Still reigning as the NCAA’s player of the year, Sophie Jaques made history as part of the first trade in the new Professional Womens Hockey League.

PWHL Minnesota acquired Jaques, a defender, from Boston in exchange for forward Susanna Tapani and defender Abby Cook.

Click the video box on this page to watch Sophie Jaques first interview as a member of PWHL Minnesota, along with thoughts from her current PWHL MN and former Ohio State teammate Liz Schepers

Jaques, a native of Toronto, won the 2023 Kazmaier Award as the top player in women’s college hockey. In 2022, she helped Ohio State win the program’s first-ever national championship.

She joins fellow Buckeye teammates Liz Schepers and Clair DeGeorge with PWHL Minnesota. Schepers is helping her once former and now current teammate acclimate by letting her stay at her place following the move.

Boston selected Jaques with the 10th overall pick in the inaugural PWHL Draft and signed her to a three-year contract.

Jaques is expected to make her Minnesota debut in Wednesday night’s home game against Ottawa.

PWHL Minnesota enters the game in second place, two points behind Montreal.