Chan scores first PWHL goal, Vancouver Goldeneyes hand Ottawa Charge 2-1 defeat
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VANCOUVER – Katie Chan scored her first PWHL goal in front of a hometown crowd and her Vancouver Goldeneyes edged the Ottawa Charge 2-1 on Tuesday.
Chan, who hails from the Vancouver suburb of Richmond, B.C., swatted a puck in from mid-air to give the Goldeneyes (3-3-0-0) the lead 7:40 into the game.
Fellow local product Jenn Gardiner of Surrey, B.C., doubled the lead 3:36 into the second, stealing a puck in the neutral zone, sprinting in for a breakaway and pinging a shot in off the crossbar for her second goal of the campaign.
Kristen Campbell stopped 32 of the 33 shots she faced and collected her first win in a Vancouver jersey.
Anna Shokhina scored the lone goal for the Charge (1-4-0-0), shovelling a shot in from the top of the crease 14:17 into the third.
Ottawa got 27 saves from Gwyneth Philips as they lost their third straight game.
The Charge’s last victory was a 5-1 home win over the Goldeneyes on Nov. 26.
TAKEAWAYS
Goldeneyes: After getting outscored 13-6 over their first three games, Vancouver’s defence has posted back-to-back wins behind solid defence and stellar goaltending. The team has outscored its opponents 6-1 across the two victories.
Charge: Pushed to level the score early in the third, outshooting the home side 4-1 over the first five minutes of the final frame. Despite the offensive onslaught, Ottawa couldn’t get a puck past Campbell until Shokhina scored late in the period.
KEY MOMENT
Ottawa got a prime chance to get on the board midway through the third when Rory Guilday got a short-handed breakaway. Campbell slid across her crease and took Guilday’s shot off the shoulder 8:17 into the final frame.
KEY STAT
The victory made the Goldeneyes the first team in PWHL history to win the first three home games of their inaugural season.
UP NEXT
Charge: Continue a five-game road swing Wednesday against the Seattle Torrent.
Goldeneyes: Host the Montreal Victoire on Saturday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 16, 2025.