The Minnesota Whitecaps were the only team to beat the Boston Pride last season and they were poised to pull off that feat again in the Isobel Cup Final before the NWHL had to cancel the game due to the pandemic. We’ll never know how that game would have played out, but what we do
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The Minnesota Whitecaps announced seven signings over the past eight days, bringing their roster total to 23 as organized practices have just gotten underway around the league. On Oct. 27, the 2019 Isobel Cup champions re-signed forward Brooke White-Lancette and defender Rose Alleva, and also signed defender Sara Bustad who played last season (her first
The Minnesota Whitecaps announced on Oct. 20 that they are bringing back three key pieces of their team from last season. Forward Stephanie Anderson, and defenders Winny Brodt Brown and Lisa Martinson all re-signed with the team ahead of the NWHL’s sixth season. Brodt Brown and Martinson will both be entering their third seasons with
Two more signings in the NWHL were announced over the past week as we are now just a handful of days away from the open of extended training camps and official practices around the league. Related: Start of Sixth NWHL Season Pushed to January On Oct. 2 it was announced that defender Emma Stauber is
With informal practices about to get underway (around Sept. 21), most NWHL teams are just about set on their rosters for the league’s upcoming sixth season. Both of the signings announced this past week will be looking to make their NWHL debuts when the puck finally drops on a new season in January. Hunter Accursi
It took a while, but the Minnesota Whitecaps roster for the 2020-21 NWHL season is finally starting to take shape. Over the past few weeks, they signed four players – or one less than they already had signed for the upcoming season. Audra Richards of the Minnesota Whitecaps. (Photo Credit: Bryan Johnson Photography) On Aug.
The NWHL’s two best teams from Season 5 won’t have the chance to play on the ice for the Isobel Cup because the Cup Final was canceled last week due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but off the ice the are rebuilding their teams for Season 6 and so far they look very similar to last
As the Minnesota Whitecaps wait for the all-clear to finally get back on the ice in preparation for the postponed Isobel Cup Final they made a key transaction as NWHL teams begin to prepare for their sixth season. On April 7 Allie Thunstrom, who was named co-MVP (along with Boston’s Jillian Dempsey) at the end
The NWHL’s fifth season begins in precisely one month and one day and on September 4 a total of six players signed with three different teams. For the Minnesota Whitecaps, they strengthened their title defense with the addition of a (nother) former Golden Gopher and the re-signing of another member of the championship team. The
The Minnesota Whitecaps team captain is back at the helm for the 2019-20 NWHL season. Word was released on the morning of Aug. 21, 2019 that original Whitecap Winny Brodt Brown had re-signed with the team for a second straight season in the league. The defender will turn 42 years old on Feb. 18. “My
The Minnesota Whitecaps have brought back an eighth member of their 2018-19 Isobel Cup-winning squad, and appear primed to make a legitimate stab at retaining their title. Word was released on the morning of Aug. 20, 2019 that veteran Whitecaps defender Chelsey Brodt Rosenthal had re-upped with the team. “My number-one fans are my family
On August 1 the Connecticut Whale continued their roster rebuild when they announced that they had come to terms with Emma Vlasic from Yale University. During the Whale makeover this offseason GM Bray Ketchum has signed four forwards and four defenders thus far and none of the four forwards, including Vlasic, played in the NWHL
report this ad On June 24 the Minnesota Whitecaps brought back an original member of the team when they announced that they re-signed Brooke White-Lancette, who will be playing with the club in her 16th season. Since the Whitecaps inaugural season in 2004 the only time she has missed was when she gave birth to
report this ad On June 6, for the third day in a row, the Minnesota Whitecaps made an addition to their roster for the upcoming season when they came to terms with Nicole Schammel who was a scoring star for the University of Minnesota. The two prior days they re-signed forward Jonna Curtis and netminder