Sunday afternoon the Connecticut Whale hosted the Minnesota Whitecaps for their final game of the season at the Terry Conners Ice Rink in Stamford Connecticut. Minnesota had Amanda Leveille in goal, while Connecticut had their new goaltender, Erin O’Neil between the pipes. O’Neil joined the Whale after Meeri Räisänen had to return to Finland to recover from injury caused when Hannah Brandt crashed into her during the Whitecaps’ final home game of the season on January 20th.
From the start Minnesota was pretty focused on attacking and piling up shots, even though the Whale were a good job clearing them out of their zone.