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At the homecoming game post-Olympics, the Boston Fleet finally took its first home ice loss in a close 2-0 match against Toronto.
Upon its return to home ice post-Olympics, the Boston Fleet finally took its first home ice loss in a close 2-0 match against Toronto. Both teams were fighting for an additional three points as playoff hockey gets closer and closer, Boston at No. 1 and Toronto at No.
4, and tensions escalated into several scrums throughout the night. Toronto head coach Troy Ryan the game as having a “playoff attitude. ” Jessie Eldridge had also arrived that morning after the Fleet traded Theresa Schafzahl for her yesterday.
She debuted on a line with Alina Müller and Ella Huber and made an early connection with Müller that was showing promise. "I thought she was really crafty around the net. Already, you can tell that she's going to boost her offense for sure," Boston head coach Kris Sparre said.
After taking two penalties in the first period, Boston was neck in neck with Toronto in shots, 9 to 8, and a cross-checking call on Toronto’s Emma Maltais at the end of the period wasn’t enough to find the net. The teams were getting heated 9 minutes into the second period after two scrums by the net within a minute resulted in double minors for Boston’s Huber and Sceptre’s Ella Shelton. Stopped breakaways and back-and-forth action kept the Fleet at bay as they scrambled to find the net with an eager crowd of 6,095 at Agganis Arena.