Transparency on the ice: what the new salary guide reveals
The Professional Women’s Hockey League Players Association has just unveiled its 2025‑26 salary guide, offering the most detailed look yet at how much the league’s 24 skaters will earn in base pay.
According to the document, the league minimum for the upcoming season sits at $37,131.50, while the Minnesota Frost’s highest‑paid player, Kendall Coyne Schofield, tops the list with a base salary of $100,785.50.
Other Minnesota standouts include Taylor Heise at $90,706.95 and Lee Stecklein at $90,176.50, figures that place them above both the state median household income of $87,117 and the national median of $83,730 recorded for 2024.
Yet the guide also shows that seven of the state’s players fall at or below the $40,000 mark, underscoring a wide earnings gap within the roster, and together the 24 players are set to collect roughly $1.396 million in base compensation.
The association emphasized that the figures exclude bonuses, incentives and any other forms of compensation, aiming to foster openness about player pay in a sport still seeking broader recognition.
Beyond the numbers, the Frost have defended their home at Grand Casino Arena in downtown St. Paul, where back‑to‑back Walter Cup titles have cemented the franchise’s growing profile.