It’s been a long journey home for the Frost, playing eight of their first 10 games on the road. Frost fans’ long wait to see them paid off as Grace Zumwinkle and Katy Knoll led Minnesota to a 6-2 victory over Seattle on Sunday in St. Paul.

The Frost were down one of their key players, Dominique Petrie, who suffered a lower body injury against Montreal and landed on long-term injury reserve earlier in the week. With Petrie’s absence, the Frost changed up their lines.

“We make no secret that when you’re part of the Frost, we expect a lot from you, and we need you to contribute,” said head coach Ken Klee. “We switched them up a little bit the other day, and I know we can put different combinations, different players with different people and then when we have injuries, it’s not as big a deal trying to figure out how you’re going to plug holes.”

Zumwinkle led the way for the Frost on Sunday, scoring two goals and just missing out on completing the hat trick late in the third period.

“I think as a line we had a lot of great chances, and I think coming into a game that’s what you’ve got to focus on,” said Zumwinke. “Hopefully you’ll be able to execute on a few of those, and I think today we saw that with all the lines, especially with Katy getting two goals as well.

“She loves to score goals, she’ll tell you that herself. Tonight she had a lot, and obviously two really nice ones,” said Klee.

Part of her success against the Torrent may stem from a bit of sibling rivalry. Zumwinkle’s younger sister, Emily, is a Seattle reserve, and they are the first-ever sisters to play in the PWHL. While Emily didn’t make the trip back home to Minnesota, it still gave Grace a little something extra to get the win over Seattle.

“As sisters, we all love each other. But there’s that rivalry at the end of the day. I know she’s cheering for own team as she should be. But that is that sisterly love and bond we share,” Zumwinkle said.

Knoll was just as much of a pain for the Torrent. She came up big after the Frost made 14 shots on goal and had the advantage of a power play. Brita Curl-Salemme and Taylor Heise were able to set up an excellent pass over to Knoll, who was just left of the goal, for a slap shot that put the Frost up 1-0 in the first period.

Then, in the third period, Knoll caught a long pass from Sidney Morin from behind the Frost goal and into the Torrent’s defensive zone to make it 5-1.

“Always love playing at home,” said Knoll. “The energy is so fun to play in front of and, like coach said, change the lines up a little bit. The way the staff kind of preaches it is you should be ready to play with anyone, and that’s kind of how our system goes.”

Rooney kept the Torrent scoreless until late in the second period, when right wing Jessie Eldridge scored with the right side of the net wide open to make it 3-1. Torrent center Danielle Serdachny would get another goal with just 7:04 left to make it 5-2.

The Frost would also get goals from Heise and rookie Abby Hustler in the third period. Heise and Curl-Salemme both had two assists. Curl-Salemme now leads the PWHL with nine assists.

The Frost next play the Sirens in New York at 6 p.m. CST Friday.

Minnesota’s Mae Batherson controls the puck behind the night during the Frost’s game against Seattle at the Grand Casino Arena on January 11, 2026 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Courtesy of PWHL)