Frost begin second season Dec. 1 at Xcel Energy Center

Frost begin second season Dec. 1 at Xcel Energy Center

The defending PWHA champion will play a 30-game schedule in the league’s second year.

The defending champion Minnesota Frost will begin their second PWHL season at home with a 5 p.m. puck drop against the New York Sirens at Xcel Energy Center on Dec. 1, the first of an expanded 30-game schedule.

Minnesota, officially named the Frost on Sept. 9, won the league’s inaugural Walter Cup on May 29 after a 25-game schedule.

“The bar has been set high for our returning core and new skaters as we get ready to defend the Walter Cup,” general manager Melissa Caruso said in a statement. “I’m looking forward to seeing the State of Hockey turn up at the Xcel Energy Center this season and all the great fans throughout the league as we continue to grow the PWHL.”

Broadcast and streaming information will be announced at a future date.

The Frost are scheduled to play 13 home games at the X, four of them on a long homestand Dec. 29-Jan. 8. The PWHL will take a nearly month-long break for the IIHF World Championships from April 9-20 in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia.

“Every team in the league got better in the offseason,” Frost head coach Ken Klee said in a statement. “That makes defending our title that much harder. It’s great to see the path we’re going to take, and I can’t wait to get back to Xcel Energy Center in front of our fans.”

-Pioneer Press