Sirens Outlast Frost On Home Ice In Shootout Win

Jessie Eldridge was the hero for the second straight game for New York, scoring twice in the shootout to lift the Sirens to a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Frost at Prudential Center.

Eldridge’s shootout winner comes three days after she scored the overtime winner against Toronto. Almost halfway through the first period, Paetyn Levis opened the scoring for the Sirens when the puck unexpectedly came out front and onto her stick to the surprise of Frost goaltender Maddie Rooney.

Kendall Coyne Schofield responded early in the second period, capitalizing after a missed breakaway attempt, to tie the game at one. Minnesota continued the scoring with a goal from defender Mellissa Channell-Watkins halfway through the third period, the first of her career, bumping the Frost into a 2-1 lead.

With 1:01 to go in the third period, the Sirens managed to tie the game with a Sarah Fillier goal scored with the goaltender pulled. The Sirens prevailed in the seven-round shootout, outscoring the Frost 3-2. Corinne Schroeder recorded her league-leading sixth win of the season with 28 saves on 30 shots. Rooney, who entered the game with five wins, stopped a season-high 32 shots in defeat.

“Corinne has been outstanding, and I think she’s been outstanding all year, not just the last three games," said New York head coach Greg Fargo of his goalie. "It just feels like when she’s in net, there’s a calming presence to her being back there. It gives our team a lot of confidence to play the way we want to play on the ice, and I can’t emphasize that enough. She is a professional who comes to work every day, she does the right things, and she is truly mastering her craft. She is amongst the best goalies in the world, and she’s one of them.”

The win gives the Sirens two straight while snapping the Frost’s two-game winning streak.