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 5 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 in the previous 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

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on Monday, September 19, 2022. All times shown as US Central time.

|- style="background:#fff;" | 1 || November 5 || @ Toronto Six || 2–3 || OT || Leveille || Canlan Ice Sports – York || 0–0–1 || 1 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || November 6 || @ Toronto Six || 2–3 || || Leveille || Canlan Ice Sports – York || 0–1–1 || 1 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || November 18 || Boston Pride || 0–2 || || Leveille || Richfield Ice Arena || 0–2–1 || 1 || |- style="background:#fff;" | 4 || November 19 || Boston Pride || 4–5 || OT || Leveille || Richfield Ice Arena || 0–2–2 || 2 ||

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 || December 3 || Metropolitan Riveters || 4–3 || || Leveille || Richfield Ice Arena || 1–2–2 || 5 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 || December 4 || Metropolitan Riveters || 4–1 || || Leveille || Richfield Ice Arena || 2–2–2 || 8 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || December 9 || @ Connecticut Whale || 0–2 || || Leveille || International Skating Center of CT || 2–3–2 || 8 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 || December 10 || @ Connecticut Whale || 4–3 || || Leveille || International Skating Center of CT || 3–3–2 || 11 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 || December 17 || Montreal Force || 5–2 || || Leveille || Richfield Ice Arena || 4–3–2 || 14 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || December 18 || Montreal Force || 1–4 || || Leveille || Richfield Ice Arena || 4–4–2 || 14 ||

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 || January 7 || @ Buffalo Beauts || 4–1 || || Brenneman || Northtown Center || 5–4–2 || 17 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 || January 8 || @ Buffalo Beauts || 5–3 || || Leveille || Northtown Center || 6–4–2 || 20 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 || January 14 || @ Metropolitan Riveters || 3–2 || || Leveille || The Rink at American Dream || 7–4–2 || 23 || |- style="background:#cfc; | 14 || January 15 || @ Metropolitan Riveters || 4–1 || || Leveille || The Rink at American Dream || 8–4–2 || 26 ||

|- style="background:#;" | – || February 4 || @ Montreal Force || || || || Arena regional de la riviere-du-Nord || || || Postponed due to inclement weather; rescheduled for February 6. |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 || February 5 || @ Montreal Force || 4–1 || || Leveille || Arena regional de la riviere-du-Nord || 9–4–2 || 29 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 || February 6 || @ Montreal Force || 3–2 || || Leveille || Arena regional de la riviere-du-Nord || 10–4–2 || 32 || Rescheduled from February 4. |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 || February 18 || Buffalo Beauts || 2–4 || || Brenneman || Richfield Ice Arena || 10–5–2 || 32 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 18 || February 19 || Buffalo Beauts || 0–1 || || Brenneman || Richfield Ice Arena || 10–6–2 || 32 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 || February 25 || Toronto Six || 0–1 || || Brenneman || Richfield Ice Arena || 10–7–2 || 32 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 || February 26 || Toronto Six || 1–7 || || Brenneman || Richfield Ice Arena || 10–8–2 || 32 ||

|- style="background:#fff;" | 21 || March 3 || @ Boston Pride || 4–5 || SO || Brenneman || Warrior Ice Arena || 10–8–3 || 33 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 || March 4 || @ Boston Pride || 1–5 || || Brenneman || Warrior Ice Arena || 10–9–3 || 33 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 || March 11 || Connecticut Whale || 0–3 || || Leveille || Richfield Ice Arena || 10–10–3 || 33 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 || March 12 || Connecticut Whale || 1–3 || || Leveille || Richfield Ice Arena || 10–11–3 || 33 ||

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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.

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || March 16 || Boston Pride || 5–2 || || Leveille || Bentley Arena || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 || March 18 || Boston Pride || 4–1 || || Leveille || Bentley Arena || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || March 26 || Toronto Six || 4–3 || OT || Leveille || Mullett Arena ||

Player statistics

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Skaters

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

Goaltenders

PlayerRegular seasonPlayoffs GP W L T OT TOI SA GA SV% GAA SO Sv PIM G A GSAmanda 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 3Jenna 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 0Chantal 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 goalFirst 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

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

References

Recaps

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