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Four Alums Set for NWHL Playoffs
3/24/2021 11:19:00 AM | Women's Hockey
Amanda Leveille, Winny Brodt Brown, Chelsey Brodt Rosenthal, and Meghan Lorence will represent the Minnesota Whitecaps in the Isobel Cup Playoffs this weekend.
NWHL Playoffs Schedule
Isobel Cup Semifinals - Friday, March 26
4 p.m. CT - #1 seed Toronto Six (4-1-1) vs. #4 seed Boston Pride (3-4)
7 p.m. CT - #2 seed Minnesota Whitecaps (3-1) vs. #3 seed Connecticut Whale (2-2)
Isobel Cup Final - Saturday, March 27
6 p.m. CT - Semifinal winners
At the conclusion of the NWHL regular season, which included games in Lake Placid, N.Y., in late January, Leveille was second among the league's goaltenders with three wins and her .936 save percentage was tied for third in the NWHL. Lorence recorded four assists in four games for the Whitecaps while Sydney Baldwin, who is unavailable for the Isobel Cup Playoffs, had three points (1g-2a) for Minnesota. Whitecaps team captain Brodt Brown scored one regular-season goal as well.
All three championship weekend games will be televised on NBCSN and streamed on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app exclusively in the U.S., and streamed via Twitch in Canada and other international markets.
About the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL)
Established in 2015, the NWHL was the first professional women's hockey league in North America to pay its players. The mission of the league is to fuel the continued growth of the sport and brand of pro women's hockey. The league is made up of the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, Metropolitan Riveters, Minnesota Whitecaps, and the Toronto Six. Visit NWHL.zone and follow on Twitter and Facebook @NWHL and Instagram @NWHL.zone.
About the Isobel Cup
The Isobel Cup is the championship trophy of the National Women's Hockey League. It takes its name from Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley's daughter, Isobel, who shared his love of the game and is known to be one of the first female hockey players in Canada. Isobel, along with her brothers, encouraged her father to purchase a silver cup to award to the best amateur hockey team in Canada. The Stanley Cup, as it was later named, became the championship trophy of the National Hockey League. The front of the Isobel Cup reads: "The Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy Cup 1875-1963. This Cup shall be awarded annually to the greatest professional women's hockey team in North America. All who pursue this Cup, pursue a dream; a dream born with Isobel, that shall never die. EST. 2016."
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