LAVAL, QC (May 11, 2025) – Catherine Dubois was the quadruple-overtime hero for the Montréal Victoire, firing the game-winning goal to beat the Ottawa Charge 3–2 and end the longest game in PWHL history at Place Bell on Sunday. Her goal at 135:33 secured the Victoire’s first-ever playoff win, evening the semifinal series against the Charge at one game apiece. In a goaltending duel, Ann-Renée Desbiens earned her first career playoff victory, making 63 saves on 65 shots for Montréal, while Charge rookie Gwyneth Philips turned aside a career-high 53 of 56 shots.
In a game that stretched over five hours, the Victoire wasted no time opening the scoring. Kristin O’Neill gave her team its first lead of the series within three minutes of the opening faceoff. Laura Stacey then doubled Montréal’s advantage midway through the second period, giving the Victoire a two-goal lead heading into the final frame. After a back-and-forth third period as the Charge pushed to stay in the game, Aneta Tejralová found the back of the net with less than five minutes remaining to pull Ottawa within one. Charge captain Brianne Jenner then buried the equalizer with 42 seconds left in regulation to send the game into extra time.
The game needed an additional 75 minutes of overtime play spanning across four periods to reach its conclusion. Both teams had significant chances to end it earlier, including unsuccessful 5-on-3 power plays for each side during the marathon overtime sessions. The Victoire and the Charge traded sustained pressure throughout the extra frames, with Montréal recording 33 shots and Ottawa firing 32 shots in the overtime periods alone. It wasn’t until Dubois’ winner deep into the fourth overtime that the deadlock was finally broken.
Game Three of the best-of-five PWHL Playoffs, presented by SharkNinja, is set to take place on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET at TD Place in Ottawa.
