For the second straight season, the Minnesota Frost are the Walter Cup champions. Minnesota won the PWHL title defeating the Ottawa Charge in four games in their best-of-five final.

Minnesota remains the only team to ever hoist the Walter Cup after winning the inaugural title in 2024 when the team was known as only PWHL Minnesota.

In game four of the finals, Minnesota capitalized on missed coverage deep in Ottawa's zone as Claire Thompson found a wide open Kelly Pannek on the back door who went up top to beat Ottawa's Gwyneth Philips.

Philips made made 36 saves in the game and was named the Ilana Kloss Playoff MVP.

In the third period, Tereza Vanisova tied it up for the Ottawa Charge, sending the game into overtime tied 1-1. It was the fourth straight game in the series that ended regulation tied 1-1.

In the extra frame, Liz Schepers found a rebound out front and buried the series winning championship goal. It was the second straight season that Schepers scored the winner.

Maddie Rooney was spectacular in net for the Frost was well stopping 33 of 34 shots she faced.

"To win it in front of our fans, to have over 10,000 come to the X (Xcel Energy Center) on a holiday and support our players is outstanding, it was amazing," said Minnesota head coach Ken Klee. "Even Gwyn Philips winning the MVP and them all cheering for her, it shows how great a fan base we have, how much class they have, how much they love the game, how much they love watching the players compere, and it was great hockey."

Minnesota defender Lee Stecklein led her team in scoring in the playoffs in both goals (4) and points (8), and was second to hoist the PWHL's Walter Cup earning the first pass from captain Kendall Coyne Schofield.

The PWHL will now prepare for their inaugural expansion draft, and the 2025 PWHL Draft.