PWHL Finals will feature defending champs Minnesota Frost vs. Ottawa Charge

The GIST: The best-of-five PWHL Finals are officially set after the Ottawa Charge eliminated the Montréal Victoire (who notably chose to play Ottawa) with Friday’s 2–1 Game 4 win. Revenge, served cold.

• Can the Charge keep up their Cinderella run, or will the defending champ Minnesota Frost (who pulled off their own upset of the Toronto Sceptres last week) repeat? We’re about to find out — the puck drops on Game 1 tomorrow at 7 p.m. ET.

💜 Reigning playoff MVP Taylor Heise, Frost in familiar territory: Minny clearly has no problem playing the underdog, reaching the Finals as the No. 4 seed, just like they did during last year’s title run. And forward Heise is once again stepping up with the pressure on, boasting a playoff-best seven points with six assists and a goal in four semifinal games against Toronto. So clutch.

• After splitting the regular-season series 3-3, the Frost will rely on their playoff experience and the tendy tandem of Nicole Hensley and Maddie Rooney in the quest to hoist that Walter Cup again.

❤️ Ottawa Charge advance to Finals in their first postseason appearance: From missing the playoffs entirely last year, to squeaking in on the final day of this year’s regular-season, to reaching the title series, Ottawa’s been doing their best Paul Rudd impression in the league’s sophomore campaign.

• Leading the, ahem, charge? Rookie goaltender Gwyneth Philips and her astounding 1.14 goals against average in the playoffs. This battle between the pipes is not to be missed — tune in on TSN in Canada and on the PWHL YouTube channel in the U.S.