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Minnesota Frost to play prominent role in PWHL ‘Takeover Tour’
As defending Walter Cup champs, the newly minted Frost will play a headlining role as the PWHL mulls expansion and tries to expand its core audience.
ST PAUL, Minn. — The PWHL is taking women’s pro hockey to places from Raleigh, North Carolina, to the Pacific Northwest in releasing its nine-date schedule of neutral site games on Monday.
Billed as the “Takeover Tour,” the six-team league selected six U.S. cities — Raleigh, Buffalo, Detroit, St. Louis, Denver and Seattle — and Canadian stops in Vancouver and Quebec City, with one site yet to be announced. The announcement comes as the PWHL prepares to open its second season on Nov. 30 and with the league launching plans to expand by as many as two teams by 2025-26.
The Minnesota Frost will play a big role in the tour, traveling to Denver, Detroit and Raleigh to take part in the tour.
“Bringing PWHL games to fans across both countries is a natural next step as we continue building our audience,” said Amy Scheer, PWHL senior vice president of business operations. “The PWHL ‘Takeover Tour’ lets us showcase our game and exceptional athletes across a wider North American footprint — an exciting moment for our players and an important move for our business as we consider expansion.”
The league is also exploring the opportunity to hold neutral site games in Europe following the 2024-25 season.
The PWHL is returning to Detroit, with defending champion Minnesota playing New York on March 16. Last year, Detroit drew a crowd of 13,736 in hosting one of the league’s two neutral-site games — with the other played in Pittsburgh.
Buffalo made this season’s list and will play host to Boston facing New York on Feb. 23.
This marks the return of women’s pro hockey to Buffalo after losing the Beauts, who in 2015 were founding members of the four-team National Women’s Hockey League. The NWHL eventually became the Premier Hockey Federation, which folded after it was bought out in June 2023 in paving the way to establish the PWHL.
With the exception of Quebec City, the other seven announced neutral-site games will be played at the homes of each city’s NHL franchise. Quebec City has an NHL-ready arena, the Videotron Centre, and has already begun making a pitch to land a PWHL expansion franchise.
Each of the PWHL’s six teams will play at least two neutral site games as part of the league’s schedule, which expanded from 24 games per team last season to 30 this year.
The neutral site schedule opens with Montreal playing Boston in Seattle on Jan. 5, followed by Montreal playing Toronto in Vancouver three days later.
The schedule is rounded out with Montreal playing Minnesota in Denver on Jan. 12 and Ottawa and Montreal will play in Quebec City on Jan. 19, in a game previously announced. Raleigh will play host to Ottawa facing Minnesota on March 7, and Ottawa will play Boston in St. Louis on March 29.
Pastry Chef Katie Elsing joined KARE 11 News at Noon to show off some of her favorite sweet treats.
MINNEAPOLIS — Thanksgiving is just around the corner and it’s time to start planning your big feast.
Cooks | Bellecour restaurants offer dishes that you can not only pick up ready to go, but also create on your own.
Pastry Chef Katie Elsing joined KARE 11 News at Noon to show off some of her favorite sweet treats.
In 2023, Twin Cities cooking school and culinary shop, Cooks of Crocus Hill and Gavin Kaysen’s Bellecour Bakery merged to form a single brand: Cooks | Bellecour.
Cooks Bellecour has locations in St. Paul, Minneapolis’ North Loop, and Edina.
The event takes place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, offering unique food, music and activities for members of Minnesota’s vibrant Hmong community.
ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota has long been home to one of the largest Hmong populations in the U.S., with St. Paul considered the epicenter of this growing and vibrant community.
It is appropriate then, that the Capital City is once again host for the annual Minnesota Hmong New Year Celebration, which will take place at River Centre on Saturday, Nov. 30 and Sunday, Dec. 1.
Members of the Hmong community and those who are interested in learning more about it will enjoy food, music, games and activities while honoring their cultural roots and contributions to life in Minnesota.
The United Hmong Family Inc. Executive Director Khou Yang and Marketing Coordinator Maycee Vang visited KARE 11 News at Noon to talk about the 44th Minnesota Hmong New Year and what it means to their community.
The Federal Aviation Administration says at least two parked vehicles on the ground were struck when the Piper PA-32 crashed around 11:40 a.m.
POMONA, Calif. — Three people were hurt aboard a single-engine plane that crashed Sunday near a Southern California dragstrip where fans were gathered for the finals of a racing event, authorities said.
At least two parked vehicles on the ground were struck when the Piper PA-32 crashed around 11:40 a.m. near the dragstrip in Pomona, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of downtown Los Angeles, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Nobody on the ground was hurt.
The crash happened while the plane was apparently attempting to land at nearby Brackett Field Airport, according to a statement posted by the National Hot Rod Association, or NHRA.
Four people were on the plane. Three of them were hospitalized, including two with critical injuries, LA County Fire Captain Sheila Kelliher-Berkoh told the Los Angeles Times.
Photos and videos from the scene showed crews working in a parking area alongside the track, where parked vehicles appeared damaged.
The raceway is hosting the NHRA finals that began Thursday. Races were paused Sunday as emergency crews responded, but the event later resumed.
The FAA is investigating the crash.
