Brianne Jenner’s four-point night leads Charge past Goldeneyes 5-1

By Canadian Press on November 26, 2025.

OTTAWA —
Ottawa Charge captain Brianne Jenner had two goals and two assists in a 5-1 win over the Vancouver Goldeneyes on Wednesday night.

Mannon McMahon, Anna Meixner and Rebecca Leslie also scored as Ottawa (1-0-0-1) responded after being shut out 4-0 by the New York Sirens in their season opener.

Rory Guilday and Gabbie Hughes had two assists, and Gwyneth Philips made 18 saves.

Claire Thompson scored the lone goal for Vancouver (0-1-0-1) and former Charge netminder Emerance Maschmeyer stopped 30 shots.

The expansion franchise won its first game 4-3 in overtime over the Seattle Torrent on Friday.

A strong third period capped a solid night for Ottawa. Leslie made no mistake in the early minutes, beating Maschmeyer to give the Charge a 3-0 lead.

Thompson fired a shot that beat Philips high glove-side to make it 3-1, but with 5:22 remaining Anna Meixner grabbed a loose puck and scored through traffic. Jenner added her second, a jailbreak-break goal, in an empty net.

McMahon’s first of the season extended Ottawa’s lead midway through the second. Stephanie Markowski picked off a clear at centre and found Hughes, who slid a pass to McMahon at the top of the slot.

Jenner opened the scoring on the power play after Goldeneyes defender Emma Greco took a major penalty for a hit to the head of Ottawa’s Peyton Hemp just two minutes into the game.

Vancouver’s lineup featured three former Charge players, including Maschmeyer, defender Ashton Bell and forward Tereza Vanisova.

Anna Shokhina, Ottawa’s second-round pick, made her PWHL debut Wednesday. Joined by sixth-round pick Fanuza Kadirova, the pair are the first two players from Russia in PWHL history.

Takeaways

Charge: Getting the first goal allowed Ottawa to play with confidence and set the tone for the game.

Goldeneyes: Vancouver struggled to match Ottawa’s momentum and was often pinned in its own end.

Key moment

Ottawa took advantage of a major penalty and scored a power-play goal in the first period.

Up next

Charge: Host the Minnesota Frost on Tuesday.

Goldeneyes: Visit the New York Sirens on Saturday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 26, 2025.

Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press