Frost re-signs 2 of team’s stars ahead of PWHL expansion roster distribution process

The Minnesota Frost announced on Wednesday that the team re-signed two of its star players — forwards Taylor Heise and Kelly Pannek.

Both got three-year contracts through the 2028-29 PWHL season. Pannek and Heise are two of the team’s three protected players as part of the PWHL’s expansion distribution process before the upcoming season.

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Both are Minnesota natives and Olympians, having helped the team beat Canada to win gold at the 2026 Milan-Cortina games.

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During Heise’s last season, she had a career-high 30 points on 13 goals and 17 assists in 30 games played.

Pannek ended the 2025-26 season with a single-season PWHL record of 33 points in 30 games.

Both women were finalists for the 2026 PWHL Forward of the Year.
The post Frost re-signs 2 of team’s stars ahead of PWHL expansion roster distribution process first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News.


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