Sirens' Schroeder Shuts Frost Out In The Cold

The New York Sirens shutout the Minnesota Frost 5-0 with netminder Corinne Schroeder turning aside all 26 shots she faced in the game. The win brought the Sirens to 12 points on the season, within striking distance of the first overall Frost with a game in hand.

Jessie Eldridge, who led the Sirens with a goal and two assists on the evening opened the scoring only 1:10 into the game. Eldridge's seemingly harmless shot through traffic alluded Minnesota netminder Lucy Morgan, who was making her first start of the season after signing with the team this week. Morgan opened the season as Minnesota's third goalie behind Nicole Hensley and Maddie Rooney.

The introduction of Morgan to Minnesota's net was a surprise to their opponent.

“We weren’t aware of her (Nicole Hensley) injury until just before we were hitting the ice. We had done our goalie pre-scouts at that point and we kind of knew we were going down one road and of course it ended up going a different way," said New York head coach Greg Fargo. "That stuff happens and I think whether it was equipment, or a change of goalies, I think our team adjusted really well. That’s a good sign of great leadership in the room, to stay focused on what’s important and focus on our game.”

In the second period, New York's power play went to work with Sarah Fillier and Alex Carpenter recording goals. Carpenter's goal, after assisting on Fillier's tally earlier in the frame, moved her into a tie for the PWHL's scoring lead as the first forward to hit double digits this year.

Up by three heading to the third, French forward Chloe Aurard scored her first of the season for the Sirens. Aurard snuck to the front of the net finding a puck send through the mid-lane by linemate Gabby Rosenthal. In the final minute of the game, Abby Roque notched her second of the season to close out New York's five goal night.

“I think we have adapted to make sure we are more predictable for each other, and we did a good job making sure we get our F-3 high and play slow when it was the right time," said Sirens forward Abby Roque. "I think we showed that when we get a lot of pucks on net, good things happen. The power play was great too, we tried to switch things up after being a little stagnant the last two games before. It’s an important thing in this league to score power play goals if you want to win, so that felt good.”

Morgan stopped 29 shots in the loss in front of 6,414 fans. Morgan spent last season with the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers.

New York will host the Ottawa Charge January 7 at the Prudential Center, while the Minnesota Frost remain at home this week hosting the Boston Fleet on January 8.