Taylor Heise

Heise’s message to Bluff View students: ‘Try new things, work hard, be kind’

Mar 27, 2024

Professional hockey player Taylor Heise was back at her former school, Bluff View Elementary School in Lake City, on March 21. Students and teachers wore hockey jerseys and other clothing promoting teams Heise has played on over the years, including Team USA and the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Heise...

Taylor Heise meets Education Foundation auction winners

Feb 28, 2024

Marco and Lisa Molinari of Lake City, their son Paxton and their grandchildren Max and Anders had a chance to meet with Lake City native Taylor Heise at the Feb. 25 Minnesota Professonal Women’s Hockey League game against Boston. Heise, who was nursing an injury, hopes to be back in action...

Heise’s pro debut just weeks away

Dec 13, 2023

The inaugural season of the six-team Professional Women’s Hockey League begins Jan. 1. Lake City native Taylor Heise and the Minnesota team recently played and won three scrimmages in Utica, N.Y. Minnesota’s season opens in Boston on Jan. 3. The team will have its home opener on Saturday, Jan. 6,...

Heise is No. 1 draft pick

Sep 20, 2023

Taylor Heise traveled to Toronto, Canada, Monday to find out she’s staying home, and she’s pretty excited about it. Heise was chosen by Minnesota as the first pick in the inaugural draft of the new Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL). Tennis legend and gender equality advocate Billie Jean...

Hockey world champ Taylor Heise speaks at Rotary Club event

Jul 26, 2023

Taylor Heise summarized a hockey career that began on an outdoor rink in Lake City and has included women’s college hockey’s top individual honor and a world team title during a speech sponsored by the Lake City Rotary Club in the Lincoln High School Auditorium on Monday, July 24. About 80 people...

Rotary Club hosts Taylor Heise talk on July 24 at high school

Jul 12, 2023

The Lake City Rotary Club is hosting a talk by hockey star and Lake City native Taylor Heise on July 24 at noon in the Lincoln High School auditorium. It’s free and open to the public. Heise recently completed her college hockey career at the University of Minnesota. Last year she won college...

Heise to enter hockey draft

Apr 26, 2023

Lake City native Taylor Heise plans to enter the draft and play in one of two professional hockey leagues—either the PHF or the PWHPA this fall, according to her mother, Amy Heise. Taylor’s collegiate career with the University of Minnesota Gopher women’s hockey team ended this year, and she...

Heise wins world title

Apr 19, 2023

Taylor Heise of Lake City and her Team USA women’s hockey teammates defeated Canada in the finals of the International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championships April 16 in Brampton, Canada. Heise had one assist in the 6-3 victory over the defending gold medalists, who had defeated Team...

Heise returns to home ice for Wild documentary

Jan 4, 2023

The reigning recipient of NCAA Division 1 women’s hockey’s top individual honor and the most valuable player at the most recent women’s world championships was back on the ice where she had some of her earliest experiences with the sport Dec. 28. Lake City native Taylor Heise will be featured with...

New fan wishes to know more about homegrown hockey star

Oct 20, 2022

Greetings, Lake Citians, present and past! We have a very bright new “star,” one likely to become more and more widely known, I am certain. This refers to the emerging international hockey star, who originated in Lake City and graduated from Red Wing High School, which offered a high schoool...