Wednesday, May 7, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. ET | Coca-Cola Coliseum
WATCH LIVE: Prime Video (Canada), FanDuel Sports Network North, PWHL YouTube & thepwhl.com (U.S. / International)
Daniella Ponticelli (Play-by-Play), Becky Kellar (Analyst), Rob Pizzo (Reporter)
MINNESOTA FROST
10-5-4-11 | 44 PTS | 4TH PLACE
Top Scorer: Kendall Coyne Schofield–30 GP, 12-12-24 PTS
Season Series: Michela Cava – 6 GP, 4-3-7 PTS
TORONTO SCEPTRES
12-3-6-9 | 48 PTS | 2ND PLACE
Top Scorer: Daryl Watts – 30 GP, 12-15-27 PTS
Season Series: Renata Fast (4-2-6) & Daryl Watts (3-3-6)
2025 PWHL PLAYOFFS:
Game 1 - May 7 at TOR | Game 2 - May 9 at TOR | Game 3 - May 11 at MIN | Game 4 - May 14 at MIN | Game 5 - May 17 at TOR
2024-25 SEASON SERIES: MINNESOTA WON 11-7 IN POINTS (TORONTO WON 8-4 IN 2024)
Dec. 7 at TOR: 6-3 MIN | Jan. 28 at MIN: 4-3 MIN (SO) | Feb. 11 at TOR: 3-2 TOR (OT) | Feb. 23 at MIN: 2-1 TOR | Mar. 9 at TOR: 2-1 MIN (OT) | Mar. 30 at MIN: 5-2 MIN
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
The defending Walter Cup champion Frost knocked the Sceptres out of last season’s playoffs, winning the last three games to overcome a 2-0 Toronto lead in the five-game series. Including the postseason, five of the all-time meetings have gone to overtime, the most for Toronto against any opponent and tied for Minnesota’s most (also against New York).
Minnesota ended the regular season with an 8-1 road win at Boston, the largest margin of victory in league history, and the eight goals were two more than any other team had ever scored on the road. The Frost were outshot 30-27 by the Fleet, the first time a PWHL team had won by more than four goals while having fewer SOG.
Four PWHL players have registered five or more career points in the playoffs and all four play for Minnesota – 2024 Playoff MVP Taylor Heise (8), Michela Cava (8), Sophie Jaques (5) and Liz Schepers (5) are among the Frost’s 16 returning members from the Walter Cup winning team.
Cava is no stranger to winning in Toronto, having been named PHF Playoff MVP for the Isobel Cup Champion Toronto Six in 2023. The Thunder Bay native has won four straight professional titles from the SDHL (Luleå), ZhHL (KRS Vanke Rays), to the PHF and PWHL.
Claire Thompson will make her playoff debut in her hometown and is one of seven players on the Frost active roster without experience in the PWHL Playoffs. Jaques is the Frost’s other Torontonian and played with Thompson’s younger sister Gillian during her youth hockey career and was coached by Thompson’s Father (Ian).
Minnesota scored at least three goals in each of its last four road games in last season’s playoffs, culminating in a 3-0 Walter Cup-winning victory over Boston. No other PWHL team has scored more than two goals in a road playoff game even once.
Toronto debuted at Coca-Cola Coliseum during the 2024 PWHL Playoffs with two straight shutout wins over Minnesota (4-0, 2-0) before falling 4-1 in Game 5. This season, the Sceptres won eight of their 13 games in their primary home venue, but lost twice to the Frost.
Including the playoffs, Toronto has 27 all-time regulation wins (four more than any other team) and 34 wins including OT/SO (one more than next-most). Toronto’s all-time goals per game average of 2.47 is the highest in league history while its 2.17 goals allowed per game is the lowest.
Kristen Campbell, who surpassed 1,000 career regular season saves on Saturday, led the 2024 PWHL Playoffs with a 0.93 GAA and a .962 SV%.
Blayre Turnbull led Toronto with two goals during the 2024 PWHL Playoffs, with Hannah Miller and Renata Fast tied for the team lead with three points in five games. They are among 11 returnees on the active roster who competed in last season’s playoffs.
Daryl Watts will make her playoff debut in her hometown and joins Savannah Harmon, Hayley Scamurra and Emma Woods as PWHL veterans experiencing their first postseason.
Fast finished the regular season with 16 assists, tying her for the league lead with Sarah Fillier. Fast also finished in the top five league-wide for most hits (63, first), power play assists (11, first), blocked shots (49, tied for third) and penalty minutes (36, second).
Allie Munroe was named an alternate captain for the Sceptres prior to Saturday’s regular season finale. She’s one of only seven Sceptres to be in the lineup for every game in team history.
Special Walter Cup crests have been added to all team jerseys for the duration of the PWHL Playoffs.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“We ended the regular season playing good hockey and need that to continue against a good team in the playoffs. This is an exciting time of year for players, coaches and fans and I’m looking forward to getting it started tonight!” - Frost Head Coach Ken Klee.
“The team is feeling good about Game 1. It’s clear that we all have a lot of confidence with what we can accomplish as a group. There’s definitely an extra layer of focus in the post season but also lots of excitement heading into the series with home ice. I’m looking forward to tonight; we have a special group, and I just want to do everything I can to help this team win. I love playoff hockey!” - Sceptres forward Emma Woods.
WEDNESDAY’S GAME: The 2025 PWHL Playoffs, presented by SharkNinja, begins at Coca-Cola Coliseum with a rematch of last season’s semifinal series between Toronto and Minnesota. Fans will receive playoff rally towels courtesy of Canadian Tire, with other partner activations to include Canadian Tire’s ‘My Team, My Sign’, Scotiabank’s ‘Make It Merch’, Factor Meals is treating guests to a take-home giveaway, plus a lucky fan will get to participate in Canadian Tire’s ‘Shoot for the Loot’ in the second intermission. DJ Shannyn Hill will be bringing the energy with sets in both intermissions. The energy of the PWHL Playoffs will be visible to the entire city as the CN Tower will be lit blue and gold tonight in recognition of the Sceptres first playoff home game.
In addition to broadcast coverage exclusively on Prime Video (Canada), tonight’s game will be broadcast in the U.S. by FanDuel Sports Network North, FanDuel Sports Network SoCal, FanDuel Sports Network Southwest, and on various stations distributed in partnership with Gray Media (Gulf Sports & Entertainment Network, Peachtree Sports Network, Palmetto Sports Network, Rock Entertainment Sports Network, Tennessee Valley Sports & Entertainment Network, Matrix Midwest, The Wax Sports, Cedar Rapids), Scripps Sports (Fort Myers, West Palm Beach, Salt Lake City, Denver, Las Vegas, Boise and Twin Falls), and the Sinclair Broadcast Group (Seattle).