Before the puck dropped, the Frost were recognized for their inaugural season championship​ with a presentation of the Walter Cup and a banner raised into the rafters of the Xcel Energy Center to permanently remember their championship.

Minnesota’s No. 1 overall draft pick last season, former Gopher Taylor Heise, came up big through the team’s playoff run last year. On Sunday, it was this year’s top draft pick, forward Sarah Fillier out of Princeton, who set up Carpenter for a pretty one-timer — the Sirens’ third-period go-ahead goal with 15 minutes left.

The Walter Cup was in the building Sunday at Xcel Energy Center, and the Minnesota Frost began their PWHL season opener like a team dead set against giving it up. After watching its championship