ST. PAUL, Min. — The hardware has not yet finished being distributed to PWHL Minnesota.
While on Tuesday they took home the title as a team at the PWHL Awards afterwards winning the first Walter Cup championshipit was also an opportunity for individual players and coaches in the league to gain recognition.
The day after the PWHL designplayers gathered in the ballroom of St. Paul’s Intercontinental Hotel.
Minnesota players Sophie Jacques and Grace Zumwinkle were part of the rookie team, and Zumwinkle took home one of the biggest awards: rookie of the year.
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“Growing up in hockey, you go to a Wild game and you think, ‘Okay, this is professional hockey, but it’s all guys.’ And so the biggest or highest level that you were going to see might be a Gopher game,” Zumwinkle said. “And I think now that you see the little girls coming to the PWHL games, it’s like having something to enjoy. to dream. I think the fans here in Minnesota have been great and I hope that will only increase next year.”
The biggest award of the night went to Toronto’s Natalie Spooner, who received the MVP Award presented by Billie Jean King herself.
The awards ceremony marks the official end of the first-ever PWHL season. The new season starts this fall.
Marielle Mohs
