2023–24 PWHL Minnesota season
2023–24 PWHL Minnesota | |||
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League | 4 PWHL | ||
2023–24 record | 8–4–3–9 | ||
Home record | 5–2–2–3 | ||
Road record | 3–2–1–6 | ||
Goals for | 54 | ||
Goals against | 54 | ||
Team information | |||
General Manager | Natalie Darwitz[1] | ||
Coach | Ken Klee[1] | ||
Assistant Coach | Jake Bobrowski Mira Jalosuo[1] |
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Captain | Kendall Coyne Schofield | ||
Alternate captains | Kelly Pannek Lee Stecklein |
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Arena | Xcel Energy Center | ||
Average attendance | Formatting error: invalid input when rounding | ||
Team leaders | |||
Goals | Grace Zumwinkle (11)[2] | ||
Assists | Kelly Pannek (12)[2] | ||
Points | Grace Zumwinkle (19)[2] | ||
Penalties in minutes | Lee Stecklein (16)[2] | ||
Plus/minus | Kendall Coyne Schofield (+12)[2] | ||
Wins | Nicole Hensley (7)[3] | ||
Goals against average | Maddie Rooney (2.08)[3] | ||
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The 2023–24 PWHL Minnesota season is the team's inaugural season as a member of the newly created Professional Women's Hockey League. They play their home games at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Contents
Offseason
On September 1, 2023, Minnesota hired Natalie Darwitz as its general manager.[4] Minnesota then hired Charlie Burggraf as the team's first head coach on September 15.[5] Jake Bobrowski and Mira Jalosuo were hired as assistant coaches on October 6.[6] On September 25, The Hockey News reported that Minnesota would play their home games at Xcel Energy Center.[7]
On September 6, Minnesota announced the signings of their first three players, American national team members Lee Stecklein, Kendall Coyne Schofield, and Kelly Pannek.[8] Coyne Schofield was named team captain, with Stecklein and Pannek named assistant captains.[9]
On December 27, 2023—one week before Minnesota's season-opening game—the team announced that Burggraf was stepping down as the team's head coach, and would be replaced by Ken Klee.[10]
Standings
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Schedule and results
Regular season
Minnesota played its first ever game on January 3, 2024, in Lowell, Massachusetts, against Boston. Taylor Heise scored the franchise's first goal, and Minnesota went on to win the game by a score of 3–2.[11] The team made its home debut on January 6. Grace Zumwinkle scored a hat-trick and Maddie Rooney posted a shutout in a 3–0 victory over Montreal.[12] With 13,316 fans in attendance, the game set a new record for attendance at a professional women's hockey game.[13]
Regular season schedule
The regular season schedule was published on November 30, 2023.[14]
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January: 3–2–2–1, 15 points (Home: 2–0–1–1; Road: 1–2–1–0)
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February 2–0–1–3, 7 points (Home: 1–0–1–1; Road: 1–0–0–2)
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March 3–2–0–0, 13 points (Home: 2–2–0–0; Road: 1–0–0–0)
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April 0–0–0–3, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0–1; Road: 0–0–0–2)
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May 0–0–0–2, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–2)
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Regulation Win (3 points) Overtime/Shootout win (2 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Regulation Loss (0 points) |
Playoffs
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On May 6, 2024, Toronto elected to play Minnesota in the first round of the playoffs.[15]
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First round vs. PWHL Toronto
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Player statistics
- As of May 04, 2024[2]
Skaters
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | SOG | +/− | PIM |
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Grace Zumwinkle | 24 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 98 | +6 | 4 |
Kendall Coyne Schofield | 24 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 79 | +12 | 6 |
Kelly Pannek | 24 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 50 | +11 | 2 |
Taylor Heise | 19 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 52 | +5 | 8 |
Sophie Jaques | 15 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 59 | +3 | 4 |
Michela Cava | 24 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 43 | +3 | 4 |
Lee Stecklein | 24 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 16 |
Denisa Křížová | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 8 |
Natalie Buchbinder | 24 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 28 | +6 | 0 |
Maggie Flaherty | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 33 | +4 | 14 |
Abby Boreen | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 27 | +2 | 4 |
Sophia Kunin | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 32 | –1 | 6 |
Claire Butorac | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | –1 | 2 |
Liz Schepers | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 8 |
Brittyn Fleming | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | +4 | 8 |
Mellissa Channell | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | +1 | 0 |
Brooke Bryant | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +1 | 6 |
Sydney Brodt | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | –3 | 2 |
Clair DeGeorge | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | –4 | 6 |
Dominique Kremer | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 0 |
Emma Greco | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | +8 | 10 |
Goaltenders
Player | GP | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Nicole Hensley | 14 | 849:22 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 2.19 | 383 | 0.919 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Maddie Rooney | 10 | 605:34 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 2.08 | 246 | 0.915 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Awards and honors
Milestones
Player | Milestone | Reached |
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Taylor Heise | 1st goal in franchise history | January 3, 2024[Recap 1] |
1st career PWHL goal | ||
1st career PWHL game | ||
Sophia Kunin | 1st career PWHL goal | |
1st career PWHL game | ||
Grace Zumwinkle | 1st career PWHL goal | |
1st career PWHL game | ||
Mellissa Channell | 1st career PWHL assist | |
1st career PWHL game | ||
Brittyn Fleming | 1st assist in franchise history | |
1st career PWHL assist | ||
1st career PWHL game | ||
Nicole Hensley | 1st win in franchise history | |
1st career PWHL win | ||
1st career PWHL game | ||
Brooke Bryant | 1st career PWHL game | |
Natalie Buchbinder | ||
Michela Cava | ||
Abby Cook | ||
Kendall Coyne Schofield | ||
Clair DeGeorge | ||
Maggie Flaherty | ||
Emma Greco | ||
Dominique Kremer | ||
Denisa Křížová | ||
Kelly Pannek | ||
Liz Schepers | ||
Lee Stecklein | ||
Susanna Tapani | ||
Grace Zumwinkle | 1st career PWHL hat-trick | January 6, 2024[Recap 2] |
Maddie Rooney | 1st career PWHL shutout | |
1st career PWHL win | ||
1st career PWHL game | ||
Claire Butorac | 1st career PWHL game | |
Lee Stecklein | 1st career PWHL assist | January 10, 2024[Recap 3] |
Denisa Křížová | ||
Taylor Heise | ||
Lee Stecklein | 1st career PWHL goal | January 14, 2024[Recap 4] |
Kelly Pannek | ||
Michela Cava | 1st career PWHL assist | |
Grace Zumwinkle | 1st career penalty shot | |
Maddie Rooney | 1st career PWHL loss | |
Susanna Tapani | 1st career PWHL goal | January 17, 2024[Recap 5] |
1st career PWHL power-play goal | ||
Grace Zumwinkle | 5th career PWHL goal | |
1st career PWHL short-handed goal | ||
1st career PWHL assist | ||
Michela Cava | 1st career PWHL goal | January 24, 2024[Recap 6] |
Sophia Kunin | 1st career PWHL assist | |
Abby Boreen | 1st career PWHL game | |
Brittyn Fleming | 1st career PWHL goal | January 27, 2024[Recap 7] |
Claire Butorac | 1st career PWHL assist | |
Lee Stecklein | 5th career PWHL assist | |
Abby Cook | 1st career PWHL goal | January 28, 2024[Recap 8] |
Kendall Coyne Schofield | 1st career PWHL assist | |
Abby Boreen | 1st career PWHL goal | |
1st career PWHL overtime goal | ||
Nicole Hensley | 1st career PWHL assist | |
Natalie Buchbinder | 1st career PWHL assist | February 3, 2024[Recap 9] |
Abby Boreen | 1st career PWHL power-play goal | February 14, 2024[Recap 10] |
1st career PWHL assist | ||
Sophie Jaques | 1st career PWHL assist | |
Maggie Flaherty | 1st career PWHL goal | |
Maggie Flaherty | 1st career PWHL assist | February 17, 2024[Recap 11] |
Sophie Jaques | 1st career PWHL goal | February 27, 2024[Recap 14] |
Natalie Buchbinder | ||
Denisa Křižová | 1st career PWHL goal | March 5, 2024[Recap 16] |
Kendall Coyne Schofield | 5th career PWHL assist | |
Grace Zumwinkle | ||
Kendall Coyne Schofield | 5th career PWHL goal | March 13, 2024[Recap 17] |
Kelly Pannek | 10th career PWHL assist | |
Taylor Heise | 5th career PWHL assist | |
Nicole Hensley | 1st career PWHL shutout | |
Claire Butorac | 1st career PWHL goal | March 16, 2024[Recap 18] |
Sydney Brodt | 1st career PWHL assist | |
1st career PWHL game | ||
Clair DeGeorge | 1st career PWHL assist | March 24, 2024[Recap 19] |
Sophie Jaques | 5th career PWHL assist | |
Grace Zumwinkle | 10th career PWHL goal | April 18, 2024[Recap 20] |
Brooke Bryant | 1st career PWHL goal | |
Kendall Coyne Schofield | 10th career PWHL assist | April 27, 2024[Recap 22] |
Michela Cava | 5th career PWHL goal | May 1, 2024[Recap 23] |
Maggie Flaherty | 5th career PWHL assist |
Honors
- January 1–7: Grace Zumwinkle named PWHL First Star of the Week[16]
- January 8–14: Taylor Heise named PWHL Third Star of the Week[17]
- February 12–18: Kendall Coyne Schofield named PWHL Third Star of the Week[18]
- February 26 – March 3: Sophie Jaques named PWHL Second Star of the Week[19]
- March 11–17: Kendall Coyne Schofield and Michela Cava named PWHL First and Second Stars of the Week[20]
Transactions
Minnesota has been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 PWHL season.
Signings
Date | Player | Position | Term | Previous Team | Ref |
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September 6, 2023 | Kelly Pannek | F | 3 years | Team Scotiabank | [21][22] |
September 6, 2023 | Kendall Coyne Schofield | F | 3 years | Team Adidas | [21][22] |
September 6, 2023 | Lee Stecklein | D | 3 years | Team Harvey's | [21][22] |
October 26, 2023 | Taylor Heise | F | 3 years | Minnesota | [21][22] |
October 31, 2023 | Nicole Hensley | G | 3 years | Team Sonnet | [21][22] |
November 1, 2023 | Grace Zumwinkle | F | 3 years | Minnesota | [21][22] |
November 8, 2023 | Susanna Tapani | F | 2 years | KRS Vanke Rays | [22] |
November 20, 2023 | Maggie Flaherty | D | 2 years | Minnesota Duluth | [21][22] |
November 27, 2023 | Natalie Buchbinder | D | 2 years | Wisconsin | [21][22] |
November 29, 2023 | Brooke Bryant | F | 1 year | Minnesota State | [21][22] |
November 29, 2023 | Sydney Brodt | F | 1 year | Minnesota Whitecaps | [21][22] |
November 30, 2023 | Liz Schepers | F | 1 year | Minnesota Whitecaps | [21][22] |
November 30, 2023 | Claire Butorac | F | 1 year | Minnesota State | [21][22] |
December 1, 2023 | Sophia Kunin | F | 1 year | Team Harvey's | [21][22] |
December 1, 2023 | Brittyn Fleming | F | 1 year | Minnesota Whitecaps | [21][22] |
December 1, 2023 | Denisa Křížová | F | 2 years | Minnesota Whitecaps | [21] |
December 7, 2023 | Clair DeGeorge | F | 1 year | Team Harvey's | [21] |
December 7, 2023 | Michela Cava | F | 1 year | Toronto Six | [21] |
December 19, 2023 | Amanda Leveille | G | 1 year | Minnesota Whitecaps | [23] |
December 19, 2023 | Maddie Rooney | G | 2 years | Team Adidas | [24] |
December 20, 2023 | Dominique Kremer | D | 1 year | Buffalo Beauts | [25] |
December 20, 2023 | Abby Cook | D | 1 year | HC Ladies Lugano | [26] |
December 21, 2023 | Emma Greco | D | 1 year | Toronto Six | [27] |
December 21, 2023 | Mellissa Channell | D | 1 year | Team Harvey's | [28] |
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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February 11, 2024 | To Boston
Susanna Tapani Abby Cook |
To Minnesota
Sophie Jaques |
[29] |
References
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Recaps
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External links
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