Aerin Frankel recorded her third shutout of the season in her fifth start, knocking down a season-high 33 shots. Ella Huber scored her first professional goal and the game-winner 5:27 into the first period on the power play, assisted by fellow rookie Haley Winn.
Liz Schepers doubled the Fleet’s lead 9:46 into the second period with her first goal since scoring Minnesota’s overtime winner to take home the 2025 Walter Cup. Kayle Osborne stopped 19 of 21 shots in the Siren crease.
This was the first of four meetings between the two nearby American teams this season, with their next match in Boston on January 28 at the Tsongas Center.
The Fleet heads out for a four-game road trip, while the Sirens host one more game at home before flying south to Dallas for their first PWHL Takeover Tour™ game of the season.
QUOTES
Boston head coach Chris Sparre on what the Fleet’s early success this season has meant to him as a first-year head coach: “I think I’m most grateful to the players. As a coach, you put systems together, you put together an identity and you want to have standards that you uphold every day. Our group has taken ownership of that from day one and they bring it every practice, every game. It’s not always perfect, but they find a way to make it happen.”
Fleet rookie forward Ella Huber on scoring her first PWHL goal: “It was fun. I’ve been waiting for this. We’ve been practicing a lot of two-on-ones lately and I’ve been told I have a shooter’s mentality. Our [defenders] are incredible. They are good at getting the puck on the ice. Every time Winn, Keller or one of our D is on the ice, we know the puck is moving up the ice. I like to gain some speed and get the puck where it needs to be.
Sirens Head Coach Greg Fargo on the team’s style of play Aerin Frankel: “There were a lot of good moments tonight where we had quality looks throughout the game. I thought we had a fair amount of offensive zone time where we had them on the ropes and tired. But I think we might have let them go a little bit a few times where [our offense] could give her one so she can easily see and control the game while their shift was extended, and they were tired. We missed opportunities in some other areas, but many good things happened. We had some great chances and I thought Aerin played another great game.”
New York forward Sarah Fillier on the change in linemates for the first time this season: “I thought we had some quality looks together. I think the lineup change brings a little more variety to how we can attack and how we saw that today. Like Fargs [Fargo] said: we’re there and we’re getting good opportunities and pucks around the crease – we just have to bury one here.
NOTES
Boston extended its record streak with a fifth straight win to start the season, the most in PWHL history. Fleet has won eight straight games against the Sirens (six in the regular season, two in shootouts, dating back to April 20, 2024) for the PWHL’s longest winning streak by one team against another. This is also only the second time a PWHL team has won five straight games in regular regulation (Toronto in 2024).
New York has defeated its opponent in all six games this season, but has now gone eight consecutive stretches without a goal and been shut out three times. They are the first team to lose consecutive games by shutout in PWHL history.
by Aerin Frankel three shutouts on the season are more than the number of goals she has given up (2) and surpasses the two regular season shutouts she had in the 2025-2026 season. She has started all five Fleet matches this season, tying the longest winning streak of her career (January 5 to February 12, 2025).
Ella Huber’s first-period goal was the first point of her PWHL career, just a few hours before the rookie’s 23rd birthday tomorrow. Boston’s second-round pick out of the University of Minnesota finished her senior season ranked second to the Gophers and 12th in the NCAA in points (48).
Liz Schepers’ The first goal of the season came in her fourth game as a member of the Fleet. Her first goal of the 2024-2025 season didn’t come until her 18th game (February 28, 2025 in Montreal), while the forward didn’t score until her first Walter Cup Championship-winning goal in 2024. Schepers signed a two-year contract with the Fleet this offseason after spending the first two PWHL seasons with Minnesota.
Haley Winns The key assist on Huber’s goal was her third of the season and the first time the rookie scored points in consecutive games (2A on Dec. 7 vs. Minnesota). At the end of the game, the Fleet’s second overall pick led all rookie defensemen in assists and tied for the lead in points among all rookie skaters.
Jamie Lee Rattrays main helper on Schepers’ second-period goal was her fourth of the season, and her second time recording assists in consecutive games after recording an assist in each of the first two games this season (November 11 and 29). Last season, the alternate captain needed fifteen games to achieve four assists.
Megan Keller recorded her third assist and fifth point of the season, putting the fleet captain atop the PWHL scoring leaderboard among all skaters and one of only two defensemen to have five points this season. Keller’s three assists to date are almost halfway to her season total of eight in 30 games in the 2024-25 season.
The defensive pair of Winn (26:51) and Keller (25:56) combined for more than 50 minutes of ice time – each five-plus minutes more than any other player – to shut down the Sirens’ offense. The Fleet killed three minor penalties, remaining the only PWHL team to be perfect at penalty kills this season.
Kristin O’Neill won 11 of her 17 faceoffs tonight, putting her 26 wins ahead of the nearest center, with 76 behind Marie-Philip Poulin’s 50. She also recorded three shots, two blocked shots and a hit on the night.
Sarah Fillier tallied two more shots tonight to bring her total to 24 and remains second on the PWHL leaderboards and first among the Sirens. Kristýna Kaltounková’s five shots tonight put her two ahead of freshman teammate Anne Cherkowski’s season’s 19 for one and two in rookie shooting in the league.
Kayle Osborne started her league-best sixth game and has a .914 save percentage so far this season. Last season, the netminder played in 10 games for the Sirens, posting an SV% of .916.
THREE STARS
1. Aerin Frankel (BOS) 33/33 SV
2. Ella Huber (BOS) 1G
3. Liz Schepers (BOS) 1G
STANDINGS
Boston (5-0-0-0) – 1st place
New York (2-0-0-4) – 5th place (tied)
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