# 2022–23 Minnesota Whitecaps season

The 2022–23 Minnesota Whitecaps season is the team's fifth year as a member of the Premier Hockey Federation. Before this season, they moved to their new home rink at Richfield Ice Arena. The Whitecaps started the season on Saturday, November 5th at Canlan Ice Sports – York, losing to the Toronto Six in overtime.

## Offseason

On May 17, 2022, the Whitecaps announced that Jack Brodt, who co-founded the team in 2004, would take a position with NLTT Hockey, the company who bought the Whitecaps last season. Ronda Curtin Engelhardt took over as sole head coach of the team.
On July 29, 2022, the Whitecaps announced that they would move from TRIA Rink to Richfield Ice Arena.
On August 21, 2022, Chi-Yin Tse was named as the new general manager for the Whitecaps.

## Schedule and results
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Boston Pride | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 92 | 52 | +40 | 54 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Toronto Six | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 87 | 62 | +25 | 51 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Connecticut Whale | 24 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 83 | 66 | +17 | 43 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Minnesota Whitecaps | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 33 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Metropolitan Riveters | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 64 | 79 | −15 | 30 | |
| 6 | Montreal Force | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 23 | |
| 7 | Buffalo Beauts | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 50 | 95 | −45 | 18 | |
Notes
* ↑ A win in regulation time is awarded 3 points, 2 points are awarded for an overtime/shootout win, 1 point is awarded for an overtime/shootout loss, 0 points are awarded for a regulation loss
* ↑ Tiebreaker order is: points, head-to-head record, regulation wins, wins, goal difference

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on Monday, September 19, 2022. All times shown as US Central time.
Regular season schedule (Home: 3–8–1; Road: 7–3–2) :
November: 0–2–2, 2 points (Home: 0–1–1; Road: 0–1–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsBox Score/Recap
1November 5@ Toronto Six2–3OTLeveilleCanlan Ice Sports – York0–0–11
2November 6@ Toronto Six2–3LeveilleCanlan Ice Sports – York0–1–11
3November 18Boston Pride0–2LeveilleRichfield Ice Arena0–2–11
4November 19Boston Pride4–5OTLeveilleRichfield Ice Arena0–2–22 :
December 4–2–0, 12 points (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 1–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsBox Score/Recap
5December 3Metropolitan Riveters4–3LeveilleRichfield Ice Arena1–2–25
6December 4Metropolitan Riveters4–1LeveilleRichfield Ice Arena2–2–28
7December 9@ Connecticut Whale0–2LeveilleInternational Skating Center of CT2–3–28
8December 10@ Connecticut Whale4–3LeveilleInternational Skating Center of CT3–3–211
9December 17Montreal Force5–2LeveilleRichfield Ice Arena4–3–214
10December 18Montreal Force1–4LeveilleRichfield Ice Arena4–4–214 :
January 4–0–0, 12 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 4–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsBox Score/Recap
11January 7@ Buffalo Beauts4–1BrennemanNorthtown Center5–4–217
12January 8@ Buffalo Beauts5–3LeveilleNorthtown Center6–4–220
13January 14@ Metropolitan Riveters3–2LeveilleThe Rink at American Dream7–4–223
14January 15@ Metropolitan Riveters4–1LeveilleThe Rink at American Dream8–4–226 :
February 2–4–0, 6 points (Home: 0–4–0; Road: 2–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsBox Score/Recap
–February 4@ Montreal ForceArena regional de la riviere-du-NordPostponed due to inclement weather; rescheduled for February 6.
15February 5@ Montreal Force4–1LeveilleArena regional de la riviere-du-Nord9–4–229
16February 6@ Montreal Force3–2LeveilleArena regional de la riviere-du-Nord10–4–232Rescheduled from February 4.
17February 18Buffalo Beauts2–4BrennemanRichfield Ice Arena10–5–232
18February 19Buffalo Beauts0–1BrennemanRichfield Ice Arena10–6–232
19February 25Toronto Six0–1BrennemanRichfield Ice Arena10–7–232
20February 26Toronto Six1–7BrennemanRichfield Ice Arena10–8–232 :
March 0–3–1, 1 point (Home: 0–2–0; Road: 0–1–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsBox Score/Recap
21March 3@ Boston Pride4–5SOBrennemanWarrior Ice Arena10–8–333
22March 4@ Boston Pride1–5BrennemanWarrior Ice Arena10–9–333
23March 11Connecticut Whale0–3LeveilleRichfield Ice Arena10–10–333
24March 12Connecticut Whale1–3LeveilleRichfield Ice Arena10–11–333 :
Regulation Win (3 points)
  Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
  Regulation Loss (0 points) :

### Playoffs

The Whitecaps ended the regular season as the fourth-ranked team in the league. This earned them the final playoff spot, with their first playoff series against the first-place Boston Pride starting on Thursday, March 16 at Bentley Arena in Waltham, Massachusetts.
2023 Isobel Cup Playoffs :
Playoff schedule (2–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationBox Score/Recap
1March 16Boston Pride5–2LeveilleBentley Arena
2March 18Boston Pride4–1LeveilleBentley Arena
3March 26Toronto Six4–3OTLeveilleMullett Arena :

## Player statistics

    As of March 26, 2023.

### Skaters

| | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | SOG | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | SOG | PIM |
| Natalie Snodgrass | 22 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 82 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Jonna Albers | 24 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 82 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 0 |
| Sidney Morin | 24 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 98 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Liz Schepers | 22 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Patti Marshall | 24 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Sydney Brodt | 21 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 58 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| Denisa Křížová | 24 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 63 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Brittyn Fleming | 24 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Amanda Boulier | 24 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Baldwin | 24 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ashleigh Brykaliuk | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brooke Madsen | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Anna Klein | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Olivia Knowles | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Stephanie Anderson | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Taylor Wente | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Maddie Rowe | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronja Mogren | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Emma Stauber | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Meaghan Pezon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

| | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Player | GP | W | L | T | OT | TOI | SA | GA | SV% | GAA | SO | Sv | PIM | G | A | GS | GP | W | L | T | OT | TOI | SA | GA | SV% | GAA | SO | Sv | PIM | G | A | GS |
| Amanda Leveille | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1012:56 | 533 | 41 | .923 | 2.43 | 0 | 492 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 184:23 | 119 | 7 | .941 | 2.28 | 0 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jenna Brenneman | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 396:29 | 221 | 21 | .905 | 3.18 | 0 | 200 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chantal Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:00 | 18 | 2 | .889 | 6.00 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

## Awards and honors

Three Stars of the Week
* For the weekend of December 3–4, Sydney Brodt was named Third Star of the Week in the PHF.
* For the weekend of December 16-18, Natalie Snodgrass was named First Star of the Week in the PHF.
* For the weekend of January 14–15, Jonna Albers was named Third Star of the Week in the PHF.
* On May 4, 2023, Denisa Křížová was announced as the Whitecaps' PHF Foundation Award winner.

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Natalie Snodgrass | First career PHF goal First career PHF assist | November 5, 2022 |
| Sidney Morin | First career PHF goal | November 5, 2022 |
| Liz Schepers | First career PHF goal | November 6, 2022 |
| Liz Schepers | First career PHF assist | November 19, 2022 |
| Anna Klein | First career PHF goal | November 19, 2022 |
| Sidney Morin | First career PHF assist | December 3, 2022 |
| Brittyn Fleming | First career PHF assist | December 3, 2022 |
| Olivia Knowles | First career PHF assist | December 10, 2022 |
| Natalie Snodgrass | First career PHF hat-trick | December 17, 2022 |
| Olivia Knowles | First career PHF goal | December 17, 2022 |
| Ronja Mogren | First career PHF assist | December 17, 2022 |

### Records

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |

### Honors
## Transactions
### Signings

| Date | Player | Position | Term | Previous Team |
| May 19, 2022 | Sidney Morin | D | 2 years | Ladies Team Lugano |
| May 23, 2022 | Sydney Brodt | F | 1 year | Linköping HC |
| May 24, 2022 | Sydney Baldwin | D | 1 year | Minnesota Whitecaps |
| May 25, 2022 | Ashleigh Brykaliuk | F | 2 years | Minnesota Whitecaps |
| May 31, 2022 | Jonna Albers | F | 1 year | Minnesota Whitecaps |
| June 15, 2022 | Patti Marshall | D | 1 year | Minnesota Whitecaps |
| June 17, 2022 | Denisa Křížová | F | 1 year | Brynäs IF Dam |
| June 23, 2022 | Olivia Knowles | D | 1 year | University of Minnesota |
| June 29, 2022 | Amanda Leveille | G | 1 year | Minnesota Whitecaps |
| July 11, 2022 | Liz Schepers | F | 1 year | Ohio State |
| July 15, 2022 | Natalie Snodgrass | F | 1 year | University of Connecticut |
| July 26, 2022 | Brittyn Fleming | F | 1 year | Minnesota State University |
| July 28, 2022 | Ronja Mogren | F | 1 year | Ladies Team Lugano |
| August 3, 2022 | Anna Klein | F | 1 year | Minnesota–Duluth |
| August 15, 2022 | Stephanie Anderson | F | 1 year | Minnesota Whitecaps |
| August 23, 2022 | Meaghan Pezon | F | 1 year | Minnesota Whitecaps |
| October 4, 2022 | Jenna Breneman | G | 1 year | Minnesota Whitecaps |
| October 4, 2022 | Amanda Boulier | D | 1 year | Boston Pride |
| October 4, 2022 | Maddie Rowe | D | 1 year | Minnesota Whitecaps |
| October 4, 2022 | Emma Stauber | D | 1 year | Minnesota Whitecaps |
| October 4, 2022 | Brooke Madsen | F | 1 year | Penn State |
| February 17, 2023 | Chantal Burke | G | 1 year | Penn State |
| February 17, 2023 | Taylor Wente | F | 1 year | University of Minnesota |