Frost roar into the postseason spot with 8-1 victory over Boston

Staring down the end of their season the Minnesota Frost took control of their own destiny on Saturday Britta Curl-Salemme and Sophie Jaques each scored a pair of goals and Nicole Hensley stopped of shots on goal as Minnesota beat the Boston Fleet - at Tsongas Center to secure the PWHL s last playoff spot Jaques added an assist for a game-high three points and her second goal gave the Frost a - lead minutes seconds into the third period The Fleet needed just one point to earn their second straight playoff berth but Minnesota took a - first period lead on goals by Curl-Salemme Lee Stecklein and Kendall Coyne Schofield and never looked back Minnesota Frost needed victories in their last two regular-season games both on the road to return to the postseason and defend their Walter Cup won in the PWHL s inaugural season last year They won at Ottawa - on Thursday Jessica Digirolamo scored to put the Fleet on the board at and Minnesota s Klara Hymlarova uncovered the net with seconds remaining to account for the final result The Frost are the fourth seed in the four-team championship tournament First-place Montreal gets to choose whether it wants to face the Frost or third seed Ottawa in the first round Toronto will host either Ottawa or Minnesota on Tuesday Montreal on Wednesday Both games will start at p m CDT