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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Trackside buffet fuels race car drivers for Detroit Grand Prix
Detroit Grand Prix drivers and their crews spend hours at the track. So what do they eat? Many go with food from Scheper Event Group, whose buffet-style mobile restaurant travels with different race series. Kaitlin Scheper, who is overseeing Detroit's operation, said their 11-person crew is feeding 200-400 people for each meal at Detroit Christ Church, located along the race route. This is a small operation relative to some of the company's catering, where it feeds up to 1,500 people a meal, she said. This is Scheper's second year working with their mobile kitchen set up in the church parking lot. Many times, Scheper sets up its dining area in a big tent, but the church provides indoor seating and relief from the elements. The church can usually seat 120 comfortably, the church's associate for communications, Bethann Tesluk, said, but the Schepers crew can get teams in and out quickly throughout meal periods. Scheper said the meal space can be a place for drivers and crews to catch a break from the track and pits as well as to catch up with and banter with former co-workers and opponents they've known for many years. More: Detroit Grand Prix 2025 guide: Free activities, road closures, parking, weather and more More: Detroit Grand Prix: A beginner's guide to IndyCar Series racing 'It is a competition at the end of the day, but it's fun to see everybody come together, take a little lunch break and be chatting and joking and having a good time,' Scheper said. What do they eat? Schepers provides an array of foods, including salads, hot dogs, fried chicken, vegan options and more, but the driver-specific buffet is usually plain pasta or rice, a steamed vegetable and a simple meat, like chicken breast, Scheper said. 'This is a huge positive to the (Prix) series, just having this as an option for the teams because it's one less thing for the teams to have to worry about,' Scheper said. 'They don't have to necessarily worry about where I'm going to go get lunch for my crew when they're in the middle of a race, they know that there's an option on site.' Schepers Event Group coordinates with the race officials, but drivers and their teams pay by meal, with a heads up in advance, if they plan to eat with Schepers. Schepers Event Group is a family business that's been around for 30 years. Scheper said they have expanded and are always looking for new oppressors and feedback at This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Trackside buffet fuels race car drivers for Detroit Grand Prix
NBC Sports
27-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Liz Schepers' OT goal gives Frost their second straight PWHL Walter Cup with 2-1 win over Charge
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Walter Cup is staying in Minnesota and the defending champion Frost once again have Liz Schepers to credit for scoring the championship-clinching goal for a second straight year. Schepers converted a scramble in front to score 12 minutes into overtime and seal a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Charge to clinch the title in Game 4 of the best-of-five championship series and close the PWHL's second season. 'Hats off to Ottawa. That was a helluva series,' Schepers said. 'I could not be more proud of our team. It's unbelievable.' All four games of the series were decided by 2-1 scores, and each of them in overtime, including the Frost's triple-OT victory in Game 3 on Saturday. After losing Game 1 in Ottawa, the Frost responded with three straight wins. Kelly Pannek scored at the 10:10 mark of the second period, giving Minnesota its first lead in regulation of the series. Maddie Rooney stopped 33 shots and finished the playoffs with a 5-0 record. Katy Knoll, whose overtime goal sealed Game 3, set up the winner by collecting the puck along the end boards and driving behind the net to feed Schepers in the slot. Goaltender Gwyneth Philips parried the first shot, but Schepers poked home the rebound. 'It was just the start of my shift. I knew Katy and Hymla (Klara Hymlarova) were working really hard behind the goal line and just tried to get lost,' Schepers said. 'They made a great play to the front of the net and I was able to get a couple whacks at it and saw the puck go in. And then I was on my back and the celebration was on.' Schepers, who is from Mound, Minnesota, and played collegiately at Ohio State, was one of 16 Frost players who retuned from last year's championship team, and this time got the opportunity to celebrate before their home crowd. Minnesota won the inaugural Walter Cup last year with Schepers scoring the opening goal of a 3-0 win at Boston in Game 5. 'I'll win anywhere. It's always fun,' said Frost defenseman Lee Stecklein in a game played in front of an announced crowd of 11,024. 'But to get to do it at home is extra special.' And just like last year, the Frost won the title as the fourth and final-seeded playoff team, and both times advanced to the finals after knocking off Toronto in the semis. Minnesota sneaked into the playoffs this year with an 8-1 win over Boston on the final day of the regular season. The win led to Ottawa, Minnesota and Boston finishing with 44 points each with the Fleet eliminated based on having fewer regulation wins. 'It's the belief we have in the room,' Frost captain Kendall Coyne Schofield said of the team's resilience. 'It's hard to put into words,' she added. 'I think when you look at the way we won, it takes everybody. That was last year, and this year was no different. ... It took every single player stepping up in some way, shape, or form.' The Charge, Canada's first team to reach the finals, forced overtime on Tereza Vanisova's goal with 9:51 left in the third period. It was her first goal of the playoffs and ended an 11-game goal drought. Philips finished with 36 saves and was won the Ilana Kloss Trophy as playoff MVP. The rookie finished the playoffs with a 4-4 record, with all four losses coming in overtime. She finished with 148 saves in overtime alone, while allowing just 13 goals on 270 shots for a .952 save percentage and 1.23 goals-against average. 'Right now the individual award is superseded by the team loss,' Philips said. 'We were so close and we really wanted that, but my accomplishments are attributed to the players in front of me. So maybe tomorrow will be nicer, but I really wanted to win.' The rookie from Ohio took over the starting duties after Emerance Maschmeyer was sidelined by a lower body injury in mid-March. Both teams had their chances in the extra period. Ottawa's Aneta Tejralova, on a rush, hit the left post with a shot about five minutes into overtime and the Frost's Taylor Heise hit the right post about four minutes later. Both teams face major changes entering the offseason as each of the PWHL's six teams will lose four players in the expansion process — a signing period followed by an expansion draft — in early June when Vancouver and Seattle begin building their initial rosters. 'I think that's the toughest part,' Charge captain Brianne Jenner said, referring to the upcoming losses. 'That was a special run. And it's going to sting for a while, for sure. But really, really proud of this group.'
USA Today
27-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Minnesota Frost top Ottawa Charge for back-to-back PWHL championships
Minnesota Frost top Ottawa Charge for back-to-back PWHL championships Show Caption Hide Caption Why Florida Panthers are 'another animal' compared to Hurricanes Former NHLer Riley Cote explains that while he sees the Carolina Hurricanes as a strong, consistent team -- the Florida Panthers are 'just a different animal.' Sports Seriously Minnesota captured its second consecutive PWHL championship on Monday, as Liz Schepers' goal 12 minutes into overtime gave the Frost a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Charge in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Frost won the best-of-five finals 3-1, as all four games were decided by 2-1 scores in overtime — including Minnesota's victory in triple overtime on Saturday. On the winning tally, Katy Knoll passed out front to Schepers, who fired a quick shot from the slot that Ottawa goalie Gwyneth Philips saved. Schepers then knocked in the rebound. Klara Hymiarova also got an assist. Schepers also had the title-winning goal when Minnesota claimed the Walter Cup in the league's first season in 2024. Frost goaltender Maddie Rooney, who stopped 33 of 34 shots in the clincher, won five straight playoff games to tie the league record for victories in a single postseason. Philips made 36 saves on 38 shots. She was voted the Ilana Kloss Playoff MVP as she led all goalies with a 1.15 goals-against average and a .954 save percentage through eight starts. The rookie posted four playoff victories, one of them a shutout, and did not drop a game in regulation. Minnesota's Kelly Pannek opened the scoring at the 10:10 mark of the second period, with assists to Claire Thompson and Grace Zumwinkle. It was Pannek's second goal of the playoffs. The Charge evened the score on Tereza Vanisova's goal at 10:09 of the third period. Danielle Serdachny and Jocelyne Larocque assisted. Vanisova led Ottawa with 15 regular-season goals but went eight games into the playoffs without a score, finally tallying on her 33rd shot on target. After playing penalty-free hockey in both the second and third periods, the teams were assessed offsetting two-minute minors for roughing at 8:01 of overtime.
Toronto Star
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Star
Frost down Charge in fourth straight overtime game to win second PWHL championship
If the PWHL was old enough to have a dynasty, the Minnesota Frost would be it. The Frost captured their second straight Walter Cup with a 2-1 overtime win over the Ottawa Charge in Game 4 of the PWHL final Monday. Minnesota native Liz Schepers was the hero of a rough-and-tumble overtime period, grabbing her own rebound and sliding it past Ottawa rookie Gwyneth Philips 12 minutes into the extra period to send the 11,000-person crowd at Xcel Energy Center into an ecstatic frenzy. The Frost have all the trappings of a dynastic team: a star-studded roster led by an accomplished captain, a solid goaltending tandem and a flair for the dramatic. All four games in the final went to overtime, with Minnesota winning the last three. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW 'Hats off to Ottawa, that was a great series,' Schepers said. 'It took everything we had physically, emotionally and then some.' Both goaltenders had to be sharp Monday in a 24-shot first period — 12 by each team — that saw good looks at both ends of the ice. Schepers and Frost teammate Kelly Pannek were among those with chances in the opening frame, but both were turned away by Philips, who saved 36 of the 38 shots she faced. Pwhl Frost forward Curl-Salemme finds solace among the boos she's attracting in PWHL role as 'villain' Amid the choruses of boos, crosschecks and on-line social media attacks directed at Britta C… Philips and the Charge continued to hang tough against an energetic Frost offence in the second period but ultimately surrendered the icebreaker when Pannek roofed a Claire Thompson pass over Philips' left shoulder midway through the period. The Frost continued to press, pelting Philips with shots and hemming Ottawa in their own zone for extended periods of time, but couldn't extend their lead. The Charge, playing desperate and physical, eventually evened the score midway through the third, thanks to a shrewd feed from Danielle Serdachny and a quick, well-positioned shot from Tereza Vanišová. It was Vanišová's first goal of the playoffs. Minnesota captain Kendall Coyne Schofield had a chance to bury the go-ahead goal with five minutes left in regulation, but was denied by the outstretched pad of Philips, who stopped two backhand shots after Coyne Schofield whiffed on her first attempt in front of the crease. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Overtime every time Game 4 continued the championship series' trend of games decided in overtime, with Game 3 featuring close to an additional 50 minutes that finally ended when Minnesota's Katy Knoll beat Philips in the third extra period. All four games ended 2-1. Hockey Knoll scores in third OT as Frost edge Charge for 2-1 series lead ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Katy Knoll scored a goal in the third overtime and Maddie Rooney fini… Overtime was one of the subplots of the entire PWHL post-season: Ottawa and Montreal had a marathon four-overtime game in their semifinal series, while the Frost won the series-clinching Game 4 against the Sceptres in the semifinals in overtime. Coyne Schofield credited Minnesota's work ethic. 'It starts with our preparation, our habits, our details and the way we come to work every day,' she said. Philips named playoff MVP After a dominant and resilient post-season run, Philips was awarded the Ilana Kloss Playoff MVP Award, despite coming out on the losing end of the championship series. The 25-year-old Ohioan posted a spectacular .952 save percentage in the playoffs, racking up four wins. Expansion draft ahead With the second PWHL season in the books, front offices will turn their attention to the league's June 9 expansion draft, when teams in Seattle and Vancouver construct rosters before their inaugural seasons. Teams have until noon on June 3 to protect three players. Pwhl PWHL plans further expansion, and eyes 2026 Olympics to broaden reach in Europe, Kasten tells AP As impressive as the PWHL's growth has been less than two years since its launch, with the l… Minnesota could lose one (or more) of Coyne Schofield, Taylor Heise, Sophie Jaques and Claire Thompson, while Ottawa is in danger of having Gabbie Hughes, Mannon McMahon or Emerance Maschmeyer snatched away from them. The entry draft will follow June 24 in Ottawa.
Hamilton Spectator
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Schepers' overtime goal gives Frost second straight PWHL Walter Cup with 2-1 win over Charge
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Liz Schepers scored 12 minutes into overtime and the Minnesota Frost won their second straight Professional Women's Hockey League Walter Cup championship with a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Charge on Monday night in Game 4. Each game in the best-of-five series went to at least one overtime and finished 2-1, with Game 3 going to triple overtime , the longest game in PWHL finals history. The teams played 81 minutes, eight seconds of extra time in the series. The fourth game came exactly a year after Minnesota fell to Boston 1-0 in a Game 4 double overtime before going on the road to win the inaugural Walter Cup . Katy Knoll went along the wall and fed Schepers in front of the net. Goaltender Gwyneth Philips parried the first shot but Schepers poked home the rebound. Maddie Rooney had 33 saves for Minnesota. Midway through the second period Claire Thompson pinched in from the left point and fed Kelly Pannek alone on the right side of the net. Pannek beat Philips high for her second playoff goal. The goal marked the first time in the finals the Charge trailed in regulation. The Charge trailed until the middle of the third period when Tereza Vanisova was left alone in front of the net and Danielle Serdachny fed her from below the red line. It was the first point of the post-season for Vanisova, who led Ottawa with 15 goals. Philips had 36 saves. The rookie had 148 saves in overtime in the post-season. Ottawa's Aneta Tejralova, on a rush, hit the left post with a shot about five minutes into overtime and the Frost's Taylor Heise hit the right post about four minutes later. ___ AP Women's Hockey:
