HALIFAX, NS (December 17, 2025) – A sold out crowd of 10,438 at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax were treated to a thrilling 2-1 shootout win for the Montréal Victoire over the Toronto Sceptres on Wednesday night in the DoorDash PWHL Takeover Tour™ presented by the Province of Nova Scotia. Ann-Renée Desbiens made a season-high 35 saves and turned aside all five shootout attempts, while captain Marie-Philip Poulin scored the shootout’s only goal to clinch a third straight win for Montréal, including two in a row over Toronto. Both goals in regulation were PWHL firsts for the scorers in the opening frame, beginning with Sceptres defender Anna Kjellbin at 3:26, then Victoire rookie forward Maya Labad at 12:16. Toronto had an opportunity to win the game in overtime on a breakaway chance by Emma Maltais, who beat Desbiens with her shot, just as a penalty was called against Renata Fast for interference to negate the goal. Raygan Kirk stopped 30 shots for the Sceptres in the loss. This was the second of three meetings this month between the Canadian rivals who will hit the Bell Centre ice on Dec. 27. Tonight’s game was also the first of two Takeover Tour games to be played in Halifax this season with the Ottawa Charge and Boston Fleet scheduled to battle on Jan. 11, 2026.