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Minnesota Whitecaps
City: Minneapolis – Saint Paul, Minnesota
League: Western Women's Hockey League (2004–2011)
National Women's Hockey League (2018–present)
Founded: 2004 (2004)
Home Arena: TRIA Rink at Treasure Island Center
Colors: Black, white and grey
              
Owner(s): NWHL
General Manager: Jack Brodt
Head Coach: Jack Brodt
Championships
Playoff Championships: 1 Clarkson Cup (2010); 1 Isobel Cup (2019)

The Minnesota Whitecaps are a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area. In 2006-07 they were members of the National Women's Hockey League. They had been part of the Western Women's Hockey League from the fall of 2004 until the summer of 2006. In July 2006 it was announced that team along with other WWHL teams would be joining the National Women's Hockey League for the 2006-07 season. However, this was short lived as the NWHL and WWHL could not reach an agreement upon a playoff schedule. As a result, the merger was not consummated. With the collapse of the NWHL in the summer of 2007, the Western Women's Hockey League was once again a completely independent league. In March 2010, the Whitecaps became the first American team to win the Clarkson Cup.

On May 15, 2018 the team was added as a member of the National Women's Hockey League to begin play in that league for the 2018-19 season.  The league announced they will operate the team

History[]

MyIce Whitecaps

Whitecaps players Brooke White, Jenny Potter and Winny Brodt on the cover of My Ice magazine

2008-09[]

  • January 16: The Whitecaps participated in Hockey Day Minnesota. The team played the USA Selects Team.
  • March 8: The Whitecaps defeated the Calgary Oval X-Treme on March 8 in the WWHL Championship game shutting out Calgary by a score of 2-0. The Minnesota Whitecaps also won the semi-final game on March 7 against the Edmonton Chimos by a score of 4-0.
  • March 21: The Whitecaps participated in the inaugural Clarkson Cup. The final game pitted the Montreal Stars, the top team from the Canadian Women's Hockey League, against the Minnesota Whitecaps, the top team from the WWHL.[1] Montreal won the Cup by a score of 3-1. Sanya Sandahl was selected as Minnesota's player of the game.

2009-10[]

Minnesota 2010ClarksonCup

The Whitecaps celebrate winning the 2010 Clarkson Cup

  • November 16: Chisago Lakes was host to the first scrimmage of the season between the Whitecaps and the USA National team.
  • December 21: Jenny Potter, Angela Ruggiero, Julie Chu, Natalie Darwitz, Caitlin Cahow, Molly Engstrom, Lisa Chesson, Jinelle Zaugg-Siergiej and Karen Thatcher all former Minnesota Whitecaps will be playing in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games on February 12–28.[2]
  • On February 8, 2010, the Whitecaps clinched the WWHL Championship. The first game of the series on Friday February 5, was held at Minnetonka’s Pagel Ice Arena hosted by Minnetonka Youth Hockey Association. The Whitecaps beat Strathmore by a score of 6-3. Game two of the series was hosted by the NOVAS Girls High School Hockey team on Saturday, February 6, at Victory Memorial Ice Arena. The Whitecaps will look forward to competing in the Clarkson Cup Championship in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada from March 26-28.
  • March 28: The Whitecaps defeat the Brampton Thunder by a score of 4-0 to win the 2010 Clarkson Cup in Richmond Hill, Ontario.[3]

logo prior to 2018-19 season

Olympians[]

TeamUSA Whitecaps

Whitecaps players Brooke White, Caitlin Cahow, Winny Brodt, Jenny Potter and Angela Ruggiero participate in a Whitecaps vs. Team USA exhibition

Awards and honors[]

  • 2008 Breaking Barriers Award[4]: Presented at National Girls and Women in Sports Day in St. Paul
  • 2009 Clarkson Cup Top role model: Julie Chu
  • 2009 Clarkson Cup Top defense: Caitlin Cahow
  • 2010 Clarkson Cup Most Valuable Player: Julie Chu
  • 2010 Clarkson Cup Final, Player of the Game, Brooke White-Lancette[5]
  • Natalie Darwitz, Western Women’s Hockey League Most Valuable Player (2006–07)[6]

Year-by-Year[]

= Indicates first-place finish
= Indicates championship

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

Season GP W L OTL GF GA Finish Playoffs
2004–05 12 8 3 1 34 23 2nd Lost in First Round
2005–06 24 11 8 5 79 65 3rd Lost Final
2006–07 24 13 9 1 74 64 3rd Lost Final
2007–08 24 15 6 1 70 50 2nd Lost Final
2008–09 22 18 3 1 181 44 2nd WWHL Champions
Lost Clarkson Cup[7]
2009–10 12 10 2 0 44 24 1st WWHL Champions
Won Clarkson Cup[8]
2010–11 18 17 1 0 120 43 1st WWHL Champions
Lost Clarkson Cup
WWHL Totals 136 92 32 9 602 313
Season GP W L OTL GF GA Finish Playoffs
2018–19 16 12 4 0 53 34 1st Won Isobel Cup championship game, 2–1 (OT) vs. Buffalo Beauts
2019–20 24 17 5 2 106 52 2nd Qualified for Isobel Cup championship game vs. Boston Pride
Championship game cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 4 3 1 0 12 10 2nd Lost Isobel Cup championship game, 3–4 vs. Boston Pride
2021–22 20 6 13 1 52 64 5th Lost Isobel Cup semifinal game, 2–4 vs. Connecticut Whale
2022–23 24 10 11 3 58 66 4th Lost Isobel Cup final game, 3–4 vs. Toronto Six
NWHL/PHF Totals 88 48 34 6 281 226


References[]

  1. ↑ http://www.minnesotawhitecaps.com/news/2008-2009/
  2. ↑ http://www.minnesotawhitecaps.com/news/2009-2010/
  3. ↑ http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=cbc-sports_hockey_sp_clarkson_cup_final-2000357318
  4. ↑ http://www.minnesotawhitecaps.com/news/2007-2008/
  5. ↑ http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/olympics/minnesota-whitecaps-defeats-upstart-brampton-4-0-wins-clarkson-cup-89367927.html
  6. ↑ http://eastonhockey.com/natalie-darwitz.html
  7. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named 2009Clarkson
  8. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named 2010Clarkson
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