The Ottawa Charge and Minnesota Frost rallied together around a cause greater than their game on Tuesday night.

The two teams honoured Charge coach Carla MacLeod’s breast cancer diagnosis by both wearing pink clothing and ribbons ahead of the matchup.

MacLeod, also head coach of Czechia’s national women’s hockey team, announced the diagnosis in a statement by the PWHL on Sunday. She said in the statement: “I want everyone to know that I’m going to be OK.”

“I’m incredibly fortunate to have an exceptional medical team guiding me, and together we have built a treatment plan that gives me tremendous confidence in the road ahead,” she wrote. “There are still some variables to be determined as we move forward, but my goal — without question — is to be behind the bench as often as possible.”

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