Taylor Girard had a natural hat trick in the third period, Kayle Osborne made 28 saves and the New York Sirens beat the Ottawa Charge 4-0 on Saturday night in the Professional Women’s Hockey League opener for both teams.
Girard opened the scoring at 7:49 of the third, made it 2-0 with 6:21 to go and completed the hat trick with 3:12 remaining.
“It is special to be a part of this group and Kayle obviously helped us out in a lot of areas,” Girard said after the game, according to the team website. “All of the goals that were scored — the credit goes to everybody else on the team who worked their butts off in every area of the ice. We scored because we set each other up every shift, shift after shift. We were hard on the puck, and it was great a great win.”
Maja Nylen Persson added a short-handed, empty-netter for the Sirens, who will face Montreal on Tuesday.
Maddi Wheeler assisted on all three of Girard’s goals.
Gwyneth Philips stopped 38 shots for Ottawa, who will host Vancouver in its next game Wednesday.
“I think it just felt better to have our first win with this group — we’re super young, and we’ve proven that we belong in this league,” Osborne said, according to the team website.
