Emily Maher
Reporter
PWHL Boston has chance to clinch spot in championship series on home ice
SEAT AND COME TOMORROW NIGHT, THESE 6000 SEATS HERE AT THE SAUGUS CENTER WILL BE PACKED WITH FANS CHEERING AS THE TEAM TAKES THE ICE. THE LAST TIME BOSTON PLAYED HERE, THEY SOLD OUT THE ARENA AND THEY ARE READY TO PLAY FOR THEIR FANS AGAIN. DOWN IN THE ZONE, OUT IN FRONT A CHANDRA BOSTON AND THEY SCORE. IT’S INCREDIBLE. UM, I FIND MYSELF LOOKING AROUND THE ARENA SOMETIMES AND JUST LIKE BEING IN AWE OF WHAT THIS SEASON HAS BEEN. IN THE FIRST EVER PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS, BOSTON IS BATTLING MONTREAL, HOPING TO CLOSE OUT THE SERIES TOMORROW NIGHT AT HOME, AND I THINK WE’VE SHOWED IT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE’RE WILLING TO GO THE LENGTHS TO TO GET THE WINS. CENTER ICE IS SET AT THE SAUGUS CENTER IN LOWELL BOSTON WITH A DOMINATING TWO GAME LEAD IN THE BEST OF FIVE SERIES. WHEN YOU WALK AROUND THE ARENA AND YOU TALK TO THE FANS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR MULTIPLE GAMES, THEY REALLY VIEW THIS AS THEIR TEAM. KEITH VASQUEZ IS THE ARENA’S GENERAL MANAGER. HE SAYS GETTING GAME READY IS NO EASY FEAT, ESPECIALLY AFTER HOSTING UMASS LOWELL’S GRADUATION OVER THE WEEKEND. AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE’S A LOT OF HOURS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT PROCESS. AND WITH THE GLASS BACK UP, THE ICE FRESHLY RESURFACED, THEY’RE READY TO WELCOME NORWELL BOSTON. THE TEAM SOLD OUT THE ARENA DURING THEIR LAST GAME SINCE SCORES THE NOISE THAT THE CROWD MADE AT THE END OF THE GAME, WHEN WE WERE WE WERE KIND OF GETTING DOWN TO THE WIRE WAS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING. CAN DO ABOUT THIS NOW. THESE LAST TWO PLAYOFF GAMES, THE FIRST TWO OF THE SERIES HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE BATTLE FOR BOTH TEAMS, BOTH GAMES GOING I
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PWHL Boston has chance to clinch spot in championship series on home ice
Boston's Professional Women's Hockey League team is just one win away from reaching the PWHL Finals in the league's inaugural season, and Boston has a chance to clinch its spot in the championship series in front of a home crowd.PWHL Boston stormed into the playoffs by winning four of their final five games, with the only loss coming in overtime. The team clinched its spot in the postseason with a thrilling 4-3 win over Montreal in the regular-season finale, which came in front of a sellout crowd at the Tsongas Center."The noise that the crowd made at the end of the game while we were getting down to the wire was nothing short of amazing," said Keith Vaske, the Tsongas Center's general manager.Boston will now play on home ice in Lowell with a chance to close out its semifinal series against Montreal after taking a commanding 2-0 lead on the road in the best-of-five matchup."It's incredible. I find myself looking around the arena sometimes and just being in awe of what this season has been," said Boston goaltender Aerin Frankel. "I think we've showed it, that we're willing to go the lengths to get the wins.""When you walk around the arena and talk with fans, especially the ones that have been here for multiple games, they really view this as their team," Vaske said.Vaske said getting the Tsongas Center game ready is no easy feat, especially after the arena hosted the University of Massachusetts Lowell's graduation ceremony over the weekend."As you can image, there's a lot of hours and a lot of people involved in that process," he said.Game 3 between PWHL Boston and PWHL Montreal is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Tuesday.Previous coverage:
LOWELL, Mass. —
Boston's Professional Women's Hockey League team is just one win away from reaching the PWHL Finals in the league's inaugural season, and Boston has a chance to clinch its spot in the championship series in front of a home crowd.
PWHL Boston stormed into the playoffs by winning four of their final five games, with the only loss coming in overtime. The team clinched its spot in the postseason with a thrilling 4-3 win over Montreal in the regular-season finale, which came in front of a sellout crowd at the Tsongas Center.
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"The noise that the crowd made at the end of the game while we were getting down to the wire was nothing short of amazing," said Keith Vaske, the Tsongas Center's general manager.
Boston will now play on home ice in Lowell with a chance to close out its semifinal series against Montreal after taking a commanding 2-0 lead on the road in the best-of-five matchup.
"It's incredible. I find myself looking around the arena sometimes and just being in awe of what this season has been," said Boston goaltender Aerin Frankel. "I think we've showed it, that we're willing to go the lengths to get the wins."
"When you walk around the arena and talk with fans, especially the ones that have been here for multiple games, they really view this as their team," Vaske said.
Vaske said getting the Tsongas Center game ready is no easy feat, especially after the arena hosted the University of Massachusetts Lowell's graduation ceremony over the weekend.
"As you can image, there's a lot of hours and a lot of people involved in that process," he said.
Game 3 between PWHL Boston and PWHL Montreal is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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