The No. 6 seeded University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's hockey team defeated the No. 7 Université de Montréal Carabins 2-1 in the shootout in the U SPORTS semifinals on Saturday (Mar. 16) night in Saskatoon, Sask. 
 
The championship game will take place against the No. 1 ranked Concordia Stingers at Merlis Belsher Place in Saskatoon, Sask., on Sunday (Mar. 17) night. Puck drop is scheduled for 8 p.m. EST, and the game will be streamed live on CBC Sports digital platforms.
 
This marks the Blues first U SPORTS championship final appearance since 2003 when they took home the silver medal. 
 
"Our OUA conference is so difficult to get through, to get to this point and to make it to this championship game, it's amazing, and I am so proud of everybody," Varsity Blues head coach Vicky Sunohara said. 

The Blues were flying from the moment the puck was dropped and controlled possession in the early stages of the first period. Midway through the opening frame, Toronto was rewarded for their hot start as they put pressure on the Carabins in the offensive zone and third-year defender Kalie Chan walked the blueline and fired a shot through traffic past goaltender Aube Racine to give the Blues a 1-0 lead that they carried into first intermission. 
 
In the second period the Carabins were on the attack but thankfully, the Blues had Erica Fryer between the pipes. The fifth-year netminder made acrobatic saves to keep the Blues up by one going into the third period.
 
In the third period Montreal was able to get on the scoreboard as Juliette Rolland found the back of the net tying the game at one. 
 
Despite the Montreal goal, it didn't break the Blues and despite the game needing overtime, they played their brand of hockey throughout the remainder of the game. After 10 minutes of four-on-four overtime hockey, neither goalie could be solved as Fryer made some of the best of her 25 saves to force a shootout. 
 
The shootout went five rounds with first-year forward Ashley Delahey beating Racine glove side to put the game in the hands of Fryer, who slammed the door on Amelie Poire-Lehoux to send the Blues to the U SPORTS championship final.