Friday, November 28, 2025 | 1 p.m. PT | Climate Pledge Arena
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MINNESOTA FROST
0-0-0-1 | 0 PTS | 8TH PLACE
Top Scorer: Kendall Coyne Schofield – 1 GP, 1-0-1 PTS
Last Game: 2-1 L vs. TOR on Nov. 21
SEATTLE TORRENT
0-0-1-0 | 1 PTS | 7TH PLACE
Top Scorer: Julia Gosling – 1 GP, 2-0-2 PTS
Last Game: 4-3 OTL at VAN on Nov. 21
2025-26 HEAD-TO-HEAD SEASON SCHEDULE:
Nov. 28 at SEA | Jan. 11 at MIN | Mar. 13 at MIN | Apr. 22 at SEA
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
Minnesota is a perfect 2-0 in opposing team home openers. In the inaugural season, they beat Boston 3-2 in the first-ever game played by both teams on Jan. 3, 2024, then returned to the Tsongas Center for a 2-1 win over the Fleet in their first home game of the 2024-25 campaign on Dec. 4.
The Frost have played in front of three of the league’s top four U.S. crowds to date, most notably the 14,288 fans that set the U.S. attendance record for a professional women’s hockey game at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena during last season’s Takeover Tour on Mar. 16 against New York. The PWHL’s second largest U.S. crowd is 14,018 at Denver’s Ball Arena on Jan. 12 when Minnesota played Montréal. Minnesota’s inaugural home opener against Montréal on Jan. 6, 2024, ranks fourth on the list at 13,316.
Minnesota fell to Toronto, 2-1, at home in their season opener. Last season, the Frost scored one or zero goals in just seven regular-season games, tied with Montréal for fewest in the league. They went 0-0-1-6 in those seven games.
The Frost opened the scoring in its loss last Friday. Last season, Minnesota was 8-4-2-4 (.630) when scoring first, the worst record in the league in such games.
Kendall Coyne Schofield, who led the Frost with 12 goals last season, scored their lone goal last Friday. The Frost captain also scored in each of Minnesota’s last two regular-season games in 2024-25, giving her a three-game goal streak for the first time in her PWHL career.
Brooke Bryant, who signed with Seattle following Training Camp, was a member of Minnesota’s two Walter Cup championship teams. The forward recorded five points (2G, 3A) in 49 career regular season games in two seasons.
The Frost are 11-11 (7-4-4-7) all-time against American opponents through the first two PWHL regular seasons. Their road record in U.S. games is 4-2-2-3.
This is the first-ever home game for the Torrent and the second PWHL game at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena. The first was a Boston win over Montréal, 3-2 in a shootout, on Jan. 5 to launch the PWHL Takeover Tour with 12,608 fans in attendance. Eight members of the Torrent played in that game, including Hannah Bilka who scored a goal and an assist, plus the shootout winner, for the Fleet. Lexie Adzija, Emily Brown and Hilary Knight also played for Boston, while Cayla Barnes (1A), Mikyla Grant-Mentis, Mariah Keopple and Anna Wilgren suited up for the Victoire.
Eight players from these teams first took to the ice at Climate Pledge Arena during the Rivalry Series on Nov. 20, 2022, where a crowd of 14,551 set a record for a national women’s game in the U.S. Knight scored two goals and one assist to lead the Americans to a 4-2 win over Canada. Team USA also featured Torrent forward Alex Carpenter (1A), and Minnesota’s Coyne Schofield (1A), Kelly Pannek (1A), Lee Stecklein (1A) and goaltender Nicole Hensley (22/24). Canada’s lineup included Frost Reserve Élizabeth Giguère (1A) and Torrent forward Jessie Eldridge.
Julia Gosling scored twice in the Torrent’s historic opener, including the team’s first-ever goal, for her third career multi-goal game. The other two were with Toronto last season: Feb. 19 at New York and Game 1 in the playoffs against the Frost.
Knight’s assist in the season opener was the 20th of her career. The Torrent captain is one of four players with at least 20 goals and 20 assists in PWHL history along with Marie-Philip Poulin, Laura Stacey and Daryl Watts.
Marah Wagner has already made history as the PWHL’s first player from the State of Washington, now the Seattle native’s career comes full circle with her hometown team going from Lynnwood Ice Center to Climate Pledge Arena. The rookie was in the house on Thursday night to lead ‘The Surge’ ahead of the Kraken’s game against the Dallas Stars.
Emily Zumwinkle signed a Reserve Player contract with Seattle to complete the league’s first-ever sister duo with Frost forward Grace Zumwinkle. The pair, who are four years apart in age, played one collegiate season together at the University of Minnesota in 2022-23.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“I felt like we had some good chances against Toronto and it’s the kind of game we can build on. This road trip is a chance for our team to come together, and we’re excited to be a part of a special day in Seattle. We know we need to keep getting better and be a little sharper on our details and habits to get points in our league.” – Frost Head Coach Ken Klee
“As we head into our inaugural Seattle Torrent home game, I couldn’t be more energized by the support we’ve already felt from this community. Seattle has a proud tradition of elevating women’s sports through the NWSL and WNBA, and we’re honored to join that strong professional landscape. Our players are ready, our staff is ready, and we can’t wait to step onto the ice and represent a city that believes in and stands behind female athletes at the highest level.” - Torrent Head Coach Steve O’Rourke
FRIDAY’S GAME: Professional women’s hockey officially arrives in Seattle with the Torrent’s inaugural home opener at Climate Pledge Arena. It will be a historic and potentially record setting game for women’s hockey in the U.S., which makes it fitting the country’s newest PWHL market is hosting the two-time defending Walter Cup champions. Fans are encouraged to arrive at Climate Pledge Arena early, with gates opening at 11:30 a.m. PT for a special home opening ceremony where every Torrent player will be introduced, ahead of a ceremonial puck drop and anthem performances. With a new Torrent section and jersey wall at Climate Pledge Arena’s Team Store, Seattle fans can also shop in-person for their new game day fit. For festivities before gates open, fans can visit Queen Anne Beerhall, Rough & Tumble, and Tom’s Watch Bar for official Torrent pre-game hype parties.
The Torrent adds to a rich women’s hockey history in Seattle that can be traced back to 1917 with the Seattle Hockeyettes, whose members were wives of the Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association – a team that was also crowned the 1917 Stanley Cup champions. In 1921, the Seattle Vamps competed in a six-game series called the ‘International Ladies’ Hockey League’ with the Vancouver Amazons and Victoria Kewpies in what is considered the first-ever women’s international hockey series. Two teams were formed in 1930 known as the Seattle Royalettes and Octonek Knitters. The Royalettes competed against the Vancouver Amazons in 1931, winning a two-game total goal series, 3-1. In 1972, the first modern-day women’s hockey team was formed at the Highland Ice Arena as part of the North King County Amateur Hockey League and played exhibition games against Canadian competition. The Seattle Wings were the first multi-team club in modern-day history, formed in 1988. The Wings were reserved for advanced players, and the Seattle Orcas for beginners and intermediates. The club soon gave birth to the Seattle Women's Hockey Club (SWHC), established in 1997.
Opened on October 19, 2021, Climate Pledge Arena, located at Seattle Center, is also home to the NHL’s Seattle Kraken, the WNBA Seattle Storm and the world’s biggest performers of live music and events. The arena is constructed under an historic landmarked roof originally built for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. Climate Pledge Arena is one of 15 NHL venues to host a PWHL game all-time. This season, three of the league’s eight teams have primary home venues shared with NHL teams including Minnesota’s Grand Casino Arena and New York’s Prudential Center.