Coming out of the World Championships, few would have foreseen the Boston Fleet being the second team to miss the PWHL playoffs alongside the New York Sirens.

The Fleet needed just one point to secure a postseason berth, or they needed Ottawa to lose to Toronto, but their regulation loss and the Charge’s 2-1 victory meant Boston finished fifth in the standings.

Perhaps the Minnesota Frost’s two most pivotal wins in team history have unfolded on Tsongas Center ice. A year ago, Minnesota defeated Boston in the all-important fifth game of the