Defending PWHL champions Minnesota Frost have a big challenge when the second season begins Nov. 30. Winning breeds fiercer competition, particularly in a six-team league with so much familiarity between players from their college and international careers.

The Minnesota Frost has a larger staff than did PWHL Minnesota, plus newly branded gear, a longer season and, of course, the Walter Cup trophy.

The Professional Women’s Hockey League Team is back on the ice with a new team name, new uniforms and an 18-player returning roster. The Frost started pre-season training Thursday in St. Paul.

As they prep to defend their Walter Cup title, the Minnesota Frost women’s hockey team can honestly claim to have assembled a gold-medal staff for the 2024-25 season. The team, which beat

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Frost unveiled new uniforms on Thursday. The uniforms feature a palette of lavender, black, and white colors with the prominent "F" logo in the center. The team, known as PWHL Minnesota last season, officially rebranded to the Frost in September.

The Minnesota Frost’s first game of the season is under a month away now, and while there were still a handful of grades to hand out, it’s time to get excited about the preseason, which starts on Nov.

The defending PWHL champions took to the ice for their first practice of the season Thursday in downtown St. Paul featuring a lot of familiar names, which bodes well for their chances of pulling off a repeat.