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Jan 13, 2025 | 
theicegarden.com | LJ Bachenheimer
On Sunday, the New York Sirens welcomed the Toronto Sceptres back to the Prudential Center. Both teams were coming off losses in the previous week, while New York won this pair's earlier meeting by a score of 4-2. While this game had the potential to be a fast and furious face-off, we were instead treated to a goalie battle that ended regulation as a scoreless tie.
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Dec 28, 2024 | 
theicegarden.com | LJ Bachenheimer
After spending the first PWHL season bouncing between three venues, the New York Sirens have a regular home rink for 2024-25 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. The arena, home to the NHL’s New Jersey Devils as well as college basketball, concerts, and other events, hosted the Sirens’ first two home games on Dec. 18 and 22.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
theicegarden.com | LJ Bachenheimer
It’s been a rollercoaster ride for the Minnesota Frost since May. The team from the State of Hockey lifted the Walter Cup, becoming the first-ever PWHL champions. Then, almost immediately after winning the cup, Natalie Darwitz was relieved of her role as general manager by the league ownership. At the draft, a controversial selection added to the mixed feelings with the team. Things calmed throughout the summer, with a quiet free agency and key contributors sticking around.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
theicegarden.com | LJ Bachenheimer
We had names, we had logos, and now the new PWHL jerseys are here! As TIG’s resident jersey enthusiast, it was a debut I was waiting on with bated breath. I have a lot of thoughts on the new threads we'll see on the ice this season, but I’m not alone.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
theicegarden.com | LJ Bachenheimer
On Oct. 11th, the Minnesota Frost released its training camp roster ahead of the 2024-25 PWHL season. The 28 players invited will take the ice at Tria Rink in St. Paul, MN starting on Nov. 12th. They will also participate in the Toronto mini-camp Nov. 19th-22nd, with two scrimmages scheduled against the Toronto Sceptres on the 20th and the New York Sirens on the 21st.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
theicegarden.com | LJ Bachenheimer
Amy Budde has quite the resume. Following four years at Lake Forest College (DIII), Budde continued her playing career in the SDHL, joined the PHF for two seasons with the Buffalo Beauts, and played across Europe with an Austrian EWHL team. This was in addition to working in coaching, communications, and consulting (and being a Twitter icon). Recently, Budde was named head coach of the team she captained in college at Lake Forest.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
theicegarden.com | Meredith Foster |LJ Bachenheimer
During my eight years as a sportswriter I've found myself consistently drawn to a number of subjects, like Nordic hockey, social justice, and equity for non-cisgender athletes. I've also found myself fascinated by some choices in team logos. Now, I'm not a graphic designer. I am, however, a big fan of committing to the bit. I like it when a team's design department says "fuck it, we ball," because sports are supposed to be fun and there's no reason why its marketing can't follow suit.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
theicegarden.com | LJ Bachenheimer
As a lover of hockey design, one of my major disappointments in the PWHL's first season was the lack of real team names and logos. Every new team is an opportunity to craft a new aesthetic identity to represent the team, the city, and the community, and some new hockey teams have hit that out of the park. Instead, what we got in the PWHL was teams named after the league and their city, with generic jerseys lacking personality (and stripes that go all the way around the sleeves).
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
theicegarden.com | LJ Bachenheimer
Next up for the 2024 T25U25 is number seven!Caroline Harvey is one of the most exciting players currently on Team USA, part of a new crop of extraordinary young athletes. She’s the best defender in the NCAA, and arguably one of the best in the world. Her 2023-24 season was impressive. She had 35 points and 49 blocks for Wisconsin and 10 points and a +12 rating in seven games with Team USA at the IIHF World Championship, but that’s only part of the story.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
theicegarden.com | Mike Murphy |LJ Bachenheimer
23: Daryl Wattsby Mike MurphyYou don't become the most coveted free agent in the top professional league in the world if you aren't something special. And that is what Daryl Watts, 25, is – something special. In her debut PWHL season, Watts shook off the rust that held her back in 2023-24 with the Toronto Six of the PHF. She scored a team-leading 10 goals in 24 GP with PWHL Ottawa and re-established herself as an elite goal scorer at the highest level of the game.
