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  Photo via Seattle Torrent/PWHL The Torrent suffered their fourth straight loss when they took on the Ottawa Charge on Wednesday at TD Place, losing 4-3. Seattle came alive in the second period behind two goals from Jessie Eldridge. Alex Carpenter, who made history scoring the first-ever penalty shot goal in PWHL history, tied the game before Ottawa took the lead back with little time to play. Fanuza Kadirova found the back of the net twice for the Charge. Alexa Vasko and Emily Clark also scored to help secure the victory. The Torrent will look to regroup before hosting the Boston Fleet on March 11, while the Charge travel to the Prudential Center on Sunday for a showdown with the New York Sirens. Seattle Torrent Lineup: Gosling - Serdachny - Adzija Snodgrass - Carpenter - Elridge Buglioni - Grant-Mentis - Bryant Wagner - Delianedis - Langseth Wilgren - Barnes Keopple - Brown Carter - Tejralova Lobdell Murphy Schroeder Ottawa Charge Lineup: Wozniewicz - Jenner - Leslie Clark ...
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Olympics: Germany Advances To Quarter-Finals, 5-1 Win Over France

 






With a convincing 5-1 win over France at Santagiulia Arena on Tuesday, the Germans secured their spot in the quarter-finals. Leon Draisaitl opened the scoring and collected a pair of assists to help lead Team Germany to victory. Frederik Tiffels, JJ Peterka, Josh Samanski, and Nico Sturm each also found the back of the net as Germany steadily built their lead. Pierre-Eduoard Bellemare scored the lone goal for the French in the loss. Germany will face Team Slovakia in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.


France Lineup:

Da Costa - Bellemare - Perret

Texier - Boudon - Fabre

Douay - Addamo - Treille

Rech - Ritz - Bertrand


Boscq - Gallet

Autivu - Guebey

Chakiachvili - Cantagallo

Bozon - Thiry


Junca

Keller


Germany Lineup:

Reichel - Draisaitl - Tiffels

Samanski - Stutzle - Peterka

Tuomie - Kahun - Michaels

Rieder - Sturm - Ehl


Wagner - Seider

J. Muller - Wissmann

Kalble - Gawanke

Schutz - M. Muller


Grubauer


Leon Draisaitl got things started early in the first period at 16:20 when Josh Samanski got the puck from Tim Stutzle and made a slick backhand pass to Draisaitl, who banged it home into an open net for a power-play goal to give Germany a 1-0 lead. At 9:06, Frederik Tiffels skated near the top of the left face-off circle, collecting a loose puck, cutting to the net, and off of Julian Junca's mask, he banked it in for a 2-0 lead. JJ Peterka found the back of the net for his first career Olympic goal, giving the Germans a 3-0 lead with 1:47 left to play in the opening frame after he received a pass from Stutzle, drove the net, and flipped a backhand shot over Junca.


With 15:58 on the clock in the second frame, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare took a pass from Jordann Perret, and when his centering attempt from behind the goal line hit Mortiz Muller's leg, the puck found its way past Philipp Grubauer to cut it to 3-1.


Josh Samanski made it 4-1 at 12:59 of the third period when Draisaitl got the puck from Mortiz Seider before making a pass to Samanski in the slot. Samanski then momentarily lost the puck before regaining control and lifting it over Antoine Keller. After taking Draisaitl's pass, Nico Sturm struck the empty French net with 55 seconds on the clock for the 5-1 final.






Notes:

- Philipp Grubauer made a total of 30 saves for Germany.

- Before being replaced, Julian Junca allowed three goals on 13 shots. Antoine Keller made 21 saves in relief for France.

- Tim Stutzle picked up a pair of assists. ...Stutzle (4-1--5 in 4 GP) assisted on Draisaitl’s opening goal and now ranks third in points by a German player at an Olympics with NHL participation, trailing Len Soccio (6 in 2002) and Klaus Kathan (5 in 2002). ...Stutzle recorded two assists in the opening frame, becoming just the second German player to post a multi-assist period at an Olympic tournament with NHL players. The other was Daniel Kreutzer on Feb. 18, 2006.

- Leon Draisaitl opened the scoring with his second goal of the tournament, improving to 2-2--4 in 4 GP. He owns the most career NHL goals (428), assists (608), and points (1,036) by a German-born player. His father, Peter Draisaitl, posted the exact same stat line (2-2--4 in 4 GP) at the 1998 Olympics. ...Draisaitl (1-1--2) and Stutzle (0-2--2) became the fourth and fifth German players to record multiple multi-point games in a single Olympic tournament with NHL players, joining Klaus Kathan (2002), Len Soccio (2002), and Peter Draisaitl (1998). Draisaitl also became the first German NHL player to record a three-point game at the Olympics.

- JJ Peterka scored his first career Olympic goal to give Germany a 3-0 lead. He has 20 goals in his first season with the Utah Mammoth, tied for the most by a player on a new NHL team in 2025-26 alongside Trevor Zegras (20 w/ PHI) and Anthony Mantha (20 w/ PIT).

- Pierre-Édouard Bellemare (40 years, 348 days) scored to cut the deficit to 3-1. The only players older to score at an Olympics with NHL participation are Teemu Selanne (43 in 2014), Jaromir Jagr (41 in 2014), and Daniel Alfredsson (41 in 2014).

- This marks the second all-time meeting between Team France and Team Germany at an Olympics with NHL players. Their previous matchup came in the preliminary round of the 1998 Olympics (Feb. 10), when Peter Draisaitl assisted on the game-winning goal in a 2-0 victory for Germany.

- With the win, Germany advances to face Team Slovakia in Wednesday’s first quarterfinal. It will be the third Olympic meeting between the countries with NHL players and the first in the quarterfinals or later. Germany won the previous two matchups (3-0 in 2002; 4-2 in 1998).

- Germany has reached the Olympic quarterfinals with NHL players for just the second time. Their previous appearance came in 2002, when they fell 5-0 to Team USA.

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