2021–22 Minnesota Whitecaps season
The 2021–22 Minnesota Whitecaps season was the team's fourth year as a member of the Premier Hockey Federation. They play their home games at TRIA Rink, the practice facility for the NHL's Minnesota Wild. The Whitecaps opened the season on the weekend of November 6–7 in Boston playing against the Pride, dropping their first two games. Their first home game, on November 20th, 2021 led to their first win of the season, also against the Pride. Background. On June 28, 2021, the PHF announced the sale of the Buffalo Beauts and the Whitecaps to  a joint partnership of NLTT Ventures, LLC, led by Andy Scurto, and Top Tier Sports, led by Neil Leibman. Leibman was named the team's governor. Schedule and results. The regular season schedule was published on August 5, 2021. News and notes. On December 10, 2021, the PHF announced that the December 11 and 12 games against the Buffalo Beauts had been cancelled due to inclement weather conditions affecting Buffalo's travel. On December 16, 2021, those games were rescheduled for February 5 and 6, 2022. On January 5, 2022, the PHF announced that all regular season games for the  weekend of January 8 and 9, affecting the Whitecaps' games against the Toronto Six, were postponed due to COVID-19. Playoffs. The 5th-seeded Whitecaps defeated the 4th-seeded Metropolitan Riveters in the first round of the 2022 Isobel Cup Playoffs by a score of 4–1 on Friday, March 25th. They advanced to play the #1 seed Connecticut Whale in the Semifinal game to be held on Sunday, March 27. Player statistics. Goaltenders. Bold/italics denotes franchise record. Draft picks. Below are the Minnesota Whitecaps' selections at the 2021 NWHL Draft, which was held on June 29, 2021. 2021–22 Minnesota Whitecaps