Roese scores in OT to offset Stacey's historic hat trick as Frost steal Game 1 from Victoire

Jincy Roese scored 4:30 into overtime as the visiting Minnesota Frost defeated the Montreal Victoire 5-4 in Game 1 of their Professional Women's Hockey League semifinal series on Saturday in Laval Que.

The win at Place Bell gives Minnesota a 1-0 series lead in the best-of-five series, taking home-ice advantage away from the regular-season champion Victoire.

Katy Knoll, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Grace Zumwinkle, and Sidney Morin also scored for the defending Walter Cup champion Frost. Taylor Heise, Kelly Pannek and Klara Hymlarova had two assists each, while Maddie Rooney made 21 saves as she extended a personal six-game playoff winning streak.

Laura Stacey, with the first hat trick in PWHL post-season history, and Shiann Darkangelo scored for Montreal. Ann-Renée Desbiens made 24 saves. Marie-Philip Poulin and Abby Roque each had two assists.

Jincy Roese's OT winner lifts Frost over Victoire to take Game 1

The game really turned up a notch in the second period as seven of the nine goals in the game were scored after the opening 20 minutes.

With 47.1 seconds left in the second, with Minnesota holding a 3-2 lead, Frost forward Britta Curl-Salemme was called for a hit to the head of Kaitlin Willoughby and was assessed a five-minute major and game misconduct.

On the ensuing power play 2:56 into the third period, Stacey took a pass after a line change and fired a shot from the right circle past Rooney.

Minnesota answered right back, with Morin scoring a short-handed goal on the same Curl-Salemme penalty with a shot from the top of the circles that went five-hole on Desbiens. It was the second time Minnesota scored while a Montreal goal was being announced.

It was then Montreal's turn to respond. After Morin took a penalty on