Minnesota Frost's Kelly Pannek (12) celebrates with teammates after her goal against the Vancouver Goldeneyes during the third period of a PWHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)Minnesota Frost's Natalie Buchbinder (22) skates with the puck after Vancouver Goldeneyes' Jenn Gardiner (12) fell during the third period of a PWHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)Minnesota Frost's Elizabeth Giguere (18) shoots as Vancouver Goldeneyes' Sydney Bard (11) defends during the second period of a PWHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)Vancouver Goldeneyes goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer (38) makes a save against the Minnesota Frost as Goldeneyes' Claire Thompson (42) defends during the second period of a PWHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)Minnesota Frost goaltender Marlene Boissonnault (1) stops Vancouver Goldeneyes' Abby Boreen (22) as Frost's Sidney Morin, center back, defends during the third period of a PWHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)1 / 5PWHL Frost Goldeneyes HockeyMinnesota Frost's Kelly Pannek (12) celebrates with teammates after her goal against the Vancouver Goldeneyes during the third period of a PWHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)1 / 5PWHL Frost Goldeneyes HockeyMinnesota Frost's Kelly Pannek (12) celebrates with teammates after her goal against the Vancouver Goldeneyes during the third period of a PWHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)2 / 5PWHL Frost Goldeneyes HockeyMinnesota Frost's Natalie Buchbinder (22) skates with the puck after Vancouver Goldeneyes' Jenn Gardiner (12) fell during the third period of a PWHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)3 / 5PWHL Frost Goldeneyes HockeyMinnesota Frost's Elizabeth Giguere (18) shoots as Vancouver Goldeneyes' Sydney Bard (11) defends during the second period of a PWHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)4 / 5PWHL Frost Goldeneyes HockeyVancouver Goldeneyes goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer (38) makes a save against the Minnesota Frost as Goldeneyes' Claire Thompson (42) defends during the second period of a PWHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)5 / 5PWHL Frost Goldeneyes HockeyMinnesota Frost goaltender Marlene Boissonnault (1) stops Vancouver Goldeneyes' Abby Boreen (22) as Frost's Sidney Morin, center back, defends during the third period of a PWHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)Associated PressSun, April 26, 2026 at 2:39 AM UTC·1 min readVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Defenseman Sophie Jaques scored at 1:24 of overtime to give the expansion Vancouver Goldeneyes a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Frost on Saturday in the final regular-season game for both teams.
Jaques took a pass from Hannah Miller and fired a shot over goalie Marlene Boissonnault’s shoulder for her ninth goal of the season.
Jenn Gardiner had goal and two assists for Vancouver. Sarah Nurse and Miller also scored, and Emerance Maschmeyer stopped 28 shots. The Goldeneyes closed with four straight victories to finish seventh in the eighth-team PWHL at 9-3-4-14.
Kelly Pannek and Klara Hymlarova scored third-period goals for the Frost to force overtime. Kendall Coyne Schofield also scored for Minnesota in its fourth loss in a row. The two-time defending champion Frost finished third at 13-354-9.
Minnesota will open the best-of-five semifinal series Thursday in Boston or Saturday in Montreal.
AP women’s hockey: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-hockey