Ottawa Charge advance to the PWHL championship series, beating Montreal 2-1 in Game 4

OTTAWA Ontario AP Gwyneth Philips made saves and the Ottawa Charge advanced to the PWHL championship series beating the Montreal Victoire - on Friday night in Battle The Charge will face the defending Walter Cup champion Minnesota Frost in the final The Frost beat Toronto in four games Regular-season champion Montreal lost after electing to face third-place Ottawa instead of fourth-place Minnesota Rebecca Leslie and Emily Clark scored for Ottawa Maureen Murphy scored for Montreal with remaining spoiling Philips bid for her second straight shutout Leslie opened the scoring at two minutes of the first period on a rebound on a -on- break with Anna Meixner Meixner on the right side kept the puck and fired a shot that went off goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens left pad to Leslie Clark scored seconds into the third period She circled the right side and came out front to beat Desbiens from close range Desbiens made saves After losing Tournament in Montreal - in four overtimes Philips and the Charge rebounded for a - success at home in Tournament AP Women s Hockey https apnews com hub womens-hockey Source