2018 NWHL Draft
2018 NWHL Draft | |
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General information | |
Date(s) | 19 & 20 December 2018 |
Network(s) | Twitter, Instagram |
Overview | |
League | National Women's Hockey League |
First selection | Annie Pankowski, Metropolitan Riveters |
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]
A total of 30 players were drafted, of which twenty were American, four were Canadian, and one was Swedish. Four players were drafted from Boston College, along with three each from Merrimack College, Colgate University, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[3]
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.[4][5]
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:
- Metropolitan Riveters
- Connecticut Whale
- Buffalo Beauts
- Minnesota Whitecaps
- Boston Pride
Players who were drafted were not guaranteed to sign with the team that drafted them.[6][7]
Results[]
Rd | P | Player | Team | Nationality | Former team |
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1 | 1 | Annie Pankowski | Metropolitan Riveters | ![]() |
University of Wisconsin–Madison |
1 | 2 | Melissa Samoskevich | Connecticut Whale | ![]() |
Quinnipiac University |
1 | 3 | Megan Keller | Buffalo Beauts | ![]() |
Boston College |
1 | 4 | Kelly Pannek | Minnesota Whitecaps | ![]() |
University of Minnesota |
1 | 5 | Kali Flanagan | Boston Pride | ![]() |
Boston College |
2 | 6 | Kendall Cornine | Metropolitan Riveters | ![]() |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
2 | 7 | Makenna Newkirk | Connecticut Whale | ![]() |
Boston College |
2 | 8 | Loren Gabel | Buffalo Beauts | ![]() |
Clarkson University |
2 | 9 | Minnesota Whitecaps | ![]() |
University of Wisconsin–Madison | |
2 | 10 | Boston Pride | ![]() |
Colgate University | |
3 | 11 | Metropolitan Riveters | ![]() |
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire | |
3 | 12 | Connecticut Whale | ![]() |
Merrimack College | |
3 | 13 | Jessie Eldridge | Buffalo Beauts | ![]() |
Colgate University |
3 | 14 | Minnesota Whitecaps | ![]() |
Ohio State University | |
3 | 15 | Emily Clark | Boston Pride | ![]() |
University of Wisconsin–Madison |
4 | 16 | Paige Voight | Metropolitan Riveters | ![]() |
Merrimack College |
4 | 17 | Dominique Kremer | Connecticut Whale | ![]() |
Merrimack College |
4 | 18 | Buffalo Beauts | ![]() |
Colgate University | |
4 | 19 | Minnesota Whitecaps | ![]() |
Boston College | |
4 | 20 | Lovisa Selander | Boston Pride | ![]() |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
5 | 21 | Cailey Hutchison | Metropolitan Riveters | ![]() |
University of Maine |
5 | 22 | Maggie LaGue | Connecticut Whale | ![]() |
Robert Morris University |
5 | 23 | Nicole Schammel | Buffalo Beauts | ![]() |
University of Minnesota |
5 | 24 | Minnesota Whitecaps | ![]() |
Princeton University | |
5 | 25 | Jenna Rheault | Boston Pride | ![]() |
University of New Hampshire |
References[]
- ^ Oliver, Nathaniel (2018-12-13). "2018 NWHL Draft Scheduled". The Hockey Writers. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Sheridan, Callan (2018-12-21). "NCAA's look inside the 2018 NWHL Draft". NCAA. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ Murphy, Mike (2018-12-19). "Early impressions of the 2018 NWHL Draft". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ Murphy, Mike (2018-12-20). "Rounds 3-5 of the 2018 NWHL Draft". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ Burgess, Melissa (2018-12-24). "NWHL Draft Recap". The Victory Press. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Wollschlager, Erik (2018-12-21). "Beauts go big in 2018 draft". Die By The Blade. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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