# 2024–25 Minnesota Frost season

The 2024–25 Minnesota Frost season is 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.

## Offseason

* On June 7, 2024, one week after winning the league's inaugural championship and with only days before the draft, it was reported the general manager Natalie Darwitz would not return for the 2024–25 season. Darwitz was instead offered alternative options within the league.

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Victoire | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 44 |
| 2 | Boston Fleet | 23 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 63 | 53 | +10 | 38 |
| 3 | Toronto Sceptres | 23 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 58 | +2 | 36 |
| 4 | Minnesota Frost | 25 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 68 | 67 | +1 | 35 |
| 5 | Ottawa Charge | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 52 | 65 | −13 | 30 |
| 6 | New York Sirens | 23 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 56 | 65 | −9 | 27 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on October 1, 2024.
All times in Central Time.
Pre-season camp
DateTimeVisitorScoreHomeOTNotesBox Score/Recap
November 201:15Toronto1–3Minnesota@ Ford Performance Centre
November 211:30Minnesota4–3New YorkOT@ Ford Performance Centre :

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was announced on October 15, 2024. The Frost's season will begin on December 1, 2024, and will end on May 3, 2025, with each team playing 30 games; six games against every opponent.
Regular season schedule (Home: 4–3–1–4; Road: 3–2–3–5) :
December: 3–1–1–1, 12 points (Home: 1–0–1–1; Road: 2–1–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1December 1New York3–4OTHensleyXcel Energy Center8,0220–0–1–01
2December 4@ Boston2–1RooneyTsongas Center3,8111–0–1–04
3December 7@ Toronto6–3RooneyCoca-Cola Coliseum7,5842–0–1–07
4December 19Ottawa5–2RooneyXcel Energy Center4,6863–0–1–010
5December 22@ New York4–3SOHensleyPrudential Center2,7223–1–1–012
6December 28Montreal2–3RooneyXcel Energy Center8,7263–1–1–112 :
January: 2–3–1–3, 13 points (Home: 2–3–0–2; Road: 0–0–1–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
7January 2Boston4–3OTHensleyXcel Energy Center5,0663–2–1–114
8January 4New York0–5MorganXcel Energy Center6,4143–2–1–214
9January 8Boston2–1OTRooneyXcel Energy Center4,2483–3–1–216
10January 12Montreal4–2RooneyBall Arena14,0184–3–1–219
11January 15@ New York2–3SORooneyPrudential Center1,7804–3–2–220
12January 17@ Montreal2–4HensleyPlace Bell10,1724–3–2–320
13January 21Ottawa0–1RooneyXcel Energy Center4,1654–3–2–420
14January 26Boston5–2HensleyXcel Energy Center7,8385–3–2–423
15January 28Toronto4–3SORooneyXcel Energy Center4,5405–4–2–425 :
February: 1–0–1–3, 4 points (Home: 0–0–0–1; Road: 1–0–1–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
16February 11@ Toronto2–3OTRooneyCoca-Cola Coliseum8,1835–4–3–426
17February 13@ Ottawa3–8HensleyTD Place Arena5,8545–4–3–526
18February 16@ Boston2–4RooneyTsongas Center6,0325–4–3–626
19February 18@ Montreal4–0RooneyPlace Bell6,6966–4–3–629
20February 23Toronto2–1RooneyXcel Energy Center8,7706–4–3–729 :
March: 1–1–1–2, 6 points (Home: 1–0–0–0; Road: 0–1–1–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
21March 4@ Montreal1–2SORooneyPlace Bell8,9236–4–4–730
22March 7Ottawa5–0RooneyLenovo Center10,7827–4–4–733
23March 9@ Toronto2–1OTHensleyCoca-Cola Coliseum8,5107–5–4–735
24March 11@ Ottawa2–3RooneyTD Place Arena5,8517–5–4–835
25March 16@ New York1–4HensleyLittle Caesars Arena14,2887–5–4–935
26March 26Montreal–Xcel Energy Center
27March 30Toronto–Xcel Energy Center :
April: 0–0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
28April 26New York–Xcel Energy Center
29April 30@ Ottawa–TD Place Arena :
May: 0–0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
30May 3Boston–Tsongas Center :
Regulation Win (3 points)
  Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
  Regulation Loss (0 points) :

## Player statistics

    As of March 16, 2025

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | SOG | +/− | PIM |
| Kendall Coyne Schofield | 25 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 69 | +9 | 4 |
| Taylor Heise | 24 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 62 | 0 | 4 |
| Sophie Jaques | 20 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 59 | +5 | 8 |
| Claire Thompson | 25 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 0 | 8 |
| Michela Cava | 25 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 46 | +9 | 6 |
| Britta Curl-Salemme | 23 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 54 | +1 | 18 |
| Brooke McQuigge | 24 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 32 | +1 | 19 |
| Kelly Pannek | 25 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 47 | +2 | 12 |
| Denisa Křížová | 25 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 43 | +3 | 6 |
| Dominique Petrie | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 24 | –1 | 0 |
| Grace Zumwinkle | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 39 | –9 | 0 |
| Mellissa Channell-Watkins | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Claire Butorac | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | –1 | 8 |
| Lee Stecklein | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 28 | –1 | 6 |
| Brooke Bryant | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | –1 | 6 |
| Liz Schepers | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 26 | –2 | 0 |
| Mae Batherson | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | +9 | 6 |
| Katy Knoll | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | –2 | 6 |
| Maggie Flaherty | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | –5 | 12 |
| Natalie Buchbinder | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | –1 | 2 |
| Klára Hymlárová | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | –1 | 4 |
| Charlotte Akervik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 0 |
| Kaitlyn O'Donohoe | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | –2 | 0 |

### Goaltenders
## Awards and honors
### Milestones

Regular season :
| Date | Player | Milestone |
| December 1, 2024 | Kelly Pannek | 15th career PWHL assist |
| December 1, 2024 | Dominique Petrie | 1st career PWHL goal |
| December 1, 2024 | Dominique Petrie | 1st career PWHL game |
| December 1, 2024 | Britta Curl-Salemme | 1st career PWHL assist |
| December 1, 2024 | Britta Curl-Salemme | 1st career PWHL game |
| December 1, 2024 | Claire Thompson | 1st career PWHL assist |
| December 1, 2024 | Claire Thompson | 1st career PWHL game |
| December 1, 2024 | Klára Hymlárová | 1st career PWHL game |
| December 1, 2024 | Brooke McQuigge | 1st career PWHL game |
| December 4, 2024 | Michela Cava | 10th career PWHL goal |
| December 7, 2024 | Britta Curl-Salemme | 1st career PWHL goal |
| December 7, 2024 | Klára Hymlárová | 1st career PWHL assist |
| December 7, 2024 | Mae Batherson | 1st career PWHL penalty |
| December 7, 2024 | Mae Batherson | 1st career PWHL game |
| December 7, 2024 | Kendall Coyne Schofield | 15th career PWHL assist |
| December 7, 2024 | Taylor Heise | 15th career PWHL assist |
| December 7, 2024 | Katy Knoll | 1st career PWHL game |
| December 19, 2024 | Grace Zumwinkle | 15th career PWHL goal |
| December 19, 2024 | Kelly Pannek | 5th career PWHL goal |
| December 19, 2024 | Claire Thompson | 1st career PWHL goal |
| December 19, 2024 | Claire Thompson | 5th career PWHL assist |
| December 19, 2024 | Britta Curl-Salemme | 1st career PWHL penalty |
| December 22, 2024 | Kendall Coyne Schofield | 10th career PWHL goal |
| December 22, 2024 | Taylor Heise | 10th career PWHL goal |
| December 28, 2024 | Brooke McQuigge | 1st career PWHL goal |
| December 28, 2024 | Claire Butorac | 5th career PWHL assist |
| December 28, 2024 | Claire Thompson | 1st career PWHL penalty |
| December 28, 2024 | Charlotte Akervik | 1st career PWHL game |
| January 2, 2025 | Britta Curl-Salemme | 1st career overtime goal |
| January 2, 2025 | Lee Stecklein | 10th career PWHL assist |
| January 2, 2025 | Claire Butorac | 5th career PWHL assist |
| January 2, 2025 | Mae Batherson | 1st career PWHL assist |
| January 4, 2025 | Lucy Morgan | 1st career PWHL loss |
| January 4, 2025 | Lucy Morgan | 1st career PWHL game |
| January 4, 2025 | Katy Knoll | 1st career PWHL penalty |
| January 4, 2025 | Kaitlyn O'Donohoe | 1st career PWHL game |
| January 12, 2025 | Britta Curl-Salemme | 5th career PWHL goal |
| January 12, 2025 | Sophie Jaques | 5th career PWHL goal |
| January 12, 2025 | Sophie Jaques | 15th career PWHL assist |
| January 12, 2025 | Denisa Křížová | 5th career PWHL assist |
| January 15, 2025 | Mellissa Channell-Watkins | 1st career PWHL goal |
| January 17, 2025 | Taylor Heise | 20th career PWHL assist |
| January 17, 2025 | Claire Thompson | 10th career PWHL assist |
| January 26, 2025 | Katy Knoll | 1st career PWHL goal |
| January 26, 2025 | Katy Knoll | 1st career PWHL asist |
| January 26, 2025 | Kendall Coyne Schofield | 20th career PWHL assist |
| January 26, 2025 | Michela Cava | 10th career PWHL assist |
| January 26, 2025 | Mellissa Channell-Watkins | 10th career PWHL assist |
| January 28, 2025 | Michela Cava | 15th career PWHL goal |
| January 28, 2025 | Brooke McQuigge | 1st career PWHL assist |
| February 11, 2025 | Klára Hymlárová | 1st career PWHL penalty |
| February 16, 2025 | Brooke McQuigge | 5th career PWHL goal |
| February 16, 2025 | Sophie Jaques | 20th career PWHL assist |
| February 16, 2025 | Kelly Pannek | 20th career PWHL assist |
| February 18, 2025 | Kendall Coyne Schofield | 15th career PWHL goal |
| February 18, 2025 | Dominique Petrie | 1st career PWHL assist |
| March 7, 2025 | Grace Zumwinkle | 10th career PWHL assist |
| March 7, 2025 | Britta Curl-Salemme | 5th career PWHL assist |
| March 11, 2025 | Taylor Heise | 15th career PWHL goal |

### Honors

* December 9, 2024: Michela Cava was named the Second Star of the Week
* December 23, 2024: Claire Thompson and Kendall Coyne Schofield were awarded the First and Third Stars of the Week

## Transactions

Minnesota has been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 PWHL season.

### Signings

Players the Minnesota Frost have signed :
| Date | Player | Position | Term | Previous Team |
| June 21, 2024 | Michela Cava | F | 1 year | Minnesota Frost |
| June 21, 2024 | Denisa Křížová | F | 1 year | Minnesota Frost |
| June 21, 2024 | Liz Schepers | F | 1 year | Minnesota Frost |
| June 21, 2024 | Britta Curl | F | 2 years | Wisconsin |
| June 21, 2024 | Klára Hymlárová | F | 2 years | St. Cloud State |
| August 2, 2024 | Claire Thompson | D | 2 years | Team Sonnet |
* ↑ This represents a 1-year extension to the 2-year contract Křížová signed prior to the inaugural PWHL season.

## Draft picks

Below are Minnesota's selections at the 2024 PWHL Draft, which was held on June 10, 2024, at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul.
Minnesota Frost 2024 draft picks :
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
| 1 | 3 | Claire Thompson | D | Canada | Did not play |
| 2 | 9 | Britta Curl | F | United States | Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA) |
| 3 | 15 | Klára Hymlárová | F | Czech Republic | St. Cloud State Huskies (WCHA) |
| 4 | 21 | Brooke McQuigge | F | Canada | Clarkson Golden Knights (ECAC) |
| 5 | 27 | Dominique Petrie | F | United States | Clarkson Golden Knights (ECAC) |
| 6 | 33 | Mae Batherson | D | Canada | St. Lawrence Saints (ECAC) |
| 7 | 39 | Katy Knoll | F | United States | Northeastern Huskies (Hockey East) |