defeating the Toronto Sceptres in dramatic fashion.<\/a><\/p>\nSeeded fourth, the Charge then rallied after losing Game 1 of their semifinal series against the second-seeded Boston Fleet with three straight wins, securing their second consecutive Walter Cup final appearance.<\/p>\n
The team\u2019s no-quit attitude is one of the key reasons why Ottawa continues to overcome the odds, said forward Rebecca Leslie.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been in these situations before, and we have crawled out of them. So we\u2019re excited for the challenge ahead,\u201d she said after Monday\u2019s pregame practice.<\/p>\n
Leslie says the Charge\u2019s focus for Game 3 will be finding ways to get shots on net and physically shutting down Montreal’s top players.<\/p>\n
‘The moments we’re built for’<\/p>\n
Every Walter Cup final game the Charge has played in has gone to overtime: both this year against Montreal, and all four in last year’s final against the Minnesota Frost.<\/p>\n
Head coach Carla MacLeod is predicting Game 3 to be another hard-fought battle.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of the day, these games are really tight and that\u2019s what you expect in a championship,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are the moments we\u2019re built for.”<\/p>\n
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What you need to know about Game 3<\/p>\n
The Charge\u2019s \u201cFan Zone\u201d is returning to outside the CTC, along with many of the team\u2019s pregame traditions.<\/p>\n
The area will open three hours before puck drop, giving fans plenty of time to enjoy discounted food, beverages and Charge merchandise before lining up along \u201cElectric Avenue\u201d to greet players as they enter the arena.<\/p>\n
There will also be face painting and poster making stations, along with free rides for all ages on the Thursty Pedaler’s party bike.<\/p>\n
OC Transpo will be running 400-series buses across the city that connect directly to the CTC.<\/p>\n
Some Ottawa bars will also chartering direct shuttles to the game, with spots like the Senate Tavern and Glebe Central Pub offering round trips.<\/p>\n
For fans without tickets, many restaurants and bars along Charge Avenue near Lansdowne Park will also be airing the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Walter Cup final is headed to the Canadian Tire Centre on Monday night as the Ottawa Charge…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[22612,22613,8810,10144,61,537,22611],"class_list":["post-50275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-charge-merchandise","tag-hometown-fans","tag-losing-game","tag-montreal-victoire","tag-ottawa","tag-ottawa-charge","tag-walter-cup-final"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}