A raucous crowd of Buffalo Beauts fans booed the ending of last night's historic first game of the NWHL finals. In overtime, a covered puck that may or may not have been in the crease -- the jury is still out -- led to a penalty shot, that, when given to Hilary Knight, was basically a given goal.
No disrespect to Buffalo's netminder Brianne McLaughlin, who stopped seven in OT alone and made many other spectacular saves in a grueling game in which fans watched the ice tilt back and forth several times. The 1st period was scoreless, then Boston notched two in the 2nd: the stellar Blake Bolden lifted Brianna Decker's rebound up high, then Gigi Marvin's shot from the point deflected off Kelley Steadman's stick.