2025–26 Minnesota Frost season

2025–26 Minnesota Frost
League1st PWHL
2025–26 record11–3–3–4
Home record7–0–2–1
Road record4–3–1–3
Goals for67
Goals against42
Team information
General managerMelissa Caruso[1]
CoachKen Klee[1]
CaptainKendall Coyne Schofield
Alternate captainsKelly Pannek
Lee Stecklein
ArenaGrand Casino Arena
Average attendance7,875
Team leaders
GoalsKelly Pannek (12)[2]
AssistsTaylor Heise (15)[2]
PointsBritta Curl-Salemme
Taylor Heise
Kelly Pannek (22)[2]
Penalty minutesBritta Curl-Salemme (14)[2]
Plus/minusLee Stecklein (+17)[2]
WinsMaddie Rooney (8)[3]
Goals against averageMaddie Rooney (1.90)[3]

The 2025–26 Minnesota Frost season is the team's third season as a member of the Professional Women's Hockey League. They play their home games at the Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Offseason

Coaching changes

On August 22, 2025, the Frost announced the hiring of Brianna Decker as an assistant coach. She previously served as an assistant coach for the United States women's national under-18 ice hockey team and will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as part of the 2025 class. Minnesota also announced the departure of assistant coach Mira Jalosuo.[4]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on October 8, 2025.[5]

Pre-season camp
Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Box Score/Recap
November 13 @ New York 5–2 Hensley Codey Arena [Recap 1]
November 14 @ New York 2–6 Rooney Codey Arena [Recap 2]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Minnesota Frost 21 11 3 3 4 67 42 +25 42
2 Montreal Victoire 20 10 4 1 5 52 30 +22 39
3 Boston Fleet 21 10 5 2 4 49 34 +15 42
4 Toronto Sceptres 22 8 1 5 8 43 55 −12 31
5 Ottawa Charge 21 5 6 1 9 51 60 −9 28
6 New York Sirens 21 8 0 3 10 49 57 −8 27
7 Vancouver Goldeneyes 21 6 1 4 10 41 51 −10 24
8 Seattle Torrent 21 5 1 2 13 41 64 −23 19
Updated to match(es) played on March 21, 2026. Source: PWHL

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on October 1, 2025.[6][7]

Regular season schedule (Home: 7–0–2–1; Road: 4–3–1–3)
November: 1–0–0–1, 3 points (Home: 0–0–0–1; Road: 1–0–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
1 November 21 Toronto 1–2 Rooney Grand Casino Arena 9,138 0–0–0–1 0 [Recap 3]
2 November 28 @ Seattle 3–0 Hensley Climate Pledge Arena 16,014 1–0–0–1 3 [Recap 4]
December: 3–1–1–1, 12 points (Home: 1–0–1–0; Road: 2–1–0–1)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
3 December 2 @ Ottawa 5–1 Hensley TD Place Arena 5,174 2–0–0–1 6 [Recap 5]
4 December 7 @ Boston 1–4 Rooney Agganis Arena 5,338 2–0–0–2 6 [Recap 6]
5 December 19 Boston 5–2 Hensley Grand Casino Arena 7,216 3–0–0–2 9 [Recap 7]
6 December 21 Ottawa 2–3 OT Hensley Allstate Arena 7,238 3–0–1–2 10 [Recap 8]
7 December 27 @ Vancouver 2–1 OT Rooney Rogers Place 10,264 3–1–1–2 12 [Recap 9]
8 December 30 @ Toronto 5–1 Hensley Coca-Cola Coliseum 8,318 4–1–1–2 15 [Recap 10]
January: 3–1–2–1, 13 points (Home: 3–0–1–0; Road: 0–1–1–1)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
9 January 3 @ Ottawa 2–5 Rooney TD Place Arena 8,235 4–1–1–3 15 [Recap 11]
10 January 4 @ Montreal 2–3 OT Rooney Place Bell 10,172 4–1–2–3 16 [Recap 12]
11 January 11 Seattle 6–2 Rooney Grand Casino Arena 9,787 5–1–2–3 19 [Recap 13]
12 January 16 @ New York 3–2 OT Hensley Prudential Center 4,244 5–2–2–3 21 [Recap 14]
13 January 21 Montreal 1–2 OT Hensley Grand Casino Arena 6,113 5–2–3–3 22 [Recap 15]
14 January 25 New York 6–2 Rooney Grand Casino Arena 7,752 6–2–3–3 25 [Recap 16]
15 January 28 Vancouver 4–1 Rooney Grand Casino Arena 5,249 7–2–3–3 28 [Recap 17]
March: 4–1–0–1, 14 points (Home: 3–0–0–0; Road: 1–1–0–1)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
16 March 1 @ Montreal 0–4 Hensley Place Bell 10,172 7–2–3–4 28 [Recap 18]
17 March 8 @ Toronto 3–2 OT Rooney Coca-Cola Coliseum 8,604 7–3–3–4 30 [Recap 19]
18 March 13 Seattle 4–1 Rooney Grand Casino Arena 11,120 8–3–3–4 33 [Recap 20]
19 March 15 New York 4–3 Hensley Ball Arena 15,512 9–3–3–4 36 [Recap 21]
20 March 18 Ottawa 5–0 Rooney Grand Casino Arena 6,673 10–3–3–4 39 [Recap 22]
21 March 21 @ Vancouver 3–1 Rooney Pacific Coliseum 10,366 11–3–3–4 42 [Recap 23]
22 March 25 Montreal Grand Casino Arena
23 March 29 Boston Grand Casino Arena
April: 0–0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0)
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Box Score/Recap
24 April 1 @ New York Prudential Center
25 April 4 Vancouver Grand Casino Arena
26 April 11 New York Grand Casino Arena
27 April 15 @ Boston Tsongas Center
28 April 19 Toronto Grand Casino Arena
29 April 22 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
30 April 25 @ Vancouver Pacific Coliseum

  Regulation Win (3 points)   Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Regulation Loss (0 points)


Player statistics

As of March 21, 2026[2]

Skaters

Regular Season[2]
Player GP G A Pts SOG +/− PIM
Kelly Pannek 21 12 10 22 45 +11 4
Britta Curl-Salemme 21 9 13 22 43 +13 14
Taylor Heise 21 7 15 22 53 +16 6
Kendall Coyne Schofield 15 10 6 16 48 +13 0
Grace Zumwinkle 21 9 6 15 57 +1 6
Kendall Cooper 21 1 12 13 35 +10 0
Abby Hustler 21 3 8 11 45 +15 8
Mae Batherson 21 2 9 11 28 +9 2
Katy Knoll 21 6 0 6 30 +8 12
Klára Hymlárová 21 2 4 6 19 –1 4
Sidney Morin 21 0 6 6 36 0 2
Denisa Křížová 21 1 4 5 29 +1 0
Lee Stecklein 19 0 5 5 27 +17 4
Dominique Petrie 10 2 1 3 27 –3 10
Claire Butorac 21 0 3 3 6 0 2
Peyton Anderson 20 1 1 2 22 –2 10
Natalie Buchbinder 21 1 1 2 12 +14 4
Madison Bizal 12 0 2 2 5 +1 0
Kaitlyn O'Donohoe 8 1 0 1 5 0 0
Élizabeth Giguère 5 0 1 1 2 –1 2
Brooke Becker 18 0 1 1 15 –1 8
Vanessa Upson 19 0 1 1 10 –1 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season[3]
Player GP TOI W L OT SOL GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Maddie Rooney 12 727:05 8 3 1 0 23 1.90 314 0.927 1 0 0 0
Nicole Hensley 9 546:01 6 1 2 0 18 1.98 263 0.932 1 0 0 0

Awards and honors

Milestones

Regular season
Date Player Milestone
November 21, 2025[Recap 3] Peyton Anderson 1st career PWHL game
1st career PWHL penalty
Kendall Cooper 1st career PWHL game
Abby Hustler
Vanessa Upson
Katy Knoll 30th career PWHL game
November 28, 2025[Recap 4] Kelly Pannek 10th career PWHL goal
Abby Hustler 1st career PWHL assist
Nicole Hensley 5th career PWHL shutout
Brooke Becker 1st career PWHL game
December 2, 2025[Recap 5] Kendall Coyne Schofield 1st career PWHL hat-trick
25th career PWHL goal
Lee Stecklein 20th career PWHL assist
Britta Curl-Salemme 10th career PWHL assist
December 19, 2025[Recap 7] Dominique Petrie 5th career PWHL goal
Denisa Křížová 10th career PWHL assist
Kendall Cooper 1st career PWHL assist
December 21, 2025[Recap 8] Mae Batherson 1st career PWHL goal
5th career PWHL assist
Kelly Pannek 30th career PWHL assist
December 27, 2025[Recap 9] Abby Hustler 1st career PWHL goal
December 30, 2025[Recap 10] Britta Curl-Salemme 15th career PWHL goal
Katy Knoll 5th career PWHL goal
Kendall Cooper 5th career PWHL assist
January 3, 2026[Recap 11] Brooke Becker 1st career PWHL penalty
January 4, 2026[Recap 12] Kendall Coyne Schofield 30th career PWHL assist
Abby Hustler 1st career PWHL penalty
January 11, 2026[Recap 13] Taylor Heise 20th career PWHL goal
40th career PWHL assist
Grace Zumwinkle 20th career PWHL goal
Britta Curl-Salemme 15th career PWHL assist
Sidney Morin
January 16, 2026[Recap 14] Kendall Coyne Schofield 30th career PWHL goal
January 21, 2026[Recap 15] Kelly Pannek 15th career PWHL goal
January 25, 2026[Recap 16] Mae Batherson 10th career PWHL assist
Abby Hustler 5th career PWHL assist
January 28, 2026[Recap 17] Kendall Cooper 1st career PWHL goal
Grace Zumwinkle 20th career PWHL assist
Brooke Becker 1st career PWHL assist
March 8. 2026[Recap 19] Denisa Křížová 10th career PWHL goal
March 13, 2026[Recap 20] Peyton Anderson 1st career PWHL goal
Claire Butorac 10th career PWHL assist
Kendall Cooper
March 15, 2026[Recap 21] Britta Curl-Salemme 20th career PWHL goal
Vanessa Upson 1st career PWHL assist
March 18, 2026[Recap 22] Kelly Pannek 20th career PWHL goal
Kaitlyn O'Donohoe 1st career PWHL goal
Madison Bizal 5th career PWHL assist
Maddie Rooney 5th career PWHL shutout

Three Star Awards

Main article: List of 2025–26 PWHL Player of the Week Awards

Player of the Week

Player of the Week recipients
Week Player
December 8, 2025[8][9] Kendall Coyne Schofield
March 9, 2026[10] Taylor Heise

Starting Six

The Starting Six is voted on each month by the Women's Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association (PHWA) and PWHL broadcast personnel.[11] The following are Minnesota Frost players who have been named to the Starting Six.

Starting Six players
Month Position Player
December[12] F Kendall Coyne Schofield
Britta Curl-Salemme
January[13] F Taylor Heise


Transactions

Draft

Main article: 2025 PWHL Draft

The 2025 PWHL Draft was held on June 24, 2025.[14]

Drafted prospect signings
Date Player Draft Term Ref
July 9, 2025 Kendall Cooper First round, sixth overall (2025) Two years [15][16]
July 17, 2025 Abby Hustler Second round, 14th overall (2025) Two years [17][18]
July 29, 2025 Anna Segedi Third round, 22nd overall (2025) Two years [19][20]
November 20, 2025 Vanessa Upson Fifth round, 38th overall (2025) One year [21][22]
Brooke Becker Sixth round, 46th overall (2025) One year [21][22]
Ava Rinker Fourth round, 30th overall (2025) Reserve player contract [21][22]

Free agent signings

Free agent signings
Date Player Position Term Previous team Ref
June 20, 2025 Sidney Morin D Two years Boston Fleet [23][24][25]
November 20, 2025 Madison Bizal D One year SDE Hockey (SDHL) [21][22]
Peyton Anderson F One year Northeastern University (HE) [21][22]
Élizabeth Giguère F Reserve player contract Ottawa Charge [21][22]

Contract extensions

Player contract extensions
Date Player Term Ref
June 16, 2025 Natalie Buchbinder Two years [26][27]
June 17, 2025 Maddie Rooney Three years [28][29][30]
June 22, 2025 Mae Batherson Two years [31][29]
Claire Butorac One year [31][29]
June 27, 2025 Katy Knoll One year [32][29]
July 17, 2025 Marlène Boissonnault One year [33]
August 6, 2025 Dominique Petrie Two years [34]
October 6, 2025 Britta Curl-Salemme Two years [35][36]
November 20, 2025 Kaitlyn O'Donohoe Reserve player contract[a] [21][22]

Trades

Trades involving the Frost
Date Details Ref
November 19, 2025 To Minnesota Frost
Denisa Křížová 		To Vancouver Goldeneyes
Anna Segedi 		[37][38]

Reserve activations

Reserve player activations
Date Activated player Absent player Notes Ref
January 8, 2026 Kaitlyn O'Donohoe Dominique Petrie LTIR [39]

Notes

  1. ^ Was a reserve player for the 2024–25 season.

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