Five Nights With The Montreal Victoire, Who Dragged Me To Hockey Heaven

LAVAL, QUEBEC — The crowd at Place Bell for Game 1 was wound tight, like a guitar string on the brink of snapping. Our Montreal Victoire, who had never won more than one game in a playoff series, let alone a series itself, were set to face the Minnesota Frost, the only team who has ever won the Walter Cup, in the PWHL semifinals. It felt like everybody in the arena was holding their breath, bracin