2024–25 Minnesota Frost season

The 2024–25 Minnesota Frost season was the team's second season as a member of the Professional Women's Hockey League. They played their home games at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Frost defeated the Toronto Sceptres in the semifinals of the 2025 PWHL playoffs to advance to the 2025 PWHL Finals. During the Finals they defeated the Ottawa Charge to win their second consecutive Walter Cup.^[4]

League4 PWHL

2024–25 record10–5–4–11

Home record5–3–1–6

Road record5–2–3–5

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2024–25 Minnesota Frost
Walter Cup champions
League	4 PWHL
2024–25 record	10–5–4–11
Home record	5–3–1–6
Road record	5–2–3–5
Goals for	85
Goals against	76
Team information
General manager	Melissa Caruso^[1]
Coach	Ken Klee^[1]
Assistant coach	Mira Jalosuo Chris Johnson Pete Samargia^[1]
Captain	Kendall Coyne Schofield
Alternate captains	Kelly Pannek Lee Stecklein
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	6,524
Team leaders
Goals	Kendall Coyne Schofield (12)^[2]
Assists	Sophie Jaques (15)^[2]
Points	Kendall Coyne Schofield (24)^[2]
Penalty minutes	Brooke McQuigge (25)^[2]
Plus/minus	Mae Batherson (+13)^[2]
Wins	Maddie Rooney (8)^[3]
Goals against average	Maddie Rooney (2.07)^[3]
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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.^[5]

Standings

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montreal Victoire (Y)	30	12	7	3	8	77	67	+10	53	Playoffs
2	Toronto Sceptres (X)	30	12	3	6	9	73	73	0	48
3	Ottawa Charge (X)	30	12	2	4	12	71	80	−9	44^[a]
4	Minnesota Frost (X)	30	10	5	4	11	85	76	+9	44^[a]

5	Boston Fleet (E)	30	9	6	5	10	75	76	−1	44^[a]
6	New York Sirens (E)	30	8	4	5	13	71	80	−9	37

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Updated to match(es) played on May 3, 2025. Source: PWHL
(E) Eliminated; (X) Clinched playoff berth; (Y) Clinched first place
Notes:

[a]
Regulation wins: Ottawa 12, Minnesota 10, Boston 9

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on October 1, 2024.^[6]

All times in Central Time.

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Pre-season camp

Date	Time	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Notes	Box Score/Recap
November 20	1:15	Toronto	1–3	Minnesota		@ Ford Performance Centre	^{[Recap 1]}
November 21	1:30	Minnesota	4–3	New York	OT	@ Ford Performance Centre	^{[Recap 2]}

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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.^[7]^[8]

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Regular season schedule (Home: 5–3–1–6; Road: 5–2–3–5)

December: 3–1–1–1, 12 points (Home: 1–0–1–1; Road: 2–1–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1	December 1	New York	3–4	OT	Hensley	Xcel Energy Center	8,022	0–0–1–0	1	^{[Recap 3]}
2	December 4	@ Boston	2–1		Rooney	Tsongas Center	3,811	1–0–1–0	4	^{[Recap 4]}
3	December 7	@ Toronto	6–3		Rooney	Coca-Cola Coliseum	7,584	2–0–1–0	7	^{[Recap 5]}
4	December 19	Ottawa	5–2		Rooney	Xcel Energy Center	4,686	3–0–1–0	10	^{[Recap 6]}
5	December 22	@ New York	4–3	SO	Hensley	Prudential Center	2,722	3–1–1–0	12	^{[Recap 7]}
6	December 28	Montreal	2–3		Rooney	Xcel Energy Center	8,726	3–1–1–1	12	^{[Recap 8]}

January: 2–3–1–3, 13 points (Home: 2–3–0–2; Road: 0–0–1–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
7	January 2	Boston	4–3	OT	Hensley	Xcel Energy Center	5,066	3–2–1–1	14	^{[Recap 9]}
8	January 4	New York	0–5		Morgan	Xcel Energy Center	6,414	3–2–1–2	14	^{[Recap 10]}
9	January 8	Boston	2–1	OT	Rooney	Xcel Energy Center	4,248	3–3–1–2	16	^{[Recap 11]}
10	January 12	Montreal	4–2		Rooney	Ball Arena	14,018	4–3–1–2	19	^{[Recap 12]}
11	January 15	@ New York	2–3	SO	Rooney	Prudential Center	1,780	4–3–2–2	20	^{[Recap 13]}
12	January 17	@ Montreal	2–4		Hensley	Place Bell	10,172	4–3–2–3	20	^{[Recap 14]}
13	January 21	Ottawa	0–1		Rooney	Xcel Energy Center	4,165	4–3–2–4	20	^{[Recap 15]}
14	January 26	Boston	5–2		Hensley	Xcel Energy Center	7,838	5–3–2–4	23	^{[Recap 16]}
15	January 28	Toronto	4–3	SO	Rooney	Xcel Energy Center	4,540	5–4–2–4	25	^{[Recap 17]}

February: 1–0–1–3, 4 points (Home: 0–0–0–1; Road: 1–0–1–2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
16	February 11	@ Toronto	2–3	OT	Rooney	Coca-Cola Coliseum	8,183	5–4–3–4	26	^{[Recap 18]}
17	February 13	@ Ottawa	3–8		Hensley	TD Place Arena	5,854	5–4–3–5	26	^{[Recap 19]}
18	February 16	@ Boston	2–4		Rooney	Tsongas Center	6,032	5–4–3–6	26	^{[Recap 20]}
19	February 18	@ Montreal	4–0		Rooney	Place Bell	6,696	6–4–3–6	29	^{[Recap 21]}
20	February 23	Toronto	2–1		Rooney	Xcel Energy Center	8,770	6–4–3–7	29	^{[Recap 22]}

March: 2–1–1–3, 9 points (Home: 2–0–0–1; Road: 0–1–1–2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
21	March 4	@ Montreal	1–2	SO	Rooney	Place Bell	8,923	6–4–4–7	30	^{[Recap 23]}
22	March 7	Ottawa	5–0		Rooney	Lenovo Center	10,782	7–4–4–7	33	^{[Recap 24]}
23	March 9	@ Toronto	2–1	OT	Hensley	Coca-Cola Coliseum	8,510	7–5–4–7	35	^{[Recap 25]}
24	March 11	@ Ottawa	2–3		Rooney	TD Place Arena	5,851	7–5–4–8	35	^{[Recap 26]}
25	March 16	@ New York	1–4		Hensley	Little Caesars Arena	14,288	7–5–4–9	35	^{[Recap 27]}
26	March 26	Montreal	1–4		Rooney	Xcel Energy Center	6,330	7–5–4–10	35	^{[Recap 28]}
27	March 30	Toronto	5–2		Hensley	Xcel Energy Center	9,536	8–5–4–10	38	^{[Recap 29]}

April: 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	Recap
28	April 27	New York	0–2		Rooney	Xcel Energy Center	6,472	8–5–4–11	38	^{[Recap 30]}
29	April 30	@ Ottawa	3–0		Hensley	TD Place Arena	5,494	9–5–4–11	41	^{[Recap 31]}

May: 1–0–0–0, 3 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 1–0–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
30	May 3	Boston	8–1		Hensley	Tsongas Center	5,013	10–5–4–11	44	^{[Recap 32]}

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

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Playoffs

On May 4, the first-place Montreal Victoire announced that they chose to play the third-place Ottawa Charge in the first round. This decision meant that fourth-place Minnesota would play the second-place Toronto Sceptres in a re-match of last year's semi-finals.^[9]^[10]

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2025 PWHL Playoffs

First round vs. Toronto Sceptres; Minnesota won 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	May 7	@ Toronto	2–3		Hensley	Coca-Cola Coliseum	6,868	0–1	^{[Recap 33]}
2	May 9	@ Toronto	5–3		Rooney	Coca-Cola Coliseum	7,659	1–1	^{[Recap 34]}
3	May 11	Toronto	7–5		Rooney	Xcel Energy Center	3,917	2–1	^{[Recap 35]}
4	May 14	Toronto	4–3	OT	Hensley	Xcel Energy Center	3,107	3–1	^{[Recap 36]}

2025 PWHL Finals vs. Ottawa Charge; Minnesota wins 3–1

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	May 20	@ Ottawa	1–2	OT	Hensley	TD Place Arena	6,184	0–1	^{[Recap 37]}
2	May 22	@ Ottawa	2–1	OT	Rooney	TD Place Arena	8,206	1–1	^{[Recap 38]}
3	May 24	Ottawa	2–1	3OT	Rooney	Xcel Energy Center	8,098	2–1	^{[Recap 39]}
4	May 26	Ottawa	2–1	OT	Rooney	Xcel Energy Center	11,024	3–1	^{[Recap 40]}

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Player statistics

As of May 26, 2025^[2]

Skaters

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Regular season^[2]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	SOG	+/−	PIM
Kendall Coyne Schofield	30	12	12	24	86	+12	4
Taylor Heise	29	8	14	22	69	+1	6
Sophie Jaques	25	7	15	22	75	+12	10
Michela Cava	30	9	10	19	53	+11	10
Claire Thompson	30	4	14	18	51	+1	8
Britta Curl-Salemme	28	9	6	15	64	+3	24
Brooke McQuigge	29	8	7	15	40	+2	25
Kelly Pannek	30	3	8	11	51	+3	12
Grace Zumwinkle	22	4	6	10	49	–7	0
Dominique Petrie	18	3	7	10	32	+2	4
Denisa Křížová	30	4	5	9	52	+6	12
Lee Stecklein	30	3	6	9	33	–2	6
Mellissa Channell-Watkins	29	1	6	7	31	+4	2
Liz Schepers	27	2	4	6	29	–1	0
Claire Butorac	29	2	3	5	13	0	8
Brooke Bryant	26	1	3	4	12	–1	6
Mae Batherson	25	0	3	3	20	+13	6
Katy Knoll	21	1	1	2	11	–2	6
Maggie Flaherty	22	1	1	2	28	–5	12
Klára Hymlárová	29	1	1	2	21	–1	4
Natalie Buchbinder	19	0	2	2	19	–2	2
Charlotte Akervik	2	0	0	0	0	–1	0
Kaitlyn O'Donohoe	9	0	0	0	5	–2	0

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Player	GP	G	A	Pts	SOG	+/−	PIM
Lee Stecklein	8	4	4	8	12	+1	2
Sophie Jaques	8	2	5	7	25	+1	0
Taylor Heise	8	1	6	7	15	–1	2
Claire Thompson	8	0	6	6	17	+2	4
Michela Cava	8	3	2	5	17	–3	4
Katy Knoll	8	2	3	5	12	+2	0
Kelly Pannek	8	2	3	5	16	+1	2
Mellissa Channell-Watkins	8	1	4	5	9	+5	0
Klára Hymlárová	8	1	4	5	9	+1	0
Kendall Coyne Schofield	8	2	2	4	27	+1	0
Britta Curl-Salemme	7	3	0	3	9	0	15
Brooke McQuigge	8	2	1	3	13	0	2
Liz Schepers	8	2	1	3	5	+4	2
Grace Zumwinkle	8	0	3	3	25	+4	4
Dominique Petrie	7	0	1	1	2	–1	4
Mae Batherson	3	0	0	0	1	–2	0
Brooke Bryant	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Claire Butorac	6	0	0	0	1	0	0
Maggie Flaherty	6	0	0	0	6	–1	4
Natalie Buchbinder	8	0	0	0	4	–4	2
Denisa Křížová	8	0	0	0	10	0	0

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Goaltenders

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Regular season^[3]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	SOL	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Maddie Rooney	19	1129:12	8	7	1	2	39	2.07	418	0.907	2
Nicole Hensley	11	639:26	7	3	1	0	27	2.53	270	0.900	1
Lucy Morgan	1	60:00	0	1	0	0	5	5.00	34	0.853	0

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Playoffs^[3]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	SOL	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Maddie Rooney	5	376:32	5	0	0	0	11	1.75	161	0.932	0	0	0	0
Nicole Hensley	3	197:12	1	1	1	0	8	2.43	85	0.906	0	0	0	0

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Awards and honors

Milestones

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Regular season
Date	Player	Milestone
December 1, 2024^{[Recap 3]}	Kelly Pannek	15th career PWHL assist
	Dominique Petrie	1st career PWHL goal
	Dominique Petrie	1st career PWHL game
	Britta Curl-Salemme	1st career PWHL assist
	Britta Curl-Salemme	1st career PWHL game
	Claire Thompson	1st career PWHL assist
	Claire Thompson	1st career PWHL game
	Klára Hymlárová	1st career PWHL game
	Brooke McQuigge	1st career PWHL game
December 4, 2024^{[Recap 4]}	Michela Cava	10th career PWHL goal
December 7, 2024^{[Recap 5]}	Britta Curl-Salemme	1st career PWHL goal
	Klára Hymlárová	1st career PWHL assist
	Mae Batherson	1st career PWHL penalty
	Mae Batherson	1st career PWHL game
	Kendall Coyne Schofield	15th career PWHL assist
	Taylor Heise	15th career PWHL assist
	Katy Knoll	1st career PWHL game
December 19, 2024^{[Recap 6]}	Grace Zumwinkle	15th career PWHL goal
	Kelly Pannek	5th career PWHL goal
	Claire Thompson	1st career PWHL goal
	Claire Thompson	5th career PWHL assist
	Britta Curl-Salemme	1st career PWHL penalty
December 22, 2024^{[Recap 7]}	Kendall Coyne Schofield	10th career PWHL goal
December 22, 2024^{[Recap 7]}	Taylor Heise	10th career PWHL goal
December 28, 2024^{[Recap 8]}	Brooke McQuigge	1st career PWHL goal
	Claire Butorac	5th career PWHL assist
	Claire Thompson	1st career PWHL penalty
	Charlotte Akervik	1st career PWHL game
January 2, 2025^{[Recap 9]}	Britta Curl-Salemme	1st career overtime goal
	Lee Stecklein	10th career PWHL assist
	Claire Butorac	5th career PWHL assist
	Mae Batherson	1st career PWHL assist
January 4, 2025^{[Recap 10]}	Lucy Morgan	1st career PWHL loss
	Lucy Morgan	1st career PWHL game
	Katy Knoll	1st career PWHL penalty
	Kaitlyn O'Donohoe	1st career PWHL game
January 12, 2025^{[Recap 12]}	Britta Curl-Salemme	5th career PWHL goal
	Sophie Jaques	5th career PWHL goal
	Sophie Jaques	15th career PWHL assist
	Denisa Křížová	5th career PWHL assist
January 15, 2025^{[Recap 13]}	Mellissa Channell-Watkins	1st career PWHL goal
January 17, 2025^{[Recap 14]}	Taylor Heise	20th career PWHL assist
January 17, 2025^{[Recap 14]}	Claire Thompson	10th career PWHL assist
January 26, 2025^{[Recap 16]}	Katy Knoll	1st career PWHL goal
	Katy Knoll	1st career PWHL assist
	Kendall Coyne Schofield	20th career PWHL assist
	Michela Cava	10th career PWHL assist
	Mellissa Channell-Watkins	10th career PWHL assist
January 28, 2025^{[Recap 17]}	Michela Cava	15th career PWHL goal
January 28, 2025^{[Recap 17]}	Brooke McQuigge	1st career PWHL assist
February 11, 2025^{[Recap 18]}	Klára Hymlárová	1st career PWHL penalty
February 16, 2025^{[Recap 20]}	Brooke McQuigge	5th career PWHL goal
	Sophie Jaques	20th career PWHL assist
	Kelly Pannek	20th career PWHL assist
February 18, 2025^{[Recap 21]}	Kendall Coyne Schofield	15th career PWHL goal
February 18, 2025^{[Recap 21]}	Dominique Petrie	1st career PWHL assist
March 7, 2025^{[Recap 24]}	Grace Zumwinkle	10th career PWHL assist
March 7, 2025^{[Recap 24]}	Britta Curl-Salemme	5th career PWHL assist
March 11, 2025^{[Recap 26]}	Taylor Heise	15th career PWHL goal
March 30, 2025^{[Recap 29]}	Michela Cava	15th career PWHL assist
	Lee Stecklein	15th career PWHL assist
	Brooke McQuigge	5th career PWHL assist
	Dominique Petrie	5th career PWHL assist
	Dominique Petrie	1st career PWHL penalty
May 3, 2025^{[Recap 32]}	Sophie Jaques	10th career PWHL goal
	Lee Stecklein	5th career PWHL goal
	Klára Hymlárová	1st career PWHL goal
	Liz Schepers	10th career PWHL assist

Playoffs
May 7, 2025^{[Recap 33]}	Britta Curl-Salemme	10th career PWHL goal
	Britta Curl-Salemme	1st career PWHL playoff goal
	Katy Knoll	1st career PWHL playoff goal
	Liz Schepers	5th career PWHL playoff assist
	Claire Thompson	15th career PWHL assist
	Claire Thompson	1st career PWHL playoff assist
	Klára Hymlárová	1st career PWHL playoff assist
May 9, 2025^{[Recap 34]}	Michela Cava	5th career PWHL playoff goal
	Lee Stecklein	1st career PWHL playoff goal
	Lee Stecklein	5th career PWHL playoff assist
	Mellissa Channell-Watkins	1st career PWHL playoff goal
	Taylor Heise	5th career PWHL playoff assist
	Dominique Petrie	1st career PWHL playoff assist
May 11, 2025^{[Recap 35]}	Brooke McQuigge	10th career PWHL goal
	Brooke McQuigge	1st career PWHL playoff goal
	Taylor Heise	30th career PWHL assist
	Grace Zumwinkle	15th career PWHL assist
	Grace Zumwinkle	1st career PWHL playoff assist
	Kendall Coyne Schofield	5th career PWHL playoff assist
	Mellissa Channell-Watkins
	Sophie Jaques
	Katy Knoll	1st career PWHL playoff assist
May 14, 2025^{[Recap 36]}	Kendall Coyne Schofield	20th career PWHL goal
	Kelly Pannek	1st career PWHL playoff goal
	Sophie Jaques	30th career PWHL assist
	Mellissa Channell-Watkins	15th career PWHL assist
	Michela Cava	5th career PWHL playoff assist
	Brooke McQuigge	1st career PWHL playoff assist
May 20, 2025^{[Recap 37]}	Klára Hymlárová	1st career PWHL playoff goal
May 24, 2025^{[Recap 39]}	Claire Thompson	5th career PWHL playoff assist
May 26, 2025^{[Recap 40]}	Liz Schepers	2nd career Walter Cup-winning goal
	Liz Schepers	5th career PWHL goal
	Claire Thompson	20th career PWHL assist
	Klára Hymlárová	5th career PWHL assist

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Honors

December 9, 2024: Michela Cava was named the Second Star of the Week^[11]
December 23, 2024: Claire Thompson and Kendall Coyne Schofield were awarded the First and Third Stars of the Week^[12]
On January 2, 2025, Claire Thompson was named to the December SupraStars of the Month team^[13]
January 20, 2025: Kendall Coyne Schofield was named Third Star of the Week^[14]
January 27, 2025: Taylor Heise was named PWHL Third Star of the Week^[15]
On February 3, 2025, Kendall Coyne Schofield and Claire Thompson were named as January SupraStars of the Month^[16]
February 17, 2025: Sophie Jaques was named PWHL Third Star of the Week^[17]
On March 3, 2025, Sophie Jaques was named to the February SupraStars of the Month team^[18]
March 10, 2025: Maddie Rooney earned PWHL Third Star of the Week^[19]
On April 3, 2025, Sophie Jaques was named to the PWHL SupraStars of the Month team for March^[20]

Transactions

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

Signings

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Players the Minnesota Frost have signed
Date	Player	Position	Term	Previous team	Ref
June 21, 2024	Michela Cava	F	1 year	Minnesota Frost	^[21]
June 21, 2024	Denisa Křížová	F	1 year^[a]	Minnesota Frost	^[21]
June 21, 2024	Liz Schepers	F	1 year	Minnesota Frost	^[21]
June 21, 2024	Britta Curl	F	2 years	Wisconsin	^[22]
June 21, 2024	Klára Hymlárová	F	2 years	St. Cloud State	^[22]
August 2, 2024	Claire Thompson	D	2 years	Team Sonnet	^[23]

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[a]
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.

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Minnesota Frost 2024 draft picks
Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team	Reference
1	3	Claire Thompson	D	Canada	Did not play	^[24]
2	9	Britta Curl	F	United States	Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA)	^[25]
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)

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2024–25 Minnesota Frost season

Offseason

Standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and honors

Milestones

Honors

Transactions

Signings

Draft picks

References

Recaps

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