TORONTO—Ella Shelton scored the opening goal, Corinne Schroeder earned the first shutout and New York beat Toronto 4–0 in the inaugural Professional Women’s Hockey League game Monday.
Alex Carpenter had one goal and one assist, Jill Saulnier and Kayla Vespa also scored and Schroeder made 29 saves.
Kristen Campbell stopped 24 shots for Toronto in front of a sellout crowd of 2,537 at Mattamy Athletic Centre, the former home of the NHL’s Maple Leafs.Tennis great and PWHL board member Billie Jean King performed the ceremonial puck drop alongside PWHL senior vice president of hockey operations Jayna Hefford. Each Toronto player was introduced to the crowd pregame. All received standing ovations as lights flashed from fans’ mobile phones recording the historic moment for the six-team league that has a collective bargaining agreement with its players in place through 2031.
