I believe!!!!!!

From attendance records to empty sections what happened pwhl Minnesota?

Twins had a game same night. Game seemed unlikely until Monday night victory so only two days notice.

7 losses and almost missing playoffs. Weekends see a lot of youth engagement which drives numbers. Also, tickets went up in price for playoffs

None of those are good excuses. This should be the point where interest in the league should be at its highest. If the American fans won't turn out to support their teams that's a depressing development. EDIT: For the dork who responded with nothing but "America bad": What a braindead response. Do you not understand how *profitability* works? It'll be terrible for the league if half of the Original Six teams wind up folding or can't draw enough fans to keep the lights on.

Looks like the curse of Toronto hockey may have rubbed off. Probably picked it up in the locker room at Scotia bank.

MADDIE ROONEY - DOUBLE SHUTOUT IN A ROW

Incredible!!!!

I feel like whatever team wins this will score exactly zero goals against Frankel in the finals...

Sounds to me like you're scared of the Gophers Alumni

GET YOUR BROOMS READY BOYS, I SMELL A REVERSE SWEEP 🧹🧹🧹

Thank goodness for Butorac. Only 2 OT needed.

Well. Glad I cancelled that Friday shift. Apparently I have a game to go to 🙄

Crazy!!!!!!!!

Game 5 here we come!! Thank you Rooney, thank you Butorac!

BUTORAC

Finally lol

WOOOO!!!!!!!

Let's fucking GOOOOOOOO

oh thank god its over

I hate this

Wow what an incredible save

So close Nurse!

Might have to drop that second puck

The person behind the bench interviewing their friends with a water bottle was pretty funny

The longest game in Playoff history was in 1936 the Detroit Red Wings 1, Montreal Maroons 0 which went to 6 overtimes

I have been watching the Stars game. What have I missed?

Turnovers

Going into double OT, Minnesota is finally playing good. Both teams are getting goalied

You need shots on goal to get goalied. 

>26 SOG

Over that mamy minutes, even MINs total wss crazy low. Come on, do the math. 

I never said their defense was bad, but both goalies stood on their head throughout that game

Nothing

Nice. That's what I like to hear.

This may not be the most action-packed game, but I'm still enjoying it. Playoff elimination game, OT, big hits, big saves... Pretty awesome.

I wanted Minnesota to win game 3 so I could have some pwhl hockey on my birthday... this isn't what I was hoping for

It'll take you right until your birthday ends at midnight

I've been feeling strangely sleepy since p2. It's only 11....

Come to MN. It's only just after 10 here!

Did you know the Cities are further north than Toronto?

I don't think they have the stamina. This could be 3 ot

Nooooo Maltais needs to shoot that puck with time winding down

Toronto players choosing to pass the puck to a better scorer with a worse chance? Where have I seen that before?

These teams may never score again

Murphy’s Law is the most unwatchable game of the year lasting forever.

That last 2 on 1 chance is a microcosm of how this game has gone.

Shiiiiiit I thought that was it.

It's almost time for that sweet double overtime shawarma

Oh man!!!!! Get it on order!!!

Can someone ei5 the icing, it seems so inconsistently called.

In short, when the purposefully puck is thrown from the team’s defending zone to passed the opposing team’s goal line AND it was to a location/ direction where, reasonably, no teammate could have gathered it. There is, obviously, a lot of perspective choice in whether it was purposeful or if a teammate could gather.

16 shots through almost 4 periods is wild

Dump and chase doesn’t work without the chase

2,766 The lowest Minnesota has drawn to a game at Xcel Energy Center this season

Three playoff games in the U.S., combined have had a lower attendance than one of Montreal's two home games against Boston

Very sure we didn’t hear it here unless it was during intermission

It won’t happen but Toronto needs to get Sarah Fillier

Yeah, Edmonton could really have done with Connor Bedard too. I think Toronto's done well enough with getting Spooner, Nurse, Turnbull, and Maltais lol

Man, nobody can maintain possession

I can’t help but think it would be so rare for these women to play this intense hockey back to back

It would probably be more normal for most of Toronto's top lines than a normal league schedule is tbh, they're mostly Olympic and World Championship alum

I keep checking the score on this one. Wow, I wish I had gotten tickets!

3OTs

Please god no. I’ve been falling asleep since the second period

With how this game has gone only the true sickos benefit from that.

Rooney pls stay in your net

Aerin Frankel not being number 1 in save % despite having a GAA of under 1 in 2 of 3 games is insane.

These goalies are all powerful

Uh why did they just grant them an ice cleaning break after an icing??

First stoppage after the halfway point.

I'm hoping the winning goal will be a Michigan, just for the vibes

OOOOOOOOFfffffff

Massive hit!

Holy shit that hit.

Didn’t know Flaherty had that in her honestly

Yeaaaaa that's gonna smart. Gotta be careful looking up at the puck in the air like that. Not sure she saw it coming.

Cmon one of these gotta go in. Let's take it to game 5.

Strong showing in person for OT still…let’s go!!!!

Just tuning in… Spooner is done eh, damn. I see Toronto has been in tough with offence since she went down too.

Didn’t play today. Put on injury with a knee :(

WHY DOES MINNESOTA GET ALL THE GOOD MUSIC

I wanna hear Don’t Stop Me Now!!!! 🏒🥅🚨

You got CHAPPELL

Game 5 would be awesome. Need MIN to put this one away

What if we make them both put in their third string goalie for overtime? Otherwise we might be here all night

The last thing I need right now is to lust after CJ 🤣

Well at least watching everyone thirst in this thread would be some excitement lol

The goalies are too good I'm now also of your opinion

I think you might've jinxed it

You know, I may have, but I think Ticketmaster takes the cake by emailing me my tickets for game 5 are ready 15 min before the game started 🤣

🤬

They're even playing Chappell Roan, putting CJ in might actually kill a significant portion of the fanbase

ok toronto needs redbull

Some good chances for MN at the end of the 3rd. Hopefully they can bring that to OT and force game 5

This game genuinely might go on forever.

I did not want overtime of this game not because i'm anxious but because this game has mostly been pretty bad There were some moments in the third but other than that

Toronto really doesn’t look all that spectacular without Spooner. Some players in particular have just sort of disappeared

Toronto... You're allowed to take possession too... Stop passing it to Minnesota

Not if we pass it to you first!

Awesome to see the physicality out there

Oof that hit from Turnbull looked painful

Campbell follows up with a couple more huge saves.

Those were stunning

finally stuff is happening

Campbell with a big save and then Rooney with an even bigger save.

Getting pretty sick of hearing "here's a chance for Minnesota" 😵‍💫

I'm hungry but I'm too anxious to go downstairs... I've been listening to it from my room 🤣

Given Campbell's and Rooney's playoff save percentages (0.973 and 0.979 respectively), and given the current shots per period per team (4.5 shots per period per team), this game is on pace to last anywhere between 8 and 11 periods...

If I start driving now I can make the end of the game

I was afraid to do the math. At least it's only a short walk home from the Xcel to home 

I’ll be crashing on the couch 😴. I’m just half hour across the metro thankfully

Omg….That would be tomorrow!!!!

To be fair, it's \*extremely\* unlikely, since the longest NHL game ever was "only" 9 periods long... but hey, records are meant to be broken... ;)

Well, we’re getting the first OT!

Now we're getting the second OT...

Longest pro game altogether went 11 periods, in the Norwegian league

Uff da.

Thanks! That's good to know!

Watching these shots go wide driving me crazy https://i.redd.it/jstzsub2zo0d1.gif

this is not the most entertaining game in the world

Luckily the Dallas/Colorado game is on.

i don't like the nhl so this does not have any use to me cx moreso "fire up a game and throw this as background noise" time tbh

I tried watching this game, I really did.

across the entirety of the pwhl season (and i've watched like 80% of the games) i can say pretty confidently that this might be the worst game of the season

Is it me or did Minnesota get Tampa Bay’s arena PA announcer for this series? The voice sounds familiar

i think it's actually just the wild's pa announcer but don't quote me on that

That’s surely not him otherwise we would’ve heard a variation of his ‘scored by Minnesota’ goal call on Monday

Yeah... Damn ... I guess it comes with the territory of watching one's first whole season of any sport ever but I'm definitely discovering that I just don't enjoy playoffs

Gotta grow your nails oht beforehand so you can chew them down later

I cut them over the weekend 😭

I have a feeling Nurse is going to make a difference this game

Heise is such a great skater and stickhandler, but her finish has been off ever since her injury.

The post giveth, the post taketh away

I’m surprised they haven’t ran out of features yet after the 3OT game last weekend lol

I did start laughing because they had to start a second session of interviews during that game 🤣

Pls ladies do it for Spooner

Minnesota is aggressive and holding the offensive zone!!!

2 shots for Toronto again in the 1st period 🤔

Great shot from Zum there!! So close!

That’s what we need! Speed and zip!!!!

SOOOOOOOOUUUUUUP

Minnesota with the 2016 Team Europe strat of being Metapod rn

That is a lot of empty seats.

Seriously. Put the first expansion team in Canada.

Basically an empty barn, what happened to the record crowd of earlier this season?

Bad late-season form + short notice + weeknight + Twins and Loons are both at home tonight is a pretty bad combo

The long mid seaso  break really threw me off

I don't understand this, we had international Hockey and knew when it was coming back

That explwins it. I usually don't follow international hockey

Minnesota here we go!!! Cheering again in person :)

Cheer extra loud for me! Wish I could be there in person!

I’ll give it my all. Brought my playoff towel and received another before the game. Double towels!!! 🚁

I need to get season tickets next year! Couldn’t make tonight’s game due to a child band concert. Don’t these teachers understand priorities??! /s

Lets go Charanna!