PWHL Minnesota team named ‘Frost’

Krystal Frasier KSTP
Credit: PWHL Minnesota/Facebook

(KSTP) – A few days after naming its new General Manager, the PWHL Minnesota team now has an official name: the Minnesota Frost.

Names for each team were announced early Monday morning on Good Morning America. In addition to the Frost, the league announced the following names, and unveiled their logos:

Credit: PWHL/X, formerly known as Twitter

Last week, the PWHL Minnesota posted on its social media account X, formerly Twitter, that “A cold front is rolling in on 09.09.2024,” a few days before the league announced the news, triggering guesses from users on the new name. “Blizzard” was one of the suggestions listed, as well as “Reign.”

Credit: Minnesota Frost/X, formerly known as Twitter

Minnesota’s team, which became the first champions of the newly formed league earlier this year, was honored at the Aquatennial Festival in Minneapolis in July. The month prior, Minnesota’s Grace Zumwinkle was named the league’s Rookie of the Year.

Zumwinkle is also shown in the video posted on the Frost’s social media account early Monday.

Those events followed the surprise departure of former GM Natalie Darwitz, who left the team in June and just days after the team won the inaugural Walter Cup. Last week, the team announced Melissa Caruso, of St. Paul, would be the new GM.

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