Sunday, March 15, 2026 | 2 p.m. MT | Ball Arena – Denver
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Jamie Hersch (Play-by-Play), Alexis Huss (Analyst), Rachel Tos (Reporter)
NEW YORK SIRENS
8-0-3-8 | 27 PTS | 5TH PLACE
Top Scorer: Casey O’Brien – 19 GP, 5-9-14 PTS
Last Game: 6-2 W vs. OTT on Mar. 8
MINNESOTA FROST
8-3-3-4 | 33 PTS | 3RD PLACE
Top Scorer: Taylor Heise – 18 GP, 5-15-20 PTS
Last Game: 4-1 W vs. SEA on Mar. 13
2025-26 SEASON SERIES: MINNESOTA LEADS 5-1 IN POINTS (NEW YORKS LEADS 21-18 IN POINTS ALL-TIME)
Jan. 16 at NY: 3-2 MIN (OT) | Jan. 25 at MIN: 6-2 MIN | Mar. 15 at MIN (DENVER) | Apr. 1 at NY | Apr. 11 at MIN
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
This is the third of five Takeover Tour games for New York this season – the Sirens won in Dallas and Washington earlier this year and will play in Chicago and Detroit later this month. This is Minnesota’s third and final Takeover Tour game – the first two went to overtime (one loss in Chicago, one win in Edmonton). The Frost won 4-2 in Denver last season against Montréal.
Minnesota scored six goals in its last matchup against New York, tied for its second most goals scored in a regular-season game in team history. It matched the Sirens’ most goals allowed in any game in team history.
New York scored a season-high six goals in its most recent win over Ottawa at home. The Sirens are averaging 2.60 goals per game in their home arena this season but just 2.00 away.
Taylor Girard had her second multi-goal game of the season in New York’s most recent win over Ottawa. Girard is one of six PWHL players to score multiple goals in multiple games this season along with teammate Kristýna Kaltounková, the Frost’s Kendall Coyne Schofield and Katy Knoll, and Ottawa’s Brianne Jenner and Rebecca Leslie.
Sarah Fillier, one of the Sirens’ three Canadian Olympic silver medalists in Milan, had her first three-point performance of the season, and second of her career, in New York’s last game (2G, 1A). She co-leads the Sirens in points with 14 (3G, 11A), alongside Casey O’Brien (5G, 9A), who is the only rookie at the top of her team’s scoring list.
Five of the league’s top seven scoring rookies, entering Sunday’s action, play for these teams. O’Brien, the league’s third overall pick and 2025 Patty Kazmaier Award recipient, headlines the list followed by first overall pick Kaltounková (11G, 1A), then Frost sixth overall pick Kendall Cooper (1G, 10A). Frost second rounder Abby Hustler (3G, 6A) and Sirens fourth rounder Maddi Wheeler (2G, 7A) are tied for fourth.
Kristin O’Neill tied for the Canadian lead in goals with three at her first Olympics but is still searching for her first point since returning from Milan. Her four goals in 19 games with the Sirens includes two on the power play and one shorthanded on 45 total shots on goal, one more than the 44 shots in 23 games she had to score four times in the inaugural season with Montréal. She played in Denver last season with the Victoire.
Minnesota beat Seattle, 4-1, at home on Friday. The Frost have eight wins this season by at least three goals, twice as many as any other team (Montréal, four). It also matches their own record set last year for the most such wins by any PWHL team in a single season.
The Frost have seven players who already have at least 10 points this season, most in the PWHL (next most: Seattle, four). Taylor Heise leads the PWHL with 20 points and joins Marie-Philip Poulin and Alex Carpenter as the only players to record back-to-back 20-point seasons in the PWHL.
Heise, one of six 2026 U.S. Olympic gold medalists on the Frost, became just the fifth PWHL player to reach 55 career points (17G, 38A) with an empty-net goal on Friday. She has four points (2G, 2A) in her last two games and three points (1G, 2A) in two games against New York this season. Her 15 assists lead the league and are two shy of a single season record.
Britta Curl-Salemme is the only current member of the Frost who scored a goal in Minnesota’s win in Denver last January. Heise, Denisa Křížová and Lee Stecklein all had one assist, with all other points produced by players no longer on the team. Maddie Rooney earned the win in goal.
Of the 19 different U.S. states represented across the PWHL, the Frost have the league’s only two Colorado natives in rookie forward Peyton Anderson (Arvada) and goaltender Nicole Hensley (Lakewood). Anderson became the first Colorado player to score a PWHL goal on Friday and will have 80 friends and family members at Ball Arena to see her play. Hensley, who did not play in last season’s game, was inducted into the Sportswomen of Colorado Hall of Fame in 2015 and has twice brough the Walter Cup home to celebrate.
Frost Head Coach Ken Klee played one season with the Colorado Avalanche (2006-07) and never left, making his home in Denver at the end of his 14-season NHL career.
Since the Frost last played in Denver, Curl-Salemme, Heise and Grace Zumwinkle joined the PWHL’s Triple Gold Club having won Olympic gold, World Championship gold, and the Walter Cup in their careers. The list also includes Coyne Schofield, Hensley, Rooney, Stecklein and Kelly Pannek and Vancouver’s Claire Thompson.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“We are really excited. Obviously a big game Sunday, the standings are super tight right now for a lot of teams, so every game right now feels like a playoff game. We are excited to play in front of the crowd in Denver, to see the crowd that we have and be ready to play our game.” – Sirens alternate captain Jaime Bourbonnais
“I’m super excited to be able to come back and play in my hometown. Coming off a big win on Friday, we have a lot of energy and want to keep it rolling after that. It’s just super special to be back in Denver and playing in front of all my family and my friends and everybody that’s supported me along the way. We’re excited to keep it going. New York’s a very good team so we’re preparing like we do for every game, and making sure we bring it Sunday and hopefully we can get a win in my hometown.” – Frost rookie Peyton Anderson
SUNDAY’S GAME: The PWHL returns to Ball Arena for the 11th game of the 16-game PWHL Takeover Tour™ following the all-expansion team matchup between Seattle and Vancouver back on Jan. 25. Denver is one of four returning markets from the 2024-25 season along with Detroit, Edmonton and Québec City. It’s also one of five markets to host multiple Takeover Tour games this season along with Chicago, Detroit, Edmonton and Halifax. Ball Arena is one of 31 venues to host a PWHL game all-time, including one of 17 venues with a current NHL team. Both of those numbers will increase by five by season’s end. The first-ever game in Denver last January set a U.S. professional women’s hockey attendance record with 14,018 fans. The record was broken last March in Detroit (14,288), and three times this season during Seattle’s inaugural home opener in November (16,014), the ninth stop of the Takeover Tour in Washington, D.C. (17,228), and most recently in Seattle’s first home game post-Olympics on Feb. 27 with 17,335 fans at Climate Pledge Arena. The PWHL has partnered with local nonprofit Fearless 6 Hockey for today’s game to promote gender equity and empower the next generation of female leaders by offering access to live women's sports experiences. The Frost and Sirens have been well-connected with Denver’s professional sports scene, doing jersey swaps and various collaborations with the Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Mammoth, Colorado Rapids, Denver Onyx and Denver Summit FC who made their NWSL debut yesterday. Today’s game is presented by Woody Creek Distillers who will provide bucket hats to the first 1,000 fans through the doors, while quantities last.