NEWARK, NJ (March 22, 2025) – Tereza Vanišová led the Ottawa Charge to a 5-2 victory over the New York Sirens with her second hat trick of the season on Saturday afternoon before a season-high crowd of 4,767 at Prudential Center. The win was Ottawa’s third in as many games this season in New York and the first of two games in four days between the teams. Charge captain Brianne Jenner opened the scoring on the power play with less than five minutes remaining in the first period to give Ottawa the lead. The Sirens responded midway through the second period with a power play marker of their own from Ella Shelton to knot the game at one. Vanišová then found the back of the net twice within a span of 2:18 to extend Ottawa’s lead to two after two periods of play. Abby Roque put her team back within one with the league’s first-ever ‘Michigan-style’ highlight-reel goal to start the third period, but Vanišová snuffed New York’s momentum with her third of the night just 1:52 later. Emily Clark then added an insurance marker for the Charge to seal the final score at 5-2. Gwyneth Philips stood tall between the pipes for Ottawa, stopping 34 of 36 shots in her fourth win of the season. Corinne Schroeder turned aside 26 of 31 shots in her 18th start of the season for New York. With six games remaining, Ottawa now sits just two points behind fourth-place Minnesota in the playoff race, while New York falls to six points behind the Charge with five games left on their schedule. The teams will play again on Tuesday night in Ottawa.
