2021–22 Minnesota Whitecaps season
2021–22 Minnesota Whitecaps | |
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League | 5 PHF |
2021–22 record | 6–13–1 |
Home record | 3–6–1 |
Road record | 3–7–0 |
Goals for | 52 |
Goals against | 64 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jack Brodt[1] |
Coach | Jack Brodt Ronda Curtin Engelhardt[1] |
Assistant coach | Amber Hegland[1] |
Captain | Winny Brodt-Brown[2] |
Alternate captains | Jonna Curtis Allie Thunstrom Brooke White-Lancette[2] |
Arena | TRIA Rink |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Allie Thunstrom (18)[3] |
Assists | Jonna Curtis (15)[3] |
Points | Jonna Curtis (24)[3] |
Penalty minutes | Stephanie Anderson, Chelsey Brodt-Rosenthal (24)[3] |
Plus/minus | Taylor Turnquist (+15)[3] |
Wins | Amanda Leveille (4)[3] |
Goals against average | Amanda Leveille (2.38)[3] |
The 2021–22 Minnesota Whitecaps season was the team's fourth year as a member of the Premier Hockey Federation. They play their home games at TRIA Rink, the practice facility for the NHL's Minnesota Wild. The Whitecaps opened the season on the weekend of November 6–7 in Boston playing against the Pride, dropping their first two games. Their first home game, on November 20th, 2021 led to their first win of the season, also against the Pride.
Background[]
On June 28, 2021, the PHF announced the sale of the Buffalo Beauts and the Whitecaps to a joint partnership of NLTT Ventures, LLC, led by Andy Scurto, and Top Tier Sports, led by Neil Leibman. Leibman was named the team's governor.[4]
Schedule and results[]
The regular season schedule was published on August 5, 2021.[5]
News and notes[]
On December 10, 2021, the PHF announced that the December 11 and 12 games against the Buffalo Beauts had been cancelled due to inclement weather conditions affecting Buffalo's travel.[6] On December 16, 2021, those games were rescheduled for February 5 and 6, 2022.[7] On January 5, 2022, the PHF announced that all regular season games for the weekend of January 8 and 9, affecting the Whitecaps' games against the Toronto Six, were postponed due to COVID-19.[8]
Regular season[]
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Regular season schedule (Home: 3–6–1; Road: 3–7–0)
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Regulation Win (3 points) Overtime/Shootout win (2 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Regulation Loss (0 points)[20] |
Playoffs[]
The 5th-seeded Whitecaps defeated the 4th-seeded Metropolitan Riveters in the first round of the 2022 Isobel Cup Playoffs by a score of 4–1 on Friday, March 25th. They advanced to play the #1 seed Connecticut Whale in the Semifinal game to be held on Sunday, March 27.
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Playoff schedule (1–1–0)
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Player statistics[]
As of March 27, 2022[23]
Skaters[]
Regular season[23] | Playoffs[23] | |||||||||||||
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Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | ||
Jonna Curtis | 20 | 9 | 15 | 24 | +12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | ||
Allie Thunstrom | 20 | 18 | 3 | 21 | +12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | ||
Audra Morrison | 20 | 10 | 5 | 15 | +10 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 0 | ||
Ashleigh Brykaliuk | 20 | 3 | 11 | 14 | +7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0 | ||
Taylor Turnquist | 19 | 2 | 9 | 11 | +15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0 | ||
Haley Mack | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | ||
Patti Marshall | 20 | 0 | 7 | 7 | +3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | ||
Lexie Laing | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 0 | ||
Meaghan Pezon | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 0 | ||
Emma Stauber | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 0 | ||
Mak Langei | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | ||
Sydney Baldwin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 0 | ||
Alex Woken | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 0 | ||
Stephanie Anderson | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | –1 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chelsey Brodt-Rosenthal | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 2 | ||
Maddie Rowe | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | ||
Sara Bustad | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Haylea Schmid | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brooke White-Lancette | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jenna Brenneman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Lisa Martinson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Meghan Lorence | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Winny Brodt-Brown | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nicole Schammel | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltenders[]
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Player | GP | W | L | T | OT | TOI | SA | GA | SV% | GAA | SO | Sv | PIM | G | A | GS | GP | W | L | T | OT | TOI | SA | GA | SV% | GAA | SO | Sv | PIM | G | A | GS | ||
Amanda Leveille | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 630:11 | 395 | 25 | .937 | 2.38 | 1 | 370 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 118:53 | 68 | 5 | .926 | 2.52 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Jenna Brenneman | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 309:00 | 189 | 19 | .899 | 3.69 | 0 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Julie Friend | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59:38 | 36 | 6 | .833 | 6.04 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Allie Morse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Breanna Blesi | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 199:00 | 115 | 11 | .904 | 3.32 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
Awards and honors[]
Milestones[]
Player | Milestone | Reached |
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Allie Thunstrom | 50th PHF career point | November 6, 2021 |
Jonna Curtis | 60th PHF career point | December 5, 2021 |
Allie Thunstrom | 50th PHF career game | December 5, 2021 |
Records[]
Player | Milestone | Reached |
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Honors[]
- Allie Thunstrom was named the February PHF Player of the Month[24]
Transactions[]
Signings[]
Date | Player | Previous Team |
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September 22, 2021 | Allie Thunstrom | Minnesota Whitecaps[25] |
September 23, 2021 | Audra Morrison | Minnesota Whitecaps[26] |
September 24, 2021 | Jonna Curtis | Minnesota Whitecaps[27] |
September 27, 2021 | Mak Langei | Bemidji State Beavers[28] |
September 28, 2021 | Ashleigh Brykaliuk | Vanke Rays[29] |
October 5, 2021 | Patti Marshall | Brynäs IF[30] |
October 5, 2021 | Alex Woken | [30] |
October 6, 2021 | Taylor Turnquist | Boston Pride[31] |
October 7, 2021 | Nicole Schammel | Professional Women's Hockey Players Association[32] |
October 8, 2021 | Meghan Lorence | Minnesota Whitecaps[33] |
October 12, 2021 | Meaghan Pezon | Minnesota Whitecaps[34] |
October 19, 2021 | Maddie Rowe | Minnesota Whitecaps[35] |
October 19, 2021 | Sara Bustad | Minnesota Whitecaps[35] |
October 20, 2021 | Stephanie Anderson | Minnesota Whitecaps[36] |
October 20, 2021 | Haley Mack | Minnesota Whitecaps[36] |
October 21, 2021 | Brooke White-Lancette | Minnesota Whitecaps[37] |
October 22, 2021 | Haylea Schmid | Minnesota Whitecaps[38] |
November 1, 2021 | Winny Brodt-Brown | Minnesota Whitecaps[39] |
November 1, 2021 | Chelsey Brodt-Rosenthal | Minnesota Whitecaps[39] |
November 2, 2021 | Lexie Laing | Boston Pride[40] |
November 3, 2021 | Emma Stauber | Minnesota Whitecaps[41] |
November 3, 2021 | Lisa Martinson | Minnesota Whitecaps[42] |
November 4, 2021 | Jenna Brenneman | Minnesota Golden Gophers[43] |
November 4, 2021 | Amanda Leveille | Minnesota Whitecaps[44] |
Draft picks[]
Below are the Minnesota Whitecaps' selections at the 2021 NWHL Draft, which was held on June 29, 2021.[45]
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team (League) |
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1 | 6 | Mak Langei | D | ![]() |
Bemidji State Beavers |
2 | 12 | Tina Kampa | D | ![]() |
Bemidji State Beavers |
3 | 18 | Taylor Wente | F | ![]() |
Minnesota Golden Gophers |
4 | 24 | Jenna Brenneman | G | ![]() |
Penn State Nittany Lions |
5 | 30 | Kendall Williamson | F | ![]() |
Colgate Raiders |
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Minnesota Whitecaps forward leads PHF in goal scoring
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External links[]
- Minnesota Whitecaps
- 2021–22 in American ice hockey by league
- 2021–22 PHF season
- 2021–22 PHF season by team