Playing their third game in four days, Les Canadiennes and the Kunlun Red Star ended their three-game regular season series with a heated and physical game that Kunlun took 6-3 on Tuesday night at the Michel-Normandin Arena.
The ferocity of play increased steadily until it boiled over partway through the third period in the form of a scramble by the Kunlun net. The confrontation led to 26 combined penalty minutes. Montreal’s Sarah Lefort and Kunlun’s Shiann Darkangelo received matching 10 minute misconducts. Melanie Desrochers was called for roughing, while minor penalties were also given to Kunlun’s Zhixin Liu (leaving the bench) and Wen Lu (roughing).