The PWHL assessed Minnesota Frost forward Britta Curl-Salemme a one-game suspension on Friday for an illegal check to the head of Toronto defenseman Renata Fast in Game 1 of their semifinal playoff series.

The PWHL assessed Minnesota Frost forward Britta Curl-Salemme a one-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Toronto defenseman Renata Fast in Game 1 of their semifinal playoff series.

The Frost will be without a key piece in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series in Toronto after the PWHL suspended winger Britta Curl-Salemme one game for a hit she delivered in Game 1. The PWHL Player Safety Committee handed down the suspension, the third of Curl-Salemme’s rookie season, on Friday morning.