PWHL Toronto's Natalie Spooner (knee) out for remainder of playoffs | TSN (2024)
If PWHL Toronto is to win the inaugural Walter Cup, it will be without its leading scorer.
The team announced Wednesday that forward Natalie Spooner will miss the remainder of the playoffs with a knee injury and has been placed on long-term injured reserve.
“It’s a big loss for us, obviously Natalie has been an important part of our success all year,” Toronto general manager Gina Kingsbury said in a statement. “We have no doubt Natalie will continue to have an impact on our team, just in a different way.”
Spooner, 33, incurred the injury during the third period of the team's 2-0 Game 3 loss to Minnesota on Sunday. Toronto leads the best-of-five series 2-1.
A native of Scarborough, Ont., Spooner had a league-leading 20 goals and 27 points in 24 games this season. She had one goal and an assist in three playoff games.
In a corresponding move, Jess Jones has been activated from the Reserve Player list and has signed a standard player agreement. Jones, 33, appeared in five games for Toronto this season.
Toronto can advance to the Walter Cup Final with a victory in Minnesota on Wednesday night in Game 4.
The winner of this series will go on to meet Boston in the final.
In Game 3 of Toronto's best-of-five semifinal against Minnesota in May, the 33-year-old collided with Minnesota's Grace Zumwinkle and fell into the boards. Two days later, she was placed on the long-term injured reserve with a knee injury.
Toronto's PWHL team has suffered a big blow in its bid to win the inaugural Walter Cup. Star forward Natalie Spooner is out for the Professional Women's Hockey League playoffs with a knee injury, the team announced on social media Wednesday.
The Walter Cup is on the line tonight. pic.twitter.com/qj4zEYfjMU. — PWHL (@thepwhlofficial) May 26, 2024. The trophy is women's hockey's newest counterpart to the NHL's Stanley Cup, following the Clarkson Cup (Canadian Women's Hockey League) and Isobel Cup (National Women's Hockey League/ Premier Hockey Federation).
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