NWHL Lake Placid report card: Minnesota Whitecaps
Minnesota showed up for the bubble ready to build on an almost-championship season
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Michelle Jay
All things considered, the Minnesota Whitecaps have to be pleased with how things went on the ice in Lake Placid. They went 3–1–0 in the regular season and bested the Boston Pride by a score of 1–0 in a highly anticipated “rematch” of what would have been the 2020 Isobel Cup Final. That right there was worth the trip to New York.
Thanks to big performances by Amanda Leveille, Nina Rodgers, Audra Richards, and Sydney Baldwin, the Whitecaps were one of the best teams in Lake Placid. They were ready to go as far as Leveille could carry them, which was beginning to look like the 2021 Isobel Cup Final before the NWHL’s “bubble” burst and play was suspended due to an outbreak of COVID-19 and player safety concerns.
2021 NWHL Season Preview: Minnesota Whitecaps
The Whitecaps will be shorthanded in Lake Placid
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Michelle Jay
Can the Minnesota Whitecaps make it three seasons in a row where they earn a spot in the Isobel Cup Final? Or will the NWHL’s westernmost franchise stumble out of the starting block without some of its key players in Lake Placid?
Five Factors
Holes in the Ship | The Whitecaps will be good again, but how good will they be without
Nicole Schammel,
Amanda Boulier?
Schammel was an offensive force last year but didn’t get her fair share of the headlines because of