Heise's OT winner lifts Frost over Goldeneyes at Takeover Tour stop in Edmonton

Taylor Heise scored her first goal of the season 3:57 into overtime Saturday afternoon to give the Minnesota Frost a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Goldeneyes as the Professional Women's Hockey League Takeover Tour hit Edmonton's Rogers Place.

Heise worked her way into the left faceoff circle before rifling a shot just under the crossbar to give the Frost (3-1-1-2) the win and keep Vancouver (2-1-1-4) winless on the road.

Abby Hustler also scored for Minnesota, with Maddie Rooney making 27 saves.

Izzy Daniel had Vancouver's lone goal. Emerance Maschmeyer stopped 33 shots.

Taylor Heise scores overtime winner against Goldeneyes

With 10,645 mostly partisan Vancouver fans having cheered through 52 minutes of scoreless hockey after two scores in the first three minutes of the game, the Goldeneyes had a golden opportunity with a power play at 15:04 of the third period. Against one of the worst penalty-killing teams in the league, Vancouver failed to generate a single shot on goal.

The Goldeneyes needed Maschmeyer to be brilliant in the final 15 seconds. Minnesota's Britta Curl-Salemme tested her with a rising slapshot and the Frost crashed the net trying unsuccessfully to get the puck into the net.

The game began ominously for Vancouver. Gabby Rosenthal drew a delay of game penalty just 54 seconds in and it took Minnesota only 24 seconds to capitalize. Hustler rifled a shot from the slot past Maschmeyer to finish off a series of crisp passes that left her wide open.

The Goldeneyes responded less than two minutes later when Daniel backhanded a rebound past Rooney.

A series of penalties enabled Minnesota to control most of the first half of the period and only some sharp saves by Maschmeyer, a couple of key blocks by her