Saturday, March 21, 2026 | 12 p.m. PT | Pacific Coliseum
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MINNESOTA FROST
10-3-3-4 | 39 PTS | 1ST PLACE (TIED)
Top Scorer: Taylor Heise – 20 GP, 7-15-22 PTS
Last Game: 5-0 W vs. OTT on Mar. 18
VANCOUVER GOLDENEYES
6-1-4-9 | 24 PTS | 7TH PLACE
Top Scorer: Claire Thompson – 18 GP, 3-8-11 PTS
Last Game: 5-2 W vs. NY on Mar. 18
2025-26 SEASON SERIES: MINNESOTA LEADS 5-1 IN POINTS
Dec. 27 at VAN (EDMONTON): 2-1 MIN (OT) | Jan. 28 at MIN: 4-1 MIN | Mar. 21 at VAN | Apr. 4 at MIN | Apr. 25 at VAN
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
Minnesota scored a 2-1 overtime win over the Goldeneyes in a Takeover Tour game in Edmonton in December and then won 4-1 in St. Paul in January. Vancouver has earned at least four points against every PWHL team except Minnesota (one) and Montréal (zero).
The Frost beat the Charge, 5-0, at home on Wednesday to extend their winning streak to a season-high of four, one shy of their inaugural season record. It was Minnesota’s third win all-time by at least five goals. The rest of the PWHL has combined for three such games (New York, Ottawa, Vancouver one each).
Kelly Pannek scored her 10th and 11th goals of the season on Wednesday, putting her into a tie for the league lead (also Rebecca Leslie, Kristýna Kaltounková). She’s one of three Frost players with at least 20 points this season (also Taylor Heise, Britta Curl-Salemme) – the rest of the league has zero.
Heise has goals in four straight games, tying Pannek and Daryl Watts for the longest goal streaks of the season and one shy of Sarah Fillier’s record five-game goal streak in 2024-25. She scored 27 seconds into Wednesday’s game against Ottawa, the second-fastest goal scored this season – her teammate Kendall Coyne Schofield scored 24 seconds into a game on Dec. 2, also against Ottawa.
Grace Zumwinkle has produced consecutive multi-point performances, including a goal and an assist on Wednesday. She’s one of the four Frost Olympic gold medalists with a four-game point streak (3G, 3A) along with Heise (4G, 2A), Pannek (3G, 2A), and Curl-Salemme (1G, 3A). Together, they have scored 11 of the team’s 16 goals during the winning streak.
Maddie Rooney recorded her first shutout of the season Wednesday facing a season-low 15 shots. She has six straight wins and two against Vancouver with a 0.98 GAA and .967 SV%. Nicole Hensley ranks third with a .932 SV%.
This is the latest the PWHL has ever had a three-way tie for first place in a season. During the inaugural season, Minnesota, Montréal and Toronto shared first place with 30 points between games played on Mar. 13 and Mar. 16, 2024.
The Goldeneyes beat New York, 5-2, at home on Wednesday, snapping a four-game skid (0-0-2-2). Vancouver is 5-1-0-0 this season when scoring at least three goals, but those six such games are tied with Toronto for fewest in the league. The Goldeneyes are 1-0-4-9 when scoring two or fewer.
Tereza Vanišová had a season-high five shots on goal on Wednesday and scored her second goal in what was her 20th game of the season. Last year with Ottawa, Vanišová had 15 goals (t-2nd in the PWHL) and six games with at least five shots, fifth most in the league.
Anna Shokhina and Mannon McMahon, acquired by Vancouver in a trade with Ottawa on Jan. 18, both scored their first goals as Goldeneyes on Wednesday, and Anna Segedi scored her first career goal. The Frost third-round pick was acquired in a trade on Nov. 19 in exchange for Denisa Křížová, who returns to Pacific Coliseum for the first time today.
Sophie Jaques has goals in consecutive games for the second time this season and is tied for the PWHL lead among defenders with six. She also leads Vancouver with 74 shots on goal and 468:26 time on ice, 55 minutes more than the next closest teammate (Ashton Bell). Jaques, Goldeneyes top scorer Claire Thompson, and fellow defender Mellissa Channell-Watkins are all former Frost.
Michelle Karvinen scored Vancouver’s lone goal on Jan. 28, her last of three goals on the campaign. Izzy Daniel scored her first of five goals this season against Minnesota on Dec. 27.
The Patty Kazmaier Award recipient will be announced today. Daniel (Cornell 2024), Jaques (Ohio State 2023), Heise (Minnesota 2022), Élizabeth Giguère (Clarkson 2020), and Coyne Schofield (Northeastern 2016) are among the 12 PWHL players who have won the prestigious collegiate award.
Sunday’s Frozen Four final features Ohio State and Wisconsin. Jenn Gardiner won twice with the Buckeyes (2022, 2024), with Jaques, Gabby Rosenthal and Madison Bizal in 2022. Former Badgers winners include Curl-Salemme and Natalie Buchbinder (2019, 2021, 2023), Kristen Campbell in 2019.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“We’re super excited to come to Vancouver for the first time, and it’s a Saturday game so it should be an exciting crowd. Today is another opportunity to build upon what we have as a team, and we want to continue to ride the momentum from our last few games, as every point is crucial.” – Frost rookie defender Kendall Cooper
“It was great [last game] to see some more girls getting on the scoresheet. Our fourth line was great for us last game, so I think we need to build off of that and make sure we're really playing a complete game. As a whole, I think we've got a lot of good momentum going into this game.” – Goldeneyes defender Sophie Jaques
SATURDAY’S GAME: Vancouver welcomes Minnesota to Pacific Coliseum for the first time. It’s the Goldeneyes’ fifth of a five-game post-Olympic homestand and their final Saturday home game until the Frost return for the regular-season finale on Apr. 25. The first 6,000 fans through the doors today will receive a Jenn Gardiner Bobblehead, while quantities last. Young athletes from the PWHL Mentorship Program, developed in partnership with Strong Girls United and made possible with support from Kyndryl, Founding Partner of the program, will be at today’s game. The experience is designed to celebrate mentorship, foster leadership, and inspire the next generation of women in sport by connecting young girls with role models both on and off the ice. Following the game, the athletes will connect with their Goldeneyes Athlete Mentors, including Sydney Bard, Sophie Jaques and Madison Samoskevich. The Goldeneyes are also excited to welcome Olive and her family to today’s game as she celebrates her 100th birthday at Pacific Coliseum.