**Boston Fleet Dominate Minnesota Frost, 4-1, at Agganis Arena**
**BOSTON** – Shay Maloney ignited a high-powered attack on Sunday afternoon, sparking the Boston Fleet to a commanding 4-1 victory over the visiting Minnesota Frost in front of 5,338 fans at Agganis Arena.
Maloney opened the scoring for Boston, setting the tone for a season-high four-goal output. She and team captain Megan Keller struck just 1 minute and 14 seconds apart late in the first period, giving the Fleet (4-0, 12 points) an early 2-0 lead and solidifying their position atop the standings.
Minnesota (2-2, six points) responded early in the second period when Klára Hymlárová notched her first goal of the season, assisted by Claire Butorac and Peyton Anderson. However, the Frost’s momentum was short-lived.
Fleet rookie Abby Newhook quickly restored Boston’s two-goal cushion with a power-play tally—her third goal of the season—just 49 seconds after Hymlárová’s marker. The offensive pressure continued into the third period, as Theresa Schafzahl added another power-play goal, capping the scoring for the host Fleet.
“I felt like their pressure all over the ice, the first pressure F1 and the secondary pressure, was really good,” Frost defender Lee Stecklein said. “Obviously, they did that last year, too; it just felt really consistent today.”
Boston goaltender Aerin Frankel made a season-high 26 saves to record her league-leading fourth victory. On the other side, Minnesota’s Maddie Rooney also posted a season-high, stopping 31 shots in the losing effort.
Fleet head coach Kris Sparre commended the team’s performance: “I thought that was probably the highest pace game that we’ve played so far. We knew going into this game that it was going to take everybody. That’s a very organized group over there in Minnesota, and you can see why they’ve had a lot of success in this league so far. Credit to our group. I thought we hung in there and played a pretty tidy game. Our group is pretty reset from last year. We’re focusing on what we have now, and we feel like we’re a completely new team.”
The Frost, playing their third consecutive road game to start the season, saw their season-opening road winning streak end at two games.
“We started off hot, and I think we just want to be better on our power play and scoring on those chances,” Frost assistant coach Brianna Decker said. “And on the back side of that, the PK (penalty kill) gets cleaned up as well because obviously we have them in the next game.”
The Fleet and Frost won’t face off again until December 19, with their rematch set for Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul as the PWHL enters a near two-week international break.
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