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The National Women’s Hockey League completed its playoffs March 17 with the Minnesota Whitecaps taking the championship 2-1 in overtime over the Buffalo Beauts in Minneapolis. Playing at the Tria Rink, the practice rink for the Minnesota Wild, the Whitecaps earned the Isobel Cup in its first year in the league.
The Whitecaps feature a number of former collegiate players from the area, including former Cloquet-Esko-Carlton Lumberjack Sadie Lundquist. In honor of Lundquist becoming the first professional women’s hockey player in CEC history, the Lumberjacks hung a banner in her honor at Northwoo...