TORONTO — One young fan, just a few rows back of the action, held up a homemade sign that perfectly explained the energy at Saturday’s third annual Battle on Bay Street.
“We cheer for the Sceptres and Sarah Nurse.”
Of course, the Toronto crowd was ecstatic when Daryl Watts ruined Sarah Nurse’s ideal return game with an overtime winner, but it was still something special to see the toronto Sceptres’ former superstar make her return from injury with a goal in just her second game of the season while on a stage like Scotiabank Arena.
“I mean it’s a little dramatic to come back after two months in Toronto at Scotiabank,so I knew I wanted to make an impact on the ice,” Nurse said after scoring the tying goal in her first game back.
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With just her third shot after injury, Nurse found the back of the net. The star forward missed 11 straight games following an upper-body injury she suffered in her first game as a Goldeneye on Nov. 21. She’s recorded a goal in both of her games with the new expansion team.
“I knew today, I’m coming back, I’m named to an Olympic team, and I’ve played one game this year, and so I know that they’re going to be watching me like a hawk. I wanted to come on and make sure I showed them why I deserved to be on that team and how I can make an impact on this team,” Nurse explained.
The marquee matchup was just as importent for the slumping Sceptres as it was for the Goldeneyes. After matching their franchise record for consecutive games lost with four against the Fleet on Wednesday, Toronto needed a night that could turn things around instead of one that would make disappointing history.
Watts finished with a game-high eight
