OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — It took until the 26th game of the season but thanks to a Natalie Snodgrass power-play goal, the Seattle Torrent picked up their first regulation road win Wednesday night beating the Ottawa Charge 5-3.
Snodgrass scored from the top circle with 1:21 remaining in regulation, and Cayla Barnes added an empty-netter to seal the win just over a minute later.
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Ottawa Charge goaltender Gwyneth Philips (33) makes the save as Seattle Torrent's Natalie Snodgrass (8) looks for the puck during second period PWHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Ottawa Charge's Gabbie Hughes (17) reacts after scoring against the Seattle Torrent during third period PWHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Seattle Torrent's Danielle Serdachny (92) celebrates her goal against the Ottawa Charge during second period PWHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (ustin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Seattle Torrent's Hilary Knight (centre) celebrates the team's win against the Ottawa Charge after third period PWHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Wednesday’s game marked the Charge’s first back at TD Place since March 4.
Tied 2-2 heading into the third period, Danielle Serdachny, a former Charge player, scored her second of the game 2:02 into the period to give the Torrent a 3-2 lead, beating Gwyneth Philips, who stopped 29 shots.
But the Charge pressed hard and Gabbie Hughes tied it on an impressive individual effort midway through the third. Hughes took a pass at the top of the slot, cut through and on one knee, backhanded it past Corinne Schroeder, who made 36 saves.
Hughes had a great chance late in the third on a short-handed breakaway but was unable to capitalize.
The Torrent took a 2-1 lead when Serdachny played a little give-and-go with Julia Gosling and Serdachny beat Philips five-hole at 5:31 of the second period.
Ottawa tied it on the power play at 9:46 of the second. Rebecca Leslie dropped a pass back to Katerina Mrazova who went bar down for her second of the season.
The Charge opened the scoring at 1:54 when Stephanie Markowski took advantage of a turnover and found Fanuza Kadirova out front who beat Schroeder glove side.
Seattle nearly tied it when Gabrielle Davis’ backhand rang off one post and the other. The Torrent evened things at 13:09 when Jada Habisch, with her first in the PWHL, redirected a Megan Carter shot.
Torrent: Visit the Vancouver Goldeneyes on Thursday.
Charge: Visit the Toronto Sceptres on Saturday.
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Ottawa Charge goaltender Gwyneth Philips (33) makes the save as Seattle Torrent's Natalie Snodgrass (8) looks for the puck during second period PWHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Ottawa Charge's Gabbie Hughes (17) reacts after scoring against the Seattle Torrent during third period PWHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Seattle Torrent's Danielle Serdachny (92) celebrates her goal against the Ottawa Charge during second period PWHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (ustin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Seattle Torrent's Hilary Knight (centre) celebrates the team's win against the Ottawa Charge after third period PWHL hockey action in Ottawa, on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii anesthesiologist who was accused of trying to murder his wife on a cliffside hike last year has been convicted of the lesser charge of attempted manslaughter.
A Honolulu jury returned the verdict against Gerhardt Konig, 47, on Wednesday after a day of deliberations. The crime he was convicted of, attempted manslaughter based on extreme mental or emotional disturbance, carries up to 20 years in prison. Sentencing was set for Aug. 13.
Thomas Otake, his attorney, said he planned to appeal. Nevertheless, Otake said the defense respected the jury's verdict.
“We are thankful that they did not convict him of attempted murder, which would have been life in prison,” Otake said. “We look forward to an appeal related to some of the judge's rulings throughout the case.”
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Distraught over her relationship with a coworker, Konig planned to kill his wife, Arielle Konig, during a weekend trip to Honolulu for her birthday in March 2025, prosecutors said. They said he tried to push her off a cliff and stab her with a syringe, and when that didn't work, he struck her with a rock. The attack was interrupted by two hikers who heard her cries for help.
The defendant testified that it was his wife who first hit him with a rock, and he hit her back in self-defense.
Under Hawaii law, if jurors find that someone committed the elements of murder or attempted murder, they then consider whether the defendant acted in self defense or under the influence of extreme mental or emotional disturbance. If they find that the defendant was influenced by such mental or emotional disturbance, and that there was a reasonable explanation for the disturbance, the charge is reduced to attempted manslaughter.
Konig stood as the jury's foreperson announced the verdict, then closed his eyes and lowered his face. His parents declined to comment to reporters afterward. Arielle Konig was not in court.
During closing arguments, the doctor’s lawyer repeatedly sought to cast doubt on Arielle Konig’s account.
If Gerhardt Konig had wanted to kill his wife and had access to a syringe in a remote area, attorney Thomas Otake suggested to jurors during closing arguments, wouldn’t he have drugged her and then thrown her from the cliff, rather than having started a scuffle before attempting to fill the syringe as he was wrestling with her?
“You would use the syringe first,” Otake said. “It makes no sense.”
The trial started last month, nearly a year after Gerhardt and Arielle Konig went on a hike on the Pali Puka trail in Honolulu that ended with her bloodied and screaming that he had tried to kill her.
Their two young sons stayed home on Maui while the Konigs were on the trip.
The trial, with testimony livestreamed by Court TV, has aired the couple’s marital problems leading up to the hike, along with their versions of what happened on the trail.
Gerhardt Konig testified that his wife was having an affair, which he confirmed by unlocking her phone while she slept. The relationship, which Arielle Konig characterized as an “emotional affair” involving flirty messages with a coworker, came up during the hike.
Arielle Konig testified that her husband grabbed her and moved her toward the cliff’s edge, but she threw herself on the ground in an attempt to hold on. He straddled her and had a syringe in his hand, she said, but she batted it away. She bit his forearm and squeezed his testicles in an attempt to get him off her, she said.
Her husband denied pushing her toward the edge and testified that she hit him with a rock on the side of his face. He wrestled the rock away and hit her with it twice in self-defense, he said.
Gerhardt Konig also denied having any syringes on the mountain or trying to stab his wife. His defense attorney said no syringe was found at the scene because he never had one.
Otake said Gerhardt Konig was not someone who would try to commit murder, but someone who was struggling with infidelity and trying to do his best. Otake quoted from a heart-shaped birthday card Gerhardt Konig had written to his wife, calling her “the heart of our family” and saying, “The kids and I hit the jackpot with you.”
Gerhardt Konig testified that as he watched his wife crawl away, he believed his marriage and career were over, and he decided to jump to his death. But first, he called his adult son from a previous marriage. The son told authorities that his father said he “tried to kill your stepmom” — a confession Gerhardt Konig denied having made.
Konig testified that he called his son to say good-bye.
During that call, the defendant made no reference to having struck his wife in self-defense, deputy prosecutor Joel Garner said.
He spent about eight hours hiding on the mountain before deciding to come down, and even then, he tried to flee when confronted by police, Garner said.
His wife has since filed for divorce.
FILE - Hawaii doctor Gerhardt Konig appears before a judge via video during an arraignment hearing after being indicted on allegation of attempting to kill his wife, April 7, 2025, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)
Defense attorney Thomas Otake delivers closing arguments during the attempted murder trial of Gerhardt Konig, in a courtroom, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin, Pool)
Gerhardt Konig, left, talks to his defense lawyer Thomas Otake after closing arguments in his attempted murder trial in a courtroom, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin, Pool)
Deputy Prosecutor Joel Garner holds a rock as evidence while presenting closing arguments during the attempted murder trial of Gerhardt Konig in a courtroom, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin, Pool)
Gerhardt Konig appears in court before closing arguments in his attempted murder trial, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin, Pool)
