NEW YORK AND TORONTO – Minnesota Frost goaltender Maddie Rooney, Frost ahead Liz Schepers and Ottawa Cost goaltender Gwyneth Philips have been named the Skilled Ladies’s Hockey League (PWHL) 3 Stars of the Week offered by Shark Magnificence Canada following the sport of Might 26.
FIRST STAR – MADDIE ROONEY, G, MINNESOTA FROST
Rooney made 33 saves in Sport 4 of the PWHL Finals, saved Ottawa off the scoreboard till Tereza Vanišová scored at 10:09 of the third interval and went on to win, 2-1, in time beyond regulation because the Frost collected their second consecutive Walter Cup championship. The efficiency mirrored her displaying in her 2025 Finals debut in Sport 2, when she made a career-high 37 saves and blanked Ottawa till Jocelyne Larocque scored with simply 2:35 remaining in regulation play. Within the triple-overtime Sport 3 marathon, Rooney went a special route on the best way to a 35-save triumph, shutting out the Cost for the remaining 98:19 of play after Emily Clark’s first-period aim. Rooney went undefeated within the PWHL Playoffs with a 5-0 file, and recorded 30+ saves in three consecutive video games for the primary time in her profession. She completed the postseason with a 1.75 goals-against common and a .932 save share, every of which ranked third amongst playoff netminders. Rooney now has a profession playoff file of 8-2, with a 1.46 goals-against common and a .939 save share.
SECOND STAR – LIZ SCHEPERS, F, MINNESOTA FROST
From simply outdoors the goalmouth, a shade to the proper of Philips, Schepers scored 12:00 into time beyond regulation of Sport 4 Monday to launch the Walter Cup championship celebration for the Frost and notch a novel playoff achievement for herself. Final Might, Schepers additionally scored the profitable aim in Sport 5 towards Boston within the inaugural PWHL Finals, albeit in less-dramatic trend, because it got here at 6:14 of the primary interval in what ended as a 3-0 triumph for Minnesota. The aim Monday evening got here on Schepers’ solely shot of Sport 4 and represented her solely level of the 2025 PWHL Finals. General, it was Schepers’ second aim of the 2025 postseason, matching her complete throughout 27 video games within the 2024-25 common season. Schepers completed the 2025 playoffs with 2-1—3 in eight video games and raised her profession playoff figures to 3-5—8 in 18 video games – only one level shy of matching the 2-7—9 she has scored in 46 video games throughout two PWHL common seasons.
THIRD STAR – GWYNETH PHILIPS, G, OTTAWA CHARGE
Although her rookie season resulted in heartbreak with Monday’s loss to Minnesota in Sport 4, Philips had an unforgettable inaugural marketing campaign. Together with her 36-save displaying within the collection finale, she performed 635:25 within the postseason, essentially the most taking part in time in a single playoff by any goaltender in PWHL playoff historical past – a determine that surpassed Aerin Frankel’s 580:58 of postseason motion for Boston through the 2024 PWHL Playoffs. Philips was voted the recipient of the Ilana Kloss Playoff MVP Award, changing into the second straight rookie (Minnesota’s Taylor Heise received final yr), the primary goaltender and first member of the shedding workforce within the Finals to be so honored. After posting a 2.11 goals-against common and .919 save share through the common season, Philips led all playoff netminders with a 1.23 goals-against common and a .952 save share. The 24-year-old from Athens, OH, received 4 video games, earned one shutout, was unbeaten in regulation and conceded greater than two objectives in only one look. All eight of Ottawa’s playoff video games have been one-goal selections. With 100 mixed regular-season and playoff factors, Philips completed tied with Marie-Philip Poulin of Montréal atop the PWHL 3 Stars Of The Week Introduced By Shark Magnificence Canada standings.
The ‘3 Stars of the Week’ are introduced every Monday all through the common season and playoffs, encompassing video games from the earlier Monday by means of Sunday. Factors might be awarded to every choice and can assist decide rankings on the finish of the yr.
First Star = 30 Factors Second Star = 20 Factors Third Star = 10 Factors 
PWHL ‘3 Stars of the Week’ Standings
Gwyneth Philips (OTT) = 100 Factors
Marie-Philip Poulin (MTL) = 100 Factors
Laura Stacey (MTL) = 80 Factors
Hilary Knight (BOS) = 70 Factors
Maddie Rooney (MIN) = 70 Factors
Gabbie Hughes (OTT) = 60 Factors
Corinne Schroeder (NY) = 60 Factors
Abby Boreen (MTL) = 50 Factors
Hannah Miller (TOR) = 50 Factors
Lee Stecklein (MIN) = 50 Factors
Tereza Vanišová (OTT) = 50 Factors
Kristen Campbell (TOR) = 40 Factors
Alex Carpenter (NY) = 40 Factors
Emily Clark (OTT) = 40 Factors
Susanna Tapani (BOS) = 40 Factors
Erin Ambrose (MTL) = 30 Factors
Ashton Bell (OTT) = 30 Factors
Shiann Darkangelo (OTT) = 30 Factors
Sarah Fillier (NY) = 30 Factors
Taylor Heise (MIN) = 30 Factors
Nicole Hensley (MIN) = 30 Factors
Emerance Maschmeyer (OTT) = 30 Factors
Alina Müller (BOS) = 30 Factors
Claire Thompson (MIN) = 30 Factors
Michela Cava (MIN) = 20 Factors
Kendall Coyne Schofield (MIN) = 20 Factors
Ann-Renée Desbiens (MTL) = 20 Factors
Renata Quick (TOR) = 20 Factors
Megan Keller (BOS) = 20 Factors
Kateřina Mrázová (OTT) = 20 Factors
Abby Roque (NY) = 20 Factors
Liz Schepers (MIN) = 20 Factors
Sophie Jaques (MIN) = 10 Factors
Sidney Morin (BOS) = 10 Factors
Klára Peslarová (BOS) = 10 Factors
Kati Tabin (MTL) = 10 Factors
Daryl Watts (TOR) = 10 Factors
