PWHL expansion draft: These 3 Minnesota Frost stars aren't going anywhere originally appeared on Bring Me The News. The Minnesota Frost announced that they will be protecting Kendall Coyne Schofield, Lee Stecklein, and Taylor Heise ahead of the PWHL expansion draft next week.

Minnesota captured its second consecutive PWHL championship, prevailing 2-1 over the Ottawa Charge in Game 4 of best-of-five series.

The Minnesota Frost announced Tuesday which players it will protect in an upcoming expansion draft that will change the look of the Professional Women's Hockey League teams. Among the other high-profile players left unprotected in a list released by the league were Minnesota’s Kelly Pannek and Grace Zumwinkle.