Minnesota's PWHL team officially has a name
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota's professional women's hockey team officially has a name: the Minnesota Frost.
The team, previously known as PWHL Minnesota, announced the moniker Monday morning in a video on social media.
"Being at the games, I was hoping we could have some cheers other than 'let's go Minnesota,'" PWHL season ticket holder Morgan Conley said. "I was patiently awaiting our team names to start getting that that brand identity together, but I honestly think it just added to the excitement around the league."
Frost captain Kendall Coyne Schofield digs the new logo, which the league says is designed to look like icicles in motion to embrace the harsh beauty of Minnesota winters.
"It's such a strong, bold, intense logo that I think a lot of people are excited about, including the players," Coyne Schofield said. "I appreciate they didn't go for a feminine name and they didn't try to make it cutesy and play up the fact that it's a women's league because at the end of the day, it's a sports league."
The Frost will keep the purple and black color scheme.
Team names for the five other PWHL teams are the Boston Fleet, the Montréal Victoire, the New York Sirens, the Ottowa Charge and the Toronto Sceptres.
The Frost will keep the purple and black color scheme.
Minnesota won the inaugural league championship, known as the Walter Cup, last season. Then, the league ousted general manager Natalie Darwitz following a monthslong investigation, the results of which have not been publicly released.
Head coach Ken Klee, who oversaw the PWHL draft for Minnesota following Darwitz's exit, was also investigated by the league this summer. Unrelated to the investigation, he faced criticism for drafting Britta Curl, a Wisconsin forward who supported transphobic messaging on social media. Curl later apologized.
New GM Melissa Caruso said last week she's focused on the future, instead of the team's past. Caruso comes to the team after 15 years with the American Hockey League, the NHL's talent pipeline.
Training camp for the Frost is expected to open in late October or early November, and the PWHL season is anticipated to open in early December.