Minnesota Whitecaps

Whitecap Recap: Minnesota Drops Home Opener, Not For Lack of Effort

One of the most anticipated games on the 2022-23 PHF schedule is in the books, with the first game in league history at Richfield Ice Arena in Richfield, MN featuring the Whitecaps and back-to-back champion Boston Pride drawing to a close. It was Pride netminder Schroeder stealing the show, though, posting her third straight shutout […]

Pod Migration

The Minnesota Whitecaps aren’t the only team who moved this off-season; the CT Whale also have a new home arena. On September 15th, the team announced they would move from the Danbury Ice Arena to the International Skating Center of CT (ISCC) for the 22/23 season. Since 2019, the Whale have played at the multi-purpose […]

PHF: Power Rankings for ’22-’23

There has been insane movement in the PHF this offseason, and I thought it was appropriate to power rank them. Will the teams be in different places than they were at the end of the past season? Will the teams at the top be at the top? Who will be able to tell? Since I […]

Brodt-Brown with the Isobel Cup in a black Whitecaps jersey

Career Review: Winny-Brodt Brown Retires

After a very long career, Winny Brodt-Brown is retiring. The Minnesota Hockey icon has been playing since 1995, setting records and redefining what it means to be a women’s hockey player. Brodt-Brown’s hockey career started at Roseville Area High School. In her senior season (1995-96), she led through an undefeated season to the Minnesota state […]

Minnesota Whitecaps players in away jerseys standing for the anthem.

PHF: Minnesota is Moving

If you have any moving boxes you’re not using, send them to the Minnesota Whitecaps. On July 26th, the city council in Richfield, MN, approved a lease agreement for the Whitecaps to play at the Richfield Ice Center starting this season. The Whitecaps have been playing home games at the Minnesota Wild’s practice rink (TRIA […]

New Policy for PHF Player Salary Disclosure

The PHF took a big step toward equity in women’s hockey today. They announced a policy for players to disclose their salaries. This has been a big topic across the league and even came up in the press conference announcing the new team in Montreal. In the past, PHF contracts contained a clause stating that players […]

The PHF: What is it and who to know

The League The PHF or the Premier Hockey Federation, formerly known as the NWHL, is a professional women’s hockey league with teams in the United States and Canada. It is currently the only operational professional women’s league although the PWHPA (Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association) is in the beginning stages of forming a league. The […]