Frost Re-Sign Lee Stecklein, Grace Zumwinkle
Zumwinkle signed through 2028-29 and Stecklein through 2027-28 as Minnesota protected both from the PWHL expansion draft.
- On Friday, the Minnesota Frost re-signed defender Lee Stecklein and forward Grace Zumwinkle, adding both to the team's protected list during the third phase of the PWHL expansion process.
- The PWHL is utilizing a six-phase format to stock four expansion teams—Detroit, Hamilton, Las Vegas, and San Jose—for the 2026 season, allowing existing franchises to protect key roster members from being poached.
- Both players are decorated Olympians: Zumwinkle signed a three-year contract while Stecklein agreed to two years, with Stecklein recording 14 points last season and Zumwinkle posting a career-best 23 points.
- Previously, the Frost protected centers Taylor Heise and Kelly Pannek, plus goaltender Maddie Rooney; however, the team lost three players to expansion, including blue liners Mae Batherson and Kendall Cooper, and forward Britta Curl-Salemme.
- The Frost can still protect one additional player before the PWHL Draft on June 17 in Detroit, with management evaluating veteran forward Kendall Coyne Schofield to fill the final roster spot.
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Frost re-sign Lee Stecklein, Grace Zumwinkle
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Frost announced Friday they have re-signed two of their top players, blue liner Lee Stecklein and wing Grace Zumwinkle. Both Minnesota natives, they have played roles in the team’s early PWHL success. Friday marked the end of the third phase, a preliminary open signing period, in the PWHL’s six-piece format used to stock four expansion teams for next season — Detroit, Hamilton (Ontario), Las Vegas and San Jose (Californi…
Minnesota Frost re-sign Lee Stecklein, Grace Zumwinkle
Defender Lee Stecklein and forward Grace Zumwinkle are staying put in Minnesota after the PWHL’s Frost re-signed both players. Zumwinkle signed a three-year contract and Stecklein a two-year deal, with both added to Minnesota’s protected list in the third phase of the PWHL’s expansion process.
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