After their second championship however, the Frost were hit hard by expansion losing Claire Thompson, Sophie Jaques, Denisa Krizova and Brooke McQuigge.

During the event, players from the Minnesota Frost’s 2024-25 season were recognized for their efforts. Former Minnesota Frost Defender Sophie Jaques was named as a member of the First All-Star team.

The Frost wasted little time addressing an area of need after losing their top defensive duo in the offseason.

Every PWHL team had to lose four players in the expansion draft and while the Frost lost great players, PWHL Vancouver gained.

On the opening day of the PWHL's expansion process, only a week after the Minnesota Frost won their second straight Walter Cup, the team lost a pair of star defenders. Claire Thompson and Sophie ...

Serdachny responded with a high-skill sequence few on Ottawa’s roster could replicate: Charging into the offensive zone, recovering her own dump-in and, while being angled off by Minnesota’s Sophie ...

PWHL Vancouver signed Sophie Jaques to a three-year contract.

The 24-year-old Canadian was a finalist for PWHL Defender of the Year honors in 2025 and won the league’s first two Walter Cup championships with the Minnesota Frost in 2024 and 2025. “Vancouver fans ...

Boston captain Hilary Knight is heading to the PWHL’s expansion team in Seattle, while Vancouver landed the two-time defending champion Minnesota Frost’s blue-line duo of Claire Thompson and ...

The PWHL’s new Vancouver franchise went defense first by landing the two-time defending champion Minnesota Frost’s blue-line duo of Claire Thompson and Sophie Jaques to start the league’s ...