OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Boston captain Hilary Knight had a goal and two assists to help the Fleet beat the Ottawa Charge 5-2 on Saturday in the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
After assisting Alina Muller's opening goal in the first period, Knight scored on a breakaway midway through the third period and assisted on Jill Saulnier's empty-netter. Theresa Schafzahl also scored, and Lexie Adzija added a second empty-netter.
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The puck ricochets off the post of Boston Fleet goaltender Aerin Frankel (31) during the first period of a PWHL hockey game against the Ottawa Charge in Ottawa, Ont., Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Ottawa Charge's Alexa Vasko (10) attempts a shot on Boston Fleet goaltender Aerin Frankel (31) during the first period of a PWHL hockey game in Ottawa, Ont., Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Boston Fleet goaltender Aerin Frankel (31) makes a save as Sidney Morin (7) defends in front of Ottawa Charge's Shiann Darkangelo (27) during the third period of a PWHL hockey game in Ottawa, Ont., Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Boston Fleet goaltender Aerin Frankel (31) reaches out with her blocker to make a save in front of Ottawa Charge's Shiann Darkangelo (27) during the first period of a PWHL hockey game in Ottawa, Ont., Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Boston Fleet's Hilary Knight (21) celebrates the win with Megan Keller (5) during the third period of a PWHL hockey game against the Ottawa Charge in Ottawa, Ont., Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Ottawa Charge's Natalie Snodgrass (8) falls after colliding with Boston Fleet's Kelly Babstock (8) as Charge's Jocelyne Larocque (23) clears the puck, during the second period of a PWHL hockey game in Ottawa, Ont., Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Aerin Frankel made 26 saves for her 12th win of the season.
Tereza Vanisova and Natalie Snodgrass scored for the Charge. Gwyneth Philips made 24 saves starting in place of the injured Emerance Maschmeyer.
Charge: Played a solid defensive game as they began an undetermined amount of time without their top netminder. Maschmeyer was placed on long-term injured reserve this week.
Fleet: Moved ahead of Toronto for third place.
Vanisova split the defense and tied it with less than a second left in the second period.
The Fleet host Montreal on Tuesday night. The Charge are at New York on March 22.
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The puck ricochets off the post of Boston Fleet goaltender Aerin Frankel (31) during the first period of a PWHL hockey game against the Ottawa Charge in Ottawa, Ont., Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Ottawa Charge's Alexa Vasko (10) attempts a shot on Boston Fleet goaltender Aerin Frankel (31) during the first period of a PWHL hockey game in Ottawa, Ont., Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Boston Fleet goaltender Aerin Frankel (31) makes a save as Sidney Morin (7) defends in front of Ottawa Charge's Shiann Darkangelo (27) during the third period of a PWHL hockey game in Ottawa, Ont., Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Boston Fleet goaltender Aerin Frankel (31) reaches out with her blocker to make a save in front of Ottawa Charge's Shiann Darkangelo (27) during the first period of a PWHL hockey game in Ottawa, Ont., Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Boston Fleet's Hilary Knight (21) celebrates the win with Megan Keller (5) during the third period of a PWHL hockey game against the Ottawa Charge in Ottawa, Ont., Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Ottawa Charge's Natalie Snodgrass (8) falls after colliding with Boston Fleet's Kelly Babstock (8) as Charge's Jocelyne Larocque (23) clears the puck, during the second period of a PWHL hockey game in Ottawa, Ont., Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
PIEDMONT, Mo. (AP) — Residents pounded by unusually vicious weather across parts of the U.S. surveyed damage Sunday from violent tornadoes, high winds and blinding dust storms that decimated homes and other structures and left at least 35 people dead.
National Weather Service meteorologist Cody Snell said tornado watches remained in effect Sunday morning for portions of the Carolinas, east Georgia and northern Florida. He said the main threat would be damaging winds, but there is the possibility of more tornadoes.
“As we go through the day today, there still is the potential for severe weather from, say, the upper Ohio Valley and western Pennsylvania down through the rest of the mid-Atlantic and Southeast as we have this cold front that's still moving across the country, and it won't clear the East Coast until later on tonight,” Snell said.
The dynamic storm from Friday through Sunday earned an unusual “high risk” designation from weather forecasters. Still, experts said it’s not unusual to see such weather extremes in March.
At least three people were killed in central Alabama when multiple tornados swept across the state. Among those killed was an 82-year-old woman who was in a manufactured home that was destroyed by a twister, Dallas County Sheriff Michael L. Granthum said Sunday.
In Troy, Alabama, parks officials said the recreation center where over 200 people had taken shelter would be closed due to damage from overnight storms. No one was injured.
“The Recreation Center has significant damage throughout the building,” the Parks Department said. “We are thankful the Lord provided protection over our community, and over 200 guests at the Recreation Center storm shelter on Saturday night."
Missouri resident Dakota Henderson said he and others rescuing trapped neighbors found five bodies scattered in the debris Friday night outside what remained of his aunt’s house in hard-hit Wayne County. Scattered twisters killed at least a dozen people in the state, authorities said.
“It was a very rough deal last night,” Henderson said Saturday, not far from the splintered home he said they rescued his aunt from through a window of the only room left standing. “It’s really disturbing for what happened to the people, the casualties last night."
Authorities were still sifting through massive tornado damage.
On Saturday, Coroner Jim Akers of Butler County described the “unrecognizable home” where one man was killed as “just a debris field.”
“The floor was upside down,” he said. “We were walking on walls.”
In Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves announced that six people died in three counties and three more were missing late Saturday.
Bailey Dillon, 24, and her fiance, Caleb Barnes, watched from their front porch in Tylertown as a massive twister struck an area about half a mile (0.8 kilometer) away near Paradise Ranch RV Park.
They drove over afterward to see if anyone needed help and recorded video of snapped trees, leveled buildings and overturned vehicles.
“The amount of damage was catastrophic,” Dillon said. “It was a large amount of cabins, RVs, campers that were just flipped over. Everything was destroyed.”
Paradise Ranch said via Facebook that all staff and guests were safe and accounted for, but Dillon said the damage extended beyond the RV park itself.
“Homes and everything were destroyed all around it,” she said. “Schools and buildings are just completely gone.”
In Arkansas, officials confirmed three deaths.
Dust storms spurred by the storm system's early high winds claimed almost a dozen lives on Friday. Eight people died in a Kansas highway pileup involving at least 50 vehicles, according to the state highway patrol. Authorities said three people also were killed in car crashes during a dust storm in Amarillo, in the Texas Panhandle.
More than 130 fires were reported across Oklahoma and nearly 300 homes were damaged or destroyed, Gov. Kevin Stitt said Saturday.
Tad Peters and his father, Richard Peters, had pulled over to fuel up their pickup truck in Rolla, Missouri, on Friday night when they heard tornado sirens and saw other motorists fleeing the interstate to park.
“Whoa, is this coming? Oh, it’s here. It’s here,” Tad Peters can be heard saying on a video. “Look at all that debris. Ohhh. My God, we are in a torn ...”
His father then rolled up the window.
The two were headed to Indiana for a weightlifting competition but decided to return home to Norman, Oklahoma, about six hours away, where they then encountered wildfire.
Walker reported from New York and Reynolds reported from Louisville, Kentucky. Bruce Shipkowski in Toms River, New Jersey, Jeff Roberson in Wayne County, Missouri, Gene Johnson in Seattle and Janie Har in San Francisco contributed.
Michelle Moore is tended to by a police officer after she was rescued by her son who pulled her out of her trailer that was destroyed by a tornado that passed through, Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Plantersville, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Michelle Moore rests on the bumper of a police car after she was rescued by her son who pulled her out of her trailer that was destroyed by a tornado that passed through, Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Plantersville, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Locals help clear the roads from debris after a tornado passed through leaving a path of destruction, Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Plantersville, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Locals help clear the roads from debris after a tornado passed through leaving a path of destruction, Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Plantersville, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Downed trees and power lines block a road along Highway 82 after a tornado passed through, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Maplesville, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Furniture and kitchen appliances are exposed in the remnants of a recreational vehicle damaged by a series of storms that passed the region at Paradise Ranch RV Resort in Tylertown, Miss., Sunday, March 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Emily and Tony Robertson look for personal belongings in the damage after a tornado passed through, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Plantersville, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Residents look for personal belongings in the damage after a tornado passed through where two people lost their lives, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Plantersville, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Residents look for personal belongings in the damage after a tornado passed through where two people lost their lives, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Plantersville, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Residents look for personal belongings in the damage after a tornado passed through, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Plantersville, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Emily Robertson reunites with one of her cats as she looks for personal belongings in the damage after a tornado passed through where two people lost their lives, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Plantersville, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Downed trees and power lines block a road along Highway 82 after a tornado passed through, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Maplesville, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Residents look for personal belongings in the damage after a tornado passed through where two people lost their lives, Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Plantersville, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
A cat cries out while sitting in front of a destroyed cabin at Paradise Ranch RV Resort after a series of storms passed the area in Tylertown, Miss., Sunday, March 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
A home is destroyed after a severe storm, Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Wayne County, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Matt Wolff, left, works underneath his carport with the help of his father-in-law Dempsey Watson and friend Tyler Umbright, right, as they work to stabilize after a severe storm in Bridgeton, Mo., Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
In this photo provided by Missouri State Highway Patrol, a home is damaged after a severe storm passed the area near Ozark County, Mo., early Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Missouri State Highway Patrol via AP)
This image provided by shows aerials over the damage caused by the wildfires in Logan County, Okla. (KOCO via AP)
Missy, who declined to give her last name, searches for photographs in a debris field behind a relative's home after a severe storm in Bridgeton, Mo., Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Marcus Cole embraces his daughters while standing in front of his destroyed home after a severe storm in Bridgeton, Mo., Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Debris covers the road during a severe storm passed the area north of Seymour, Mo., in Webster County late Friday, March 14, 2025. (Trooper Austin James/Missouri State Highway Patrol via AP)
A wildfire spreads through trees Friday, March 14, 2025, south of Langston, Okla. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
A wildfire burns a home down on Friday, March 14, 2025, south of Langston, Okla. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
Mark Nelson, of Wis., waits with his tractor-trailer after it overturned during high winds and a possible tornado on Interstate 44 westbound at Villa Ridge, Mo., Friday, March 14, 2025. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
A vehicle sits in front of a damaged home and debris from a severe storm Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Wayne County, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Debris from a severe storm is scattered outside a damaged home Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Wayne County, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
This image provided by shows aerials over the damage caused by the wildfires in Logan County, Okla. (KOCO via AP)
This image provided by shows aerials over the damage caused by the wildfires in Logan County, Okla. (KOCO via AP)
People work through the debris of the Cave City Auto Parts store on Saturday, March 15, 2025 after a severe weather storm Friday night in Cave City, Ark. (Staci Vandagriff/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)
Destruction from a severe storm is seen Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Wayne County, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Destruction from a severe storm is seen Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Wayne County, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Tim Scott, right, gets a hug from friend Jorden Harris outside Scott's home he was inside when it was destroyed during a severe storm the evening before Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Wayne County, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Destruction from a severe storm is seen Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Wayne County, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
