extension, the Professional Women's Hockey League team announced Thursday. The 29-year-old from Burlington, Mass., had three goals and four assists in 30 games with the Sceptres this past season and was second on the team in time on ice with over 647 minutes played. Flanagan was selected by Toronto in the sixth round, 35th overall, in the inaugural PWHL Draft. She had six points (three goals, three assists) during the inaugural season and was the only player to play the full 24 games without taking more than one penalty. Flanagan is the fourth player to re-sign with Toronto this off-season alongside forwards Jesse Compher, Maggie Connors and 2024 MVP Natalie Spooner. The PWHL draft is June 24 in Ottawa. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 19, 2025.
CTV News
3 days ago
- Sport
- CTV News
Sceptres re-sign former PWHL MVP Spooner to two-year contract
Toronto Sceptres' Natalie Spooner (24) celebrates scoring against the Montreal Victoire with her teammates during the first period of PWHL hockey action in Toronto on Thursday, March 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Thomas Skrlj The Toronto Sceptres re-signed former MVP Natalie Spooner to a two-year deal on Tuesday. Spooner, who turns 35 in October, appeared in just 14 games this Professional Women's Hockey League season after returning from knee surgery, finishing with five points (three goals, two assists). She sustained the injury in a playoff game against Minnesota in May 2024 — a season in which she led the PWHL in goals (20) and points (27) en route to being named the league's inaugural MVP. Toronto also re-signed 25-year-old forward Jesse Compher to a two-year deal. She's coming off a breakout season, recording nine goals and nine assists in 30 games. The retention of Spooner and Compher was vital for Toronto, which lost star forward Sarah Nurse to PWHL Vancouver and saw all three of its top picks in last year's draft — forwards Julia Gosling (Seattle) and Izzy Daniel (Vancouver) and defender Megan Carter (Seattle) — scooped up in the expansion process. The Sceptres also lost forward Hannah Miller, who had a breakout season and finished among the league's top six scorers, to Vancouver in free agency on Monday. Toronto added depth as well, signing goaltender Elaine Chuli and forward Claire Dalton away from Montreal. Both were signed to one-year contracts. Meanwhile, Vancouver continued to fill out its expansion-season roster by signing forwards Michela Cava and Tereza Vanisova to two-year contracts, and defenders Mellissa Channell-Watkins (one-year deal) and Emma Greco (two years). Cava won back-to-back Walter Cup titles as a member of the Minnesota Frost. The 31-year-old from Thunder Bay, Ont., had nine goals and 10 assists in 30 games last season. In Minnesota's two post-season runs, Cava has put up 13 points (seven goals, six assists) in 18 contests. Vanisova tied for second in the PWHL with 15 goals this season — including two hat tricks, tied with Montreal's Marie-Philip Poulin for the league lead — and added seven assists for the Charge. The 29-year-old from Czechia has totalled 17 goals and 17 assists in 53 career games after being selected by Montréal in the seventh round of the inaugural draft and joining Ottawa at the inaugural trade deadline. Channell-Watkins, who won back-to-back Walter Cups as a member of the Minnesota Frost, has signed for the 2025-26 season. She was a fixture on the Frost blue line, suiting up for 53 regular-season games (one goal, eight assists) and 18 playoff contests (one goal, eight assists) for the two-time champions. Greco, who won a Walter Cup with Minnesota during the inaugural season and spent the 2024-25 campaign with the Boston Fleet, has signed a deal through the 2026-27 season. She contributed three assists and finished fifth on the Fleet with 35 hits. In other moves, the Charge also lost forward Shiann Darkangelo after she was signed to a two-year deal by the Montreal Victoire. Darkangelo had eight goals and nine assists in 29 regular-season games for the Charge this past season. She added one goal in eight post-season contests as the Charge defeated Montreal in four games en route to the Walter Cup final in their first playoff appearance. Ottawa later fell to the Frost in four games. The 31-year-old from Brighton, Mich., was traded to Ottawa from Boston in the PWHL's inaugural season. The signing comes just over a week after Montreal lost forwards Jennifer Gardiner and Abby Boreen to Vancouver through the expansion process. The Boston Fleet also re-signed forward Susanna Tapani to a one-year deal. The 32-year-old from Finland had 11 goals and seven assists in 30 games for the Fleet this past season, finishing third in team scoring. Boston lost MVP candidate Hilary Knight and top rookie Hannah Bilka to Seattle in the expansion process. Seattle signed defender Mariah Keopple to a one-year deal on Tuesday, and then later added forward Lexie Adzija on a two-year deal. The 24-year-old Keopple, from Menomonie, Wisc., spent the past two PWHL seasons with the Victoire after earning a roster spot out of the team's 2024 training camp. Across two seasons with the Victoire, she appeared in 53 regular-season games, recording seven points (three goals, four assists) and also suited up for seven playoff contests. Adzija joins Seattle from the Boston Fleet, where she competed following her acquisition from Ottawa via trade during the league's inaugural season. The 24-year-old native of St. Thomas, Ont., appeared in 36 regular-season games with Boston, registering three goals and six assists, and contributed one goal in eight playoff games. Over her PWHL career, she has appeared in 53 regular-season games, tallying 17 points, including eight goals. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 17, 2025. The Canadian Press
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Takeaways: Missed Opportunities Haunt Toronto Sceptres
The Toronto Sceptres winning streak was snapped as the PWHL leading Montreal Victoire come away with a 3-1 win in Laval. With the loss, the Sceptres have yet to beat the Victoire this season. Here are three takeaways from the Sceptres loss. Jesse Compher has been a reliable source of offence this season, especially against the Victoire. Compher scored Toronto's only goal of the game snapping a shot off the post and into the net. With the goal, the winger has scored a goal in all four of the Sceptres games against the Victoire. Compher hasn't just produced against Montreal this season, as in 21 games she has scored 15 points for the Sceptres. This spike in production has been a pleasant surprise after Compher scored only five total points in 24 games during the inaugural season. Compher is one of five players on the Sceptres to average over half a point a game, proving to be a pivotal contributor. With two of the Sceptres top players out of the lineup, they could not find a way to capitalize on their chances, and they had plenty of them. In the second period Hayley Scamurra found her way to the middle of the ice firing a shot at point blank, but the glove of Ann-Renée Desbiens flashed up to make the save. No missed opportunity was more disappointing than in the third period, when bown by one goal, Daryl Watts found Emma Maltias with a pass that she could not direct into a wide open net, staring skywards in disbelief. With the Victoire not giving the Sceptres many opportunities on the power play, the offence of the Sceptres sputtered. They had a hard time finding ways to the center of the slot as the Victoire forced most of Toronto's passes to the outside. This limited the damage they could do despite having long periods of time controlling the puck in the offensive zone. Overall the Sceptres had 8 of their 25 total shots from the slot but could not solve Desbiens Tuesday night. On their winning streak the Sceptres' power play has been their most powerful weapon, but as Montreal showed tonight, they may be too reliant on it to produce offence. In Laval on Tuesday the Victoire limited Toronto's chances on the power play only taking two penalties. When they did take one, Montreal did not allow the Sceptres to get set up only allowing one shot during their first attempt with the extra skater. Over the course of their winning streak, 52.6% of the Sceptres goals came from the power play. No team should rely that much on their special teams to provide for their offense. If the Sceptres want to be a contender they need to be able to produce more during even strength so that when the power play goes through a drought, their offensive production won't disappear. The Sceptres will look for revenge as they host the Montreal Victoire on March 6 after a long break.
CBC
23-02-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Compher's game-winning goal lifts Sceptres past Frost, into 2nd place of PWHL standings
Social Sharing Jesse Compher one-timed a shot from between the face-off circles to beat Minnesota's Maddie Rooney with the game-winning goal as the Toronto Sceptres beat the Frost 2-1 on Sunday to take over sole possession of second place in the Professional Women's Hockey League. The teams came into the game tied for second place in the PWHL with 29 points, five points behind league-leading Montreal and one ahead of fourth-place Boston. With the win the Sceptres now have 32 points, two behind league-leading Montreal. The Sceptres won their sixth straight game and first over the Frost in three meetings. Michela Cava put Minnesota in front with a power play goal early in the first period. Dominique Petrie fed Cava with a short pass and the forward held the puck just outside the crease as Toronto keeper Kristen Campbell dropped to prevent a low shot, then Cava elevated a shot into the top corner for a 1-0 lead. WATCH | Compher's winner helps Sceptres continue charge up the standings: Jesse Compher lifts Sceptres over Frost for 6th consecutive victory 2 hours ago Duration 0:56 Toronto evened the game at 1-1 after Minnesota's Brooke McQuigge earned a five-minute major penalty and a game-misconduct for a dangerous check to the head with under eight minutes left in the second period. With a minute left in the power play, Toronto's Emma Maltais fired a wrist shot from the top of the slot that beat Rooney for her fourth goal of the season. Since Toronto's win streak began January 25 with a 4-2 win over the Sirens, the Sceptres have scored on 48 per cent of their power play opportunities. Campbell finished with 22 saves on 23 shots to earn her fifth win. Rooney had 21 saves on 23 shots and is now 7-4-1-1. Toronto can move into first place with a regulation win over the Victoire on Tuesday in Montreal. Minnesota, which completed a four-game road trip prior to facing the Sceptres, will have 10 days off before facing the Victoire March 4.
