Catherine Dubois scores in 4th OT to lift Victoire over Charge 3-2 for first playoff victory

LAVAL Quebec AP Catherine Dubois scored at of the fourth overtime to lift the Montreal Victoire to a - playoff achievement over the Ottawa Charge on Sunday The match set a Canadian professional women s hockey record for the longest hockey challenge ever passing the Canadian Women s Hockey League semifinal on March The previous longest Professional Women s Hockey League event was played exactly a year ago between Montreal and Boston Kristin O Neill and Laura Stacey also scored for Montreal and Anna Wilgren had two assists Ann-Renee Desbiens made saves as the Victoire tied the best-of-five semifinal series at - Brianne Jenner had a goal and an assist for the Charge Aneta Tejralova also scored for the visitors while Gwyneth Philips made saves Ottawa came back from a - deficit with two goals in the final of the third period Jenner s goal forced overtime with seconds remaining The Charge had pulled their goaltender for the extra attacker Both teams had five-on-three power plays in the first overtime period but were unable to capitalize Montreal had of five-on-three time while Ottawa had seconds Neither power play generated a great look to end the competition The Victoire opened the scoring into the tournament when O Neill scored her first of the postseason The pass banked off the side boards and ended up perfectly placed for O Neill to beat Ottawa s defense to the puck She then put the backhand past Phillips It was Montreal s first shot of the encounter Montreal doubled their lead into the second period when Laura Stacey entered the zone off of a nice pass from Wilgren and fired a snap shot over the pad of Philips Ottawa looked to cut the lead less than a minute later A scramble in front saw the puck cross the goal line but the call after an official review ruled there was goaltender interference The Charge challenged the call but it was verified giving Montreal a power play Rebecca Leslie was credited with the shot that crossed the line The Charge had the best chances during the penalty Katerina Mrazova hit the post on a rush and Emily Clark had a shot from the slot saved by Desbiens It also generated chosen momentum for Ottawa Ten of their shots in the second period came after Stacey s goal They in the end beat Desbiens with remaining in the third period Brianne Jenner s faceoff win got the puck to Tejralova Her point shot got through traffic to make the count - Jenner s tying goal came when Tereza Vanisova had the puck at the goal line to the left of Desbiens and fired a cross-ice pass The puck hit off of Ottawa forward Clark before Jenner fired the one-timer into the open side of the net The series now shifts to Ottawa for the next two games Match is scheduled for Tuesday night at TD Place AP Women s Hockey https apnews com hub womens-hockey Source