2018 NWHL Draft
General information
Date(s)19 & 20 December 2018
Overview
LeagueNational Women's Hockey League
First selectionAnnie Pankowski, Metropolitan Riveters
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The 2018 NWHL Draft took place on the 19th and 20 December 2018, the first and only draft in NWHL history to happen while the season was underway.[1] The expansion Minnesota Whitecaps would take part in the draft for the first time.[2]

The 2018 draft was the first draft in NWHL history not to see a goaltender selected in the first two rounds, and the first to see an NCAA Division III player selected.[3][4]

Format

There was five rounds, with each team having one pick in each and having 90 seconds to make that pick. Draft order was decided using each team's winning percentage in the first half of the season, with goal difference being the tiebreaker. The final draft order was:

  1. Metropolitan Riveters
  2. Connecticut Whale
  3. Buffalo Beauts
  4. Minnesota Whitecaps
  5. Boston Pride

Players who were drafted were not guaranteed to sign with the team that drafted them.[5][6]

Results

Rd P Player Team Nationality Former team
1 1 Annie Pankowski Metropolitan Riveters  United States University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 2 Melissa Samoskevich Connecticut Whale  United States Quinnipiac University
1 3 Megan Keller Buffalo Beauts  United States Boston College
1 4 Kelly Pannek Minnesota Whitecaps  United States University of Minnesota
1 5 Kali Flanagan Boston Pride  United States Boston College
2 6 Kendall Cornine Metropolitan Riveters  United States Rochester Institute of Technology
2 7 Makenna Newkirk Connecticut Whale  United States Boston College
2 8 Loren Gabel Buffalo Beauts  Canada Clarkson University
2 9 Sophia Shaver Minnesota Whitecaps  United States University of Wisconsin–Madison
2 10 Bailey Larson Boston Pride  United States Colgate University
3 11 Courtney Wittig Metropolitan Riveters  United States University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
3 12 Katelyn Rae Connecticut Whale  Canada Merrimack College
3 13 Jessie Eldridge Buffalo Beauts  Canada Colgate University
3 14 Lauren Boyle Minnesota Whitecaps  United States Ohio State University
3 15 Emily Clark Boston Pride  Canada University of Wisconsin–Madison
4 16 Paige Voight Metropolitan Riveters  United States Merrimack College
4 17 Dominique Kremer Connecticut Whale  United States Merrimack College
4 18 Olivia Zafuto Buffalo Beauts  United States Colgate University
4 19 Grace Bizal Minnesota Whitecaps  United States Boston College
4 20 Lovisa Selander Boston Pride  Sweden Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
5 21 Cailey Hutchison Metropolitan Riveters  United States University of Maine
5 22 Maggie LaGue Connecticut Whale  United States Robert Morris University
5 23 Nicole Schammel Buffalo Beauts  United States University of Minnesota
5 24 Karlie Lund Minnesota Whitecaps  United States Princeton University
5 25 Jenna Rheault Boston Pride  United States University of New Hampshire

References

  1. ^ Oliver, Nathaniel (2018-12-13). "2018 NWHL Draft Scheduled". The Hockey Writers. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  2. ^ "Duo Selected in 2018 NWHL Draft". University of Minnesota Athletics. 2018-12-20. Archived from the original on 2018-12-27. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  3. ^ Murphy, Mike (2018-12-19). "Early impressions of the 2018 NWHL Draft". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  4. ^ Murphy, Mike (2018-12-20). "Rounds 3-5 of the 2018 NWHL Draft". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  5. ^ Burgess, Melissa (2018-12-24). "NWHL Draft Recap". The Victory Press. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  6. ^ Wollschlager, Erik (2018-12-21). "Beauts go big in 2018 draft". Die By The Blade. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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