Beauts sink Whale in home opener

The 2018-19 Buffalo Beauts home opener against the Connecticut Whale could not have been scripted any better if it were a Disney movie. The home team was superior to its opponent in almost every aspect of the game - something that fans of the Queen City are getting used to seeing from its most dominant sports club. The 7-0 victory marks the first back-to-back shutouts in team history, with Shannon Szabados getting her first in her professional women’s hockey career.

For the second consecutive game, the Beauts relented play to the Whale for the first several minutes of the game, even allowing the team to get a lead on shots before rookie and recent National Team Development Camp selection,…