Two wins from a National Women's Hockey League championship, the Minnesota Whitecaps have a chance to play both playoff games on home ice this weekend.
Whitecaps could win NWHL title on home ice
Minnesota's semifinal game, postponed from last weekend, will be played Friday night, and Sunday's championship game will be at TRIA Rink, too.
March 11, 2019 at 11:31PM
![The Minnesota Whitecaps at an October practice. Minnesota's semifinal playoff game, postponed from last weekend, will be played Friday night, and Sunday's championship game will be at the TRIA rink in St. Paul, too. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startribune.com – October 1, 2018, Minneapolis, MN, University of Minnesota, U's Ridder Arena will be the Minnesota Whitecaps women's hockey team's practice.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/C4OHWH7YQF7ZC4TWMRL6I5MSEA.jpg?&w=712)
The NWHL announced the makeup date for the semifinal between the Whitecaps and Metropolitan Riveters, which was postponed Sunday because of weather-related travel issues for the Riveters.
That semifinal will be played at 7 p.m. Friday at TRIA Rink in St. Paul. The winner will move on to face the Buffalo Beauts in the Isobel Cup Final, at 1 p.m. Sunday, also at TRIA.
The Whitecaps sold out all eight regular-season games at TRIA this year, and 1,200 tickets for the NWHL semifinal sold out in 25 hours last week.
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For the Wild, four points behind the league-leading Jets, this will be their most anticipated matchup against a division rival since they lost 2-1 to the Stars on Nov. 16.
