Montréal scored the game-winner at 3:06 of the third period to lead the Victoire to a 2-1 triumph over the Minnesota Frost in Game 5 of the semifinals Tuesday night at Place Bell, eliminating Minnesota to advance to the team’s first-ever PWHL Walter Cup Finals. Catherine Dubois opened the scoring for Montréal in the first period with a quick shot off a faceoff win by Poulin that deflected off a stick and sailed over Maddie Rooney and into the net at 12:18. Minnesota responded eight minutes into the second period, as Samantha Cogan buried her first goal on a tic-tac-toe sequence, cashing in at the net front off passes from Abby Hustler and Britta Curl-Salemme to tie the game. Poulin came through in the clutch with a top-shelf shot on a wide-angle on the power play, with assists from Erin Ambrose and Nicole Gosling. Rooney did all she could to give her team a chance, turning away 15 of 17 in the loss. The series featured the only two teams to qualify for the playoffs in each of the league’s three seasons. Minnesota had its best regular season in team history with 16 wins and 50 points as the league’s third seed, with first-place Montréal selecting them as their semifinal opponent after a record 22 wins and 62-point campaign. Over the course of three full seasons, Minnesota has played in 107 games, 11 more than Montréal to date.