They needed overtime, but the New York Sirens snapped a nine game losing streak beating the first place Montreal Victoire 3-2.
Swedish defender Maja Nylen Persson played hero for the Sirens on home ice scoring the overtime winner. Abby Roque and Sarah Fillier had New York’s regulation goals. Both players recognized the importance of the win, but also feel their team has been playing better than the results state.
“I think we’ve deserved the last four games honestly, we have been out-shooting teams and playing the right way and we just haven’t got the bounces,” said Roque. “I think we should’ve been the team that left that game with three points…That’s just how our season’s been going but I’m glad we pulled that one off and won.”
Fillier echoed Roque’s sentement.
“In past games, when we don’t get the outcome that we want, we just look at our game and see how we can learn from it,” Fillier said. “We’ve been building from it and I think you’re only really losing games when you don’t learn from your past – so we’ve just been taking it piece by piece and it’s nice to finally get rewarded.”
Corinne Schroeder was named the game’s first star stopping 28 shots in New York’s win.
At the other end of the ice, Ann-Renee Desbiens took the loss stopping 23 shots. Maureen Murphy and Kati Tabin had Montreal’s goals.
Montreal Needs To Win On The Road
It was Montreal’s third straight road game in March. The team lost to Toronto, and squeaked out an overtime win against Boston, before falling to New York in that span. It’s a point Montreal head coach Kori Cheverie says her team must improve upon.
“Every week is a new challenge. Every team is a new challenge,” said Cheverie. “And we’re on the road quite a bit this month, so it’s important that we find a way when we’re not in our building, which arguably has the loudest fans in the league. We still have to find a way to get that energy on our bench and to play the team across the rink to the best of our ability.”
