Carpenter Lone Goal In Torrent 4-1 Loss, Stacey Scores Twice

 

Photo via Seattle Torrent/PWHL

The Torrent took on the Montreal Victoire on Thursday at Place Bell, aiming to secure a win during their road trip, but fell 4-1 to Montreal, losing their seventh road game in a row. Alex Carpenter scored the lone goal for Seattle. Laura Stacey found the back of the net twice and recorded an assist for Montreal. Catherine Dubois and Skylar Irving also scored for the Victoire. With this win, Montreal ties both the Minnesota Frost and the Boston Fleet atop the PWHL standings. The Torrent will continue their road trip, taking the ice with the Fleet on Saturday before they head home for a matchup against the New York Sirens. The Victoire will be at Canada Life Centre on Sunday to take on the Ottawa Charge.

Seattle Torrent Lineup:

Schafzahl - Carpenter - Serdachny

Snodgrass - Gosling - Adzija

Delianedis - Langseth - Habisch

Wagner - Buglioni - Bryant

Wilgren - Barnes

Keopple - Brown

Carter - Tejralova

Lobdell

Murphy

Schroeder

Montreal Victoire Lineup:

Dubois - Roque - Stacey

Downie-Landry - Darkangelo - Willoughby

Greig - Scamurra - Murphy

Labelle - Ljungblom - Mlynkova

Irving

Tabin - Flaherty

Gosling - Boulier

Digirolamo - Giaquinto

Desbiens

Abstreiter

After a scoreless first 20, Catherine Dubois found the back of the net to get Montreal a 1-0 lead, picking up her first goal of the season at 15:44 of the second period. Abby Roque had the puck, skated into the left face-off circle, and fired, but her shot got blocked, bouncing out to the right wall. Roque sent the puck along the right wall, where it circled around the back of the net to Laura Stacey on the left, who skated around to the right, and Dubois shoved the puck in past Hannah Murphy. At 6:59, Stacey took a pass from Roque, who got the puck after Carpenter lost it along the left wall, before Roque sent it up through the neutral zone, where Stacey collected it, stealing it from Aneta Tejralova for a shorthanded jailbreak goal to make it 2-0. This was Stacey's fourth goal of the season.

Alex Carpenter cut it to 2-1, scoring her eighth goal of the season at 12:04 of the third period after Danielle Serdachny grabbed the puck, popping it out from along the right wall to keep it away from Montreal, and Theresa Schafzahl picked it up as she skated into Montreal's end, passing it over to Carpenter, who quickly put it into an open net from in close. At 11:00, Skylar Irving put one in past Murphy for her second goal of the season to increase the lead to 3-1 when Kati Tabin struck from near the blue line, and it deflected in off Irving, who was in front. Stacey struck the empty Seattle net for her second of the night after taking a pass from Tabin for the 4-1 final.

Notes:

- Ann-Renee Desbiens made a total of 24 saves for Montreal.

- Hannah Murphy made a total of 19 saves for Seattle.

- On the road, the Torrent has lost seven straight.

- Kati Tabbin and Abby Roque each had a two-point night, picking up a pair of assists.

- The Victoire played without their captain, Marie-Philip Poulin, due to a lower-body injury after leaving Sunday, following a hit from Shay Maloney.

- Victoire: 10-4-1-5

- Torrent: 5-1-2-12