By Michael Heilman

The NWHL closed out the 2019-20 regular season Sunday afternoon with two games as the Connecticut Whale took on the Minnesota Whitecaps from the Tria Rink and the Buffalo Beauts battled the Metropolitan Riveters from the ProSkate Arena.

Minnesota Whitecaps 3, Connecticut Whale 1

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The Whitecaps capped off the season with a win Sunday afternoon against Connecticut. Minnesota turned a couple of power-play opportunities into goals. Goals scored for Minnesota were Meghan Lorence, Nicole Schammel, and Audra Richards. The Whitecaps had a total of forty-two shots in the game. Goaltender Amanda Leveille nearly had a shutout, making forty-eight of forty-nine saves, allowing one goal.

Sarah Schwenzfeier was the only player who scored a goal for the Whale. Connecticut had forty-nine shots in the game while goaltender Sonjia Shelly finished the afternoon thirty-nine of forty-two saves allowing three goals.

Connecticut will begin the playoffs next Friday against the Buffalo Beauts at 8:30 pm from the Northtown Center. The Whitecaps will host the Metropolitan Riveters Sunday at 1:30 pm on the Tria Rink.

Buffalo Beauts 3, Metropolitan Riveters 1

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The Buffalo Beauts splits the final weekend of the regular season with a 3-1 win over the Riveters. The game was filled with penalties as the Beauts committed five penalties, and the Riveters committed six penalties. Goals scored for the Beauts were Erin Gehen, Corinne Buie, and Mikyla Grant-Mentis. The Beauts had a total of twenty-five shots in the game. Goaltender Lea-Kristine Demers almost had the shutout finishing the afternoon with thirty-six of thirty-seven saves allowing one goal.

The lone goal scored for the Riveters was Kate Leary. The Riveters had a total of thirty-seven shots on goal. Goaltender Sam Walther made twenty-two of twenty-four saves allowing two goals.

The Buffalo Beauts will take on the Connecticut Whale next Friday at 8:30 pm from the Northtown Center while the Riveters will head to Minnesota to take on the Whitecaps next Sunday at 1:30 pm.