And yes, they have “Walter,” too, the 35-pound, sterling silver trophy — cousin to the NHL’s Stanley Cup — named for PWHL sole owners Mark Walter, the billionaire Los Angeles Dodgers majority owner, and his wife, Kimbra.
Frost players toted Walter everywhere last summer after the last team to make the playoffs came back to win playoff series over higher-seeded Toronto and Boston.
“Walter, Wally, Wally J, Wally Jr.,” said Frost veteran defender Lee Stecklein, a former Gopher and three-time U.S. Olympian. “We got him first, so we get to give out the nicknames.”
Nine days after Minnesota won the championship, the league announced Darwitz’s dismissal after a monthslong internal and external review, conducted within all six teams.
“It was difficult to see,” Frost captain and veteran forward Kendall Coyne Schofield said. “Decisions made are not the decisions that are made by us players. We’re here to play hockey, and we’re here to defend our title.”