The Minnesota Frost are a professional ice hockey team in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). Their first draft pick was Taylor Heise, selected first overall in the 2023 PWHL draft. The Frost have participated in two PWHL drafts and have drafted 22 players. [1] [2]
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Minnamari "Minttu" Tuominen is a Finnish ice hockey player. She plays in the Auroraliiga with Kiekko-Espoo. A member of the Finnish national ice hockey team since 2008, she has earned medals at three Winter Olympic Games and five IIHF Women's World Championships.
Kendall Coyne Schofield is an American professional ice hockey player and captain for the Minnesota Frost and the United States national team. With the national team, she has won six gold medals at the IIHF World Women's Championships and the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. In 2016, she was the winner of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. In January 2017, Coyne was recognized as the recipient of the NCAA Today's Top 10 Award.
Lee Ethel Stecklein is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Minnesota Frost of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and a former member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. Stecklein first represented the United States at the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, and went on to play at the Winter Olympics in 2014, 2018 and 2022. She played college ice hockey at Minnesota. Stecklein is the only player to win both the NCAA national championship and the IIHF World Women's Championship three times.
Susanna Jenni "Suski" Tapani is a Finnish multi-sport athlete who competes in ice hockey, ringette, and in-line hockey. She plays professional ice hockey in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) with the Boston Fleet and is a member of both the Finnish national ice hockey team and Finnish national ringette team.
Denisa Křížová is a Czech ice hockey player for the Minnesota Frost of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and a member of the Czech Republic women's national ice hockey team.
Michela Cava is a Canadian ice hockey centre for the Minnesota Frost of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
Sydney Jane Brodt is an American ice hockey player and member of the U.S. national ice hockey team, currently playing for the Minnesota Frost in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
Sophie Jaques is a Canadian ice hockey defender for the Minnesota Frost of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She was selected tenth overall by PWHL Boston in the 2023 PWHL Draft. Jaques played college ice hockey at Ohio State and won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2023.
The Professional Women's Hockey League is a professional women's ice hockey league in North America, wholly owned and operated by the Mark Walter Group. It consists of six franchises, three each from Canada and the United States, who play a regular season to earn one of four places in a postseason tournament that determines the winner of the Walter Cup. Differences between the PWHL and other North American professional hockey leagues include a 3-2-1-0 points system, terminations of penalties following a short-handed goal, best-of-five shootouts, and greater restrictions on body checking. The league's matches are broadcast nationally in Canada by the CBC and TSN, their French-language affiliates Radio-Canada and RDS, and Sportsnet. In the United States, it is broadcast in syndication, while worldwide it is streamed on YouTube.
The 2023–24 PWHL season was the first season of operation of the Professional Women's Hockey League, and began play on January 1, 2024. Six teams competed during the inaugural season, located in Montreal, Toronto, New York, Boston, Ottawa, and Minneapolis–Saint Paul. The season culminated in a two-round best-of-five playoff including the top four teams to determine the season champion. PWHL Toronto topped the regular season standings with 17 wins and 47 points. In the playoffs, PWHL Minnesota won the inaugural Walter Cup, defeating PWHL Boston in a 5-game series for the title.
The Minnesota Frost are a professional ice hockey team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. They are one of the six charter franchises of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). In 2024, the Frost won the PWHL's inaugural Walter Cup championship. Along with the other five team identities, their branding was unveiled on September 9, 2024, prior to that date they were known as PWHL Minnesota.
The Boston Fleet are a professional ice hockey team based in Lowell, Massachusetts. They are one of the six charter franchises of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
The 2023 PWHL draft was the first draft in Professional Women's Hockey League history, and took place on September 18, 2023, at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, Ontario.
The 2023–24 PWHL Minnesota season was the team's inaugural season as a member of the newly created Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). They played their home games at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The 2024–25 PWHL season is the upcoming second season of operation of the Professional Women's Hockey League. Six teams will compete during the season, located in Boston, Minnesota, Montreal, New York, Ottawa, and Toronto.
The 2024–25 Minnesota Frost season will be the team's second season as a member of the Professional Women's Hockey League. They play their home games at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
