2018 NWHL Draft
General information
Date(s)19 & 20 December 2018
Overview
LeagueNational Women's Hockey League
First selectionAnnie 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]

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
11 Annie PankowskiMetropolitan Riveters United StatesUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
12 Melissa SamoskevichConnecticut Whale United StatesQuinnipiac University
13 Megan KellerBuffalo Beauts United StatesBoston College
14 Kelly PannekMinnesota Whitecaps United StatesUniversity of Minnesota
15 Kali FlanaganBoston Pride United StatesBoston College
26 Kendall CornineMetropolitan Riveters United StatesRochester Institute of Technology
27 Makenna NewkirkConnecticut Whale United StatesBoston College
28 Loren GabelBuffalo Beauts CanadaClarkson University
29 Sophia ShaverMinnesota Whitecaps United StatesUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
210 Bailey LarsonBoston Pride United StatesColgate University
311 Courtney WittigMetropolitan Riveters United StatesUniversity of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
312 Katelyn RaeConnecticut Whale CanadaMerrimack College
313 Jessie EldridgeBuffalo Beauts CanadaColgate University
314 Lauren BoyleMinnesota Whitecaps United StatesOhio State University
315 Emily ClarkBoston Pride CanadaUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
416 Paige VoightMetropolitan Riveters United StatesMerrimack College
417 Dominique KremerConnecticut Whale United StatesMerrimack College
418 Olivia ZafutoBuffalo Beauts United StatesColgate University
419 Grace BizalMinnesota Whitecaps United StatesBoston College
420 Lovisa SelanderBoston Pride SwedenRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
521 Cailey HutchisonMetropolitan Riveters United StatesUniversity of Maine
522 Maggie LaGueConnecticut Whale United StatesRobert Morris University
523 Nicole SchammelBuffalo Beauts United StatesUniversity of Minnesota
524 Karlie LundMinnesota Whitecaps United StatesPrinceton University
525 Jenna RheaultBoston Pride United StatesUniversity 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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