Minnesota Whitecaps

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Minnesota Whitecaps
founding 2004
history Minnesota Whitecaps (since 2004)
Location Minneapolis-Saint Paul , Minnesota , USA
Team colors Blue, white, yellow
league Western Women's Hockey League (2004-2011)
National Women's Hockey League (since 2018)
Head coach Jack Brodt
General manager Peg Thomas
Clarkson Cups 2010

The Minnesota Whitecaps are an American women's ice hockey team from the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area that has played in the National Women's Hockey League since 2018 . The Whitecaps previously played in the Western Women's Hockey League between 2004 and 2011 . In their history, the Whitecaps finished the regular season of the WWHL twice as the best point team and won three WWHL championships and once the Clarkson Cup (2010).

history

The Whitecaps were founded in 2004 by Jack Brodt and Dwayne Schmidgall to give their daughters - Winny Brodt and Jenny Potter - an opportunity to continue playing ice hockey after college. The Minnesota Whitecaps were also a founding member of the Western Women's Hockey League . They did not have a home arena, but played their games in ice rinks in the metropolitan area of ​​Minneapolis-Saint Paul , working with local ice hockey clubs and financing the rental of the ice rinks through training hours for their junior teams.

In July 2006, it was announced that the Western Women's Hockey League would join the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) for the 2006/07 season . However, this plan was only implemented temporarily, as the NWHL and WWHL could not agree on a common playoff schedule. As a result, the merger did not take place. The Whitecaps subsequently won twice the regular season (2009/10 and 2010/11) and three times the WWHL championship (2009, 2010, 2011). These successes were based, among other things, on the fact that the squad mainly consisted of US national players and the best ex-college players from the National Collegiate Athletic Association .

In the context of the tournament for the Clarkson Cup 2009, the Whitecaps caused a sensation when they moved into the final by winning over the Brampton Thunder and Calgary Oval X-Treme . In this they were beaten 3-1 by the Stars de Montréal .

A year later, at the Clarkson Cup tournament in Richmond Hill (March 26-28), the Whitecaps achieved the greatest success in their club's history when they defeated the Brampton Thunder 4-0 in the final and thus won the Clarkson Cup .

In the summer of 2011, two of the four WWHL teams, the Strathmore Rockies and Edmonton Chimos , stopped playing and then formed an expansion franchise for the Canadian Women's Hockey League as Team Alberta . The Whitecaps also received an offer to join the CWHL in 2012, but no agreement was reached. The game operations of the WWHL came to a standstill as a result.

In the following years, the Whitecaps were a league-independent, semi-professional team that mainly played friendly matches against college teams. The Whitecaps were still part of the US national team. The Whitecaps have been cooperating with the Minnesota Wild franchise from the National Hockey League since 2014 . In January 2018, the all-star game of the National Women's Hockey League was played in Saint Paul and was significantly supported by the Minnesota Wild. Two Whitecaps players (per team) were invited to take part in the All-Star Game and the associated competitions.

In May 2018, the Whitecaps were included in the NWHL, which was founded in 2015 and expanded from the east coast of the USA to the Midwest. As with all of the league's other franchises, the Whitecaps were (initially) taken over by the league to pay salaries and other expenses.

successes

WWHL
  • Regular season: 2010, 2011
  • WWHL Champions Cup: 2009, 2010, 2011
Clarkson Cup
2010

Season statistics

Legend for season statistics: GP or SP = total games; W or S = victories; L or N = defeats; T or U = tie; OTS = wins after extra time ( overtime ); OTN or OL = overtime defeats; SOS = shootout wins; SOL or SON = Shootout Losses; P = points; Pct% = wins in%; GF or T = goals; GA or GT = goals conceded

season Sp S. N U T GT Pt result
2004/05 12 8th 3 1 34 23 40 1st play-off round
2005/06 24 11 8th 5 79 65 27 Runner-up
2006/07 24 13 9 1 74 64 28 Runner-up
2007/08 24 15th 6th 1 70 50 33 Runner-up
2008/09 22nd 18th 3 1 181 44 38 WWHL Champions Cup
2009/10 12 10 2 0 44 24 20th WWHL Champions Cup
2010/11 18th 17th 1 0 120 43 35 WWHL Champions Cup

Well-known players

Web links

Commons : Minnesota Whitecaps  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Seth Berkman: Women's Hockey Barnstormers Feel League Play Can Wait. In: nytimes.com . January 20, 2017, accessed March 13, 2018 .
  2. ^ Andrew Baker: Whitecaps have talent but lack cash. In: mndaily.com. October 12, 2010, accessed March 13, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Montreal wins first Clarkson Cup. In: iihf.com. March 24, 2009, accessed March 13, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Minnesota wins Clarkson Cup. In: iihf.com. March 28, 2010, accessed March 13, 2018 .
  5. ^ Minnesota Whitecaps cry foul on exclusion from Canadian Women's Hockey League. In: huffingtonpost.ca . January 18, 2012, accessed March 13, 2018 .
  6. ↑ 2018 NWHL All-Star Weekend set for St. Paul. In: nhl.com. Retrieved May 16, 2018 (en_US).
  7. ↑ Rachel Blount: Professional women's hockey coming to Minnesota: Whitecaps named NWHL expansion team. In: startribune.com. May 16, 2018, accessed on May 16, 2018 .
National Women's Hockey League seasons and teams since 2015
Playing times

2015/16  • 2016/17  • 2017/18  • 2018/19  • 2019/20

Teams

Boston Pride  • Buffalo Beauts  • Connecticut Whale  • Metropolitan Riveters  • Minnesota Whitecaps

Others

Isobel Cup  • NWHL Draft

Western Women's Hockey League seasons and teams


Playing times

2004/05  • 2005/06  • 2006/07  • 2007/08  • 2008/09  • 2009/10  • 2010/11

Teams

British Columbia Breakers  • Calgary Oval X-Treme  • Edmonton Chimos  • Manitoba Maple Leafs  • Minnesota Whitecaps  • Saskatchewan Prairie Ice  • Strathmore Rockies

Others

Clarkson Cup  • WWHL Champions Cup