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.
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.
Standings
Schedule and results
Preseason
The preseason schedule was published on October 1, 2024.
All times in Central Time.
| November 20 || 1:15 || Toronto || 1–3 || Minnesota || || @ Ford Performance Centre
| November 21 || 1:30 || Minnesota || 4–3 || New York || OT || @ Ford Performance Centre
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.
| 1 || December 1 || New York || 3–4 || OT || Hensley || Xcel Energy Center || 8,022 || 0–0–1–0 || 1 ||
| 2 || December 4 || @ Boston || 2–1 || || Rooney || Tsongas Center || 3,811 || 1–0–1–0 || 4 ||
| 3 || December 7 || @ Toronto || 6–3 || || Rooney || Coca-Cola Coliseum || 7,584 || 2–0–1–0 || 7 ||
| 4 || December 19 || Ottawa || 5–2 || || Rooney || Xcel Energy Center || 4,686 || 3–0–1–0 || 10 ||
| 5 || December 22 || @ New York || 4–3 || SO || Hensley || Prudential Center || 2,722 || 3–1–1–0 || 12 ||
| 6 || December 28 || Montreal || 2–3 || || Rooney || Xcel Energy Center || 8,726 || 3–1–1–1 || 12 ||
| 7 || January 2 || Boston || 4–3 || OT || Hensley || Xcel Energy Center || 5,066 || 3–2–1–1 || 14 ||
| 8 || January 4 || New York || 0–5 || || Morgan || Xcel Energy Center || 6,414 || 3–2–1–2 || 14 ||
| 9 || January 8 || Boston || 2–1 || OT || Rooney || Xcel Energy Center || 4,248 || 3–3–1–2 || 16 ||
| 10 || January 12 || Montreal || 4–2 || || Rooney || Ball Arena || 14,018 || 4–3–1–2 || 19 ||
| 11 || January 15 || @ New York || 2–3 || SO || Rooney || Prudential Center || 1,780 || 4–3–2–2 || 20 ||
| 12 || January 17 || @ Montreal || 2–4 || || Hensley || Place Bell || 10,172 || 4–3–2–3 || 20 ||
| 13 || January 21 || Ottawa || 0–1 || || Rooney || Xcel Energy Center || 4,165 || 4–3–2–4 || 20 ||
| 14 || January 26 || Boston || 5–2 || || Hensley || Xcel Energy Center || 7,838 || 5–3–2–4 || 23 ||
| 15 || January 28 || Toronto || 4–3 || SO || Rooney || Xcel Energy Center || 4,540 || 5–4–2–4 || 25 ||
| 16 || February 11 || @ Toronto || 2–3 || OT || Rooney || Coca-Cola Coliseum || 8,183 || 5–4–3–4 || 26 ||
| 17 || February 13 || @ Ottawa || 3–8 || || Hensley || TD Place Arena || 5,854 || 5–4–3–5 || 26 ||
| 18 || February 16 || @ Boston || 2–4 || || Rooney || Tsongas Center || 6,032 || 5–4–3–6 || 26 ||
| 19 || February 18 || @ Montreal || 4–0 || || Rooney || Place Bell || 6,696 || 6–4–3–6 || 29 ||
| 20 || February 23 || Toronto || 2–1 || || Rooney || Xcel Energy Center || 8,770 || 6–4–3–7 || 29 ||
| 21 || March 4 || @ Montreal || 1–2 || SO || Rooney || Place Bell || 8,923 || 6–4–4–7 || 30 ||
| 22 || March 7 || Ottawa || 5–0 || || Rooney || Lenovo Center || 10,782 || 7–4–4–7 || 33 ||
| 23 || March 9 || @ Toronto || 2–1 || OT || Hensley || Coca-Cola Coliseum || 8,510 || 7–5–4–7 || 35 ||
| 24 || March 11 || @ Ottawa || 2–3 || || Rooney || TD Place Arena || 5,851 || 7–5–4–8 || 35 ||
| 25 || March 16 || @ New York || 1–4 || || Hensley || Little Caesars Arena || 14,288 || 7–5–4–9 || 35 ||
| 26 || March 26 || Montreal || 1–4 || || Rooney || Xcel Energy Center || 6,330 || 7–5–4–10 || 35 ||
| 27 || March 30 || Toronto || 5–2 || || Hensley || Xcel Energy Center || 9,536 || 8–5–4–10 || 38 ||
| 28 || April 27 || New York || 0–2 || || Rooney || Xcel Energy Center || 6,472 || 8–5–4–11 || 38 ||
| 29 || April 30 || @ Ottawa || 3–0 || || Hensley || TD Place Arena || 5,494 || 9–5–4–11 || 41 ||
| 30 || May 3 || Boston || 8–1 || || Hensley || Tsongas Center || 5,013 || 10–5–4–11 || 44 ||
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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.
| 1 || May 7 || @ Toronto || 2–3 || || Hensley || Coca-Cola Coliseum || 6,868 || 0–1 ||
| 2 || May 9 || @ Toronto || 5–3 || || Rooney || Coca-Cola Coliseum || 7,659 || 1–1 ||
| 3 || May 11 || Toronto || 7–5 || || Rooney || Xcel Energy Center || 3,917 || 2–1 ||
| 4 || May 14 || Toronto || 4–3 || OT || Hensley || Xcel Energy Center || 3,107 || 3–1 ||
| 1 || May 20 || @ Ottawa || 1–2 || OT || Hensley || TD Place Arena || 6,184 || 0–1 ||
| 2 || May 22 || @ Ottawa || 2–1 || OT || Rooney || TD Place Arena || 8,206 || 1–1 ||
| 3 || May 24 || Ottawa || 2–1 || 3OT || Rooney || Xcel Energy Center || 8,098 || 2–1 ||
| 4 || May 26 || Ottawa || 2–1 || OT || Rooney || Xcel Energy Center || 11,024 || 3–1 ||
Player statistics
Skaters
Regular season Player Kendall Coyne Schofield 30 12 12 24 86 4 Taylor Heise 29 8 14 22 69 6 Sophie Jaques 25 7 15 22 75 10 Michela Cava 30 9 10 19 53 10 Claire Thompson 30 4 14 18 51 8 Britta Curl-Salemme 28 9 6 15 64 24 Brooke McQuigge 29 8 7 15 40 25 Kelly Pannek 30 3 8 11 51 12 Grace Zumwinkle 22 4 6 10 49 0 Dominique Petrie 18 3 7 10 32 4 Denisa Křížová 30 4 5 9 52 12 Lee Stecklein 30 3 6 9 33 6 Mellissa Channell-Watkins 29 1 6 7 31 2 Liz Schepers 27 2 4 6 29 0 Claire Butorac 29 2 3 5 13 8 Brooke Bryant 26 1 3 4 12 6 Mae Batherson 25 0 3 3 20 6 Katy Knoll 21 1 1 2 11 6 Maggie Flaherty 22 1 1 2 28 12 Klára Hymlárová 29 1 1 2 21 4 Natalie Buchbinder 19 0 2 2 19 2 Charlotte Akervik 2 0 0 0 0 0 Kaitlyn O'Donohoe 9 0 0 0 5 0
Playoffs Player Lee Stecklein 8 4 4 8 12 2 Sophie Jaques 8 2 5 7 25 0 Taylor Heise 8 1 6 7 15 2 Claire Thompson 8 0 6 6 17 4 Michela Cava 8 3 2 5 17 4 Katy Knoll 8 2 3 5 12 0 Kelly Pannek 8 2 3 5 16 2 Mellissa Channell-Watkins 8 1 4 5 9 0 Klára Hymlárová 8 1 4 5 9 0 Kendall Coyne Schofield 8 2 2 4 27 0 Britta Curl-Salemme 7 3 0 3 9 15 Brooke McQuigge 8 2 1 3 13 2 Liz Schepers 8 2 1 3 5 2 Grace Zumwinkle 8 0 3 3 25 4 Dominique Petrie 7 0 1 1 2 4 Mae Batherson 3 0 0 0 1 0 Brooke Bryant 3 0 0 0 0 0 Claire Butorac 6 0 0 0 1 0 Maggie Flaherty 6 0 0 0 6 4 Natalie Buchbinder 8 0 0 0 4 2 Denisa Křížová 8 0 0 0 10 0
Goaltenders
Regular season Player Maddie Rooney 19 1129:12 8 7 1 2 39 2.07 418 0.907 2 0 0 0 Nicole Hensley 11 639:26 7 3 1 0 27 2.53 270 0.900 1 0 0 0 Lucy Morgan 1 60:00 0 1 0 0 5 5.00 34 0.853 0 0 0 0
Playoffs Player 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
Awards and honors
Milestones
Regular season Date Player Milestone December 1, 2024 Kelly Pannek 15th career PWHL assist Dominique Petrie 1st career PWHL goal 1st career PWHL game Britta Curl-Salemme 1st career PWHL assist 1st career PWHL game Claire Thompson 1st career PWHL assist 1st career PWHL game Klára Hymlárová 1st career PWHL game Brooke McQuigge December 4, 2024 Michela Cava 10th career PWHL goal December 7, 2024 Britta Curl-Salemme 1st career PWHL goal Klára Hymlárová 1st career PWHL assist Mae Batherson 1st career PWHL penalty 1st career PWHL game Kendall Coyne Schofield 15th career PWHL assist Taylor Heise Katy Knoll 1st career PWHL game December 19, 2024 Grace Zumwinkle 15th career PWHL goal Kelly Pannek 5th career PWHL goal Claire Thompson 1st career PWHL goal 5th career PWHL assist Britta Curl-Salemme 1st career PWHL penalty December 22, 2024 Kendall Coyne Schofield 10th career PWHL goal Taylor Heise December 28, 2024 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 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 Lucy Morgan 1st career PWHL loss 1st career PWHL game Katy Knoll 1st career PWHL penalty Kaitlyn O'Donohoe 1st career PWHL game January 12, 2025 Britta Curl-Salemme 5th career PWHL goal Sophie Jaques 5th career PWHL goal 15th career PWHL assist Denisa Křížová 5th career PWHL assist January 15, 2025 Mellissa Channell-Watkins 1st career PWHL goal January 17, 2025 Taylor Heise 20th career PWHL assist Claire Thompson 10th career PWHL assist January 26, 2025 Katy Knoll 1st career PWHL goal 1st career PWHL assist Kendall Coyne Schofield 20th career PWHL assist Michela Cava 10th career PWHL assist Mellissa Channell-Watkins January 28, 2025 Michela Cava 15th career PWHL goal Brooke McQuigge 1st career PWHL assist February 11, 2025 Klára Hymlárová 1st career PWHL penalty February 16, 2025 Brooke McQuigge 5th career PWHL goal Sophie Jaques 20th career PWHL assist Kelly Pannek February 18, 2025 Kendall Coyne Schofield 15th career PWHL goal Dominique Petrie 1st career PWHL assist March 7, 2025 Grace Zumwinkle 10th career PWHL assist Britta Curl-Salemme 5th career PWHL assist March 11, 2025 Taylor Heise 15th career PWHL goal March 30, 2025 Michela Cava 15th career PWHL assist Lee Stecklein Brooke McQuigge 5th career PWHL assist Dominique Petrie 5th career PWHL assist 1st career PWHL penalty May 3, 2025 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 Britta Curl-Salemme 10th career PWHL goal 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 1st career PWHL playoff assist Klára Hymlárová 1st career PWHL playoff assist May 9, 2025 Michela Cava 5th career PWHL playoff goal Lee Stecklein 1st career PWHL playoff goal 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 Brooke McQuigge 10th career PWHL goal 1st career PWHL playoff goal Taylor Heise 30th career PWHL assist Grace Zumwinkle 15th career PWHL assist 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 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 Klára Hymlárová 1st career PWHL playoff goal May 24, 2025 Claire Thompson 5th career PWHL playoff assist May 26, 2025 Liz Schepers 2nd career Walter Cup-winning goal 5th career PWHL goal Claire Thompson 20th career PWHL assist Klára Hymlárová 5th career PWHL assist
Honors
December 9, 2024: Michela Cava was named the Second Star of the Week December 23, 2024: Claire Thompson and Kendall Coyne Schofield were awarded the First and Third Stars of the Week On January 2, 2025, Claire Thompson was named to the December SupraStars of the Month team January 20, 2025: Kendall Coyne Schofield was named Third Star of the Week January 27, 2025: Taylor Heise was named PWHL Third Star of the Week On February 3, 2025, Kendall Coyne Schofield and Claire Thompson were named as January SupraStars of the Month February 17, 2025: Sophie Jaques was named PWHL Third Star of the Week On March 3, 2025, Sophie Jaques was named to the February SupraStars of the Month team