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Minnesota Leads the way with 18 players on PWHL Opening Day Rosters

By Louis Snee, 11/30/24, 10:30AM CST

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The 2024-25 PWHL regular season begins on Saturday, November 30th, with the Toronto Sceptres hosting the Boston Fleet. The matchup features five (5) Minnesotans (Emily Brown - Blaine, Sidney Morin - Minnetonka, Hannah Brandt - Hill-Murray, Izzy Daniel - Blake and Anneke Rankila - Centennial). Overall, there are eighteen (18) Minnesotans listed on active PWHL rosters.

Of the eighteen (18) active players on opening night, all of them played high school hockey in Minnesota, with fifteen (15) different high schools being represented (eleven (11) public and four (4) private). There are a total of 82 combined seasons of high school hockey played by the eighteen (18) players who played high school hockey. All eighteen (18) of them played high school hockey through their senior year.

After Minnesota, New York has eight (8) players listed, Michigan has six (6), Illinois and Wisconsin have five (5) players, and Massachusetts has three (3) players listed.

*Data has been sourced from PWHL team webpages and Elite Prospects.*

PWHL Team High School Years of HS Hockey PWHL Team High School Years of HS Hockey
Minnesota Frost New York Sirens
Claire Butorac Andover 5 Gabby Rosenthal Blaine 4
Kelly Pannek Benilde-St. Margaret's 5 Paetyn Levis Rogers 5
Grace Zumwinkle Breck 5
Liz Schepers Mound Westonka 5 Ottawa Charge
Taylor Heise Red Wing 6 Natalie Snodgrass Eastview 6
Lee Stecklein Roseville 4 Gabbie Hughes Centennial 5
Maggie Flaherty Lakeville North 5 Mannon McMahon Maple Grove 4
Maddie Rooney Andover 3
Toronto Sceptres
Boston Fleet Izzy Daniel Blake 4
Hannah Brandt Hill-Murray 3 Anneke Rankila Centennial 5
Emily Brown Blaine 4
Sidney Morin Minnetonka 4
Montréal Victoire
Abby Boreen* Hill-Murray 5

*Abby Boreen is not included in these stats as she was born in Somerset, Wisconsin, but played MSHSL hockey at Hill-Murray for 5 seasons.