Pannek secures points leader award after 16th goal in 4-3 loss to Goldeneyes
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Minnesota Frost’s Kelly Pannek from Plymouth secured the PWHL’s Points Leader Award and Top Goal Scorer Award for the 2025-26 regular season, which concluded on Saturday with a loss to the Vancouver Goldeneyes 4-3.
The 30-year-old two-time Olympic gold medalist set a league record with 33 points in 30 games, including her league-leading 16th goal of the season scored Saturday. The previous record was 29 points.
Pannek had a 22-point increase from last season, becoming the ninth player in PWHL history to reach 60 career points.
Minnesota’s alternate captain led the league in power-play points with 10 and tied for the second-most assists at 17.
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Frost forward Taylor Heise of Lake City, Minn., finished second in the points race with 30.
Frost lose 4-3 after OT battle
Defenseman Sophie Jaques scored at 1:24 of overtime to give the expansion Goldeneyes the 4-3 victory in the final regular-season game for both teams.
Jaques took a pass from Hannah Miller and fired a shot over goalie Marlene Boissonnault’s shoulder for her ninth goal of the season.
Jenn Gardiner had goal and two assists for Vancouver. Sarah Nurse and Miller also scored, and Emerance Maschmeyer stopped 28 shots. The Goldeneyes closed with four straight victories to finish seventh in the eighth-team PWHL at 9-3-4-14.
Pannek and Klara Hymlarova scored third-period goals for the Frost to force overtime. Kendall Coyne Schofield also scored for Minnesota in its fourth loss in a row. The two-time defending champion Frost finished third at 13-354-9.
Minnesota will open the best-of-five semifinal series Thursday in Boston or Saturday in Montreal.
