2021 NWHL Draft

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2021 NWHL Draft
General information
Date(s)June 29, 2021
LocationOnline
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Overview
League National Women's Hockey League
First selection Taylor Girard, Connecticut Whale
  2020

The 2021 NWHL Draft took place on June 29, 2021. With the first pick in the draft, the Connecticut Whale selected Taylor Girard from the Quinnipiac Bobcats. [1]

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Player selections

A total of 30 players were drafted, of which 20 were American, seven were Canadian, and one is British, another is Czech, and one is Russian. The following is the breakdown of the 30 players selected by position:

Selections

RdPPlayer (Pos)TeamNationalityFormer teamNotes
11 Taylor Girard (F) Connecticut Whale (via BUF)Flag of the United States.svg United States Quinnipiac Bobcats Girard becomes the first Bobcats women's ice hockey alum to be taken first overall in a pro hockey draft [2]
12 Emilie Harley (D) Buffalo Beauts (via CTW)Flag of the United States.svg United States Robert Morris Colonials
13Maegan Beres (F) Toronto Six (Via BOS)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Boston College Eagles
14 Tatum Skaggs (F)Toronto SixFlag of the United States.svg United States Ohio State Buckeyes WCHA Final Faceoff Most Outstanding Player (2020)
Buckeyes goals leader in 2018 and 2019
15 Taylor Davison (D)Toronto Six (via MET)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada York Lions Davison became the highest drafted player from a U Sports team to be taken in the NWHL Draft. [3]
16 Mak Langei (D) Minnesota Whitecaps Flag of the United States.svg United States Bemidji State Beavers
27 Anjelica Diffendal (F)Buffalo BeautsFlag of the United States.svg United States Robert Morris Colonials
28Emma Polaski (F)Connecticut WhaleFlag of the United States.svg United States Syracuse Orange
29Annie MacDonald (F)Toronto Six (Via BOS)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Princeton Tigers
210Rachel Marmen (D)Toronto SixFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Mercyhurst Lakers
211Caroline Ross (D) Metropolitan Riveters Flag of the United States.svg United States Colgate Raiders
212Tina Kampa (D)Minnesota WhitecapsFlag of the United States.svg United StatesBemidji State Beavers
313 Kennedy Ganser (F)Buffalo BeautsFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Alberta Pandas
314 Anna Zíková (D)Buffalo Beauts (via CTW)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech RepublicMaine Black Bears
315Missy Segall (F)Buffalo Beauts (via BOS)Flag of the United States.svg United StatesHamilton College
316 Leah Marino (F)Toronto SixFlag of the United States.svg United StatesRobert Morris Colonials
317Julia Scammell (D)Metropolitan RivetersFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada New Hampshire Wildcats
318Taylor Wente (F)Minnesota WhitecapsFlag of the United States.svg United States Minnesota Golden Gophers
419 Allison Attea (D)Buffalo BeautsFlag of the United States.svg United States Holy Cross Crusaders
420 Hannah Bates (D)Connecticut WhaleFlag of the United States.svg United States St. Cloud State Huskies
421Finley Frechette (F) Boston Pride Flag of the United States.svg United States Cornell Big Red
422 Olivia Atkinson (F)Toronto SixFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Concordia Stingers
423Jordan Sanislo (D)Metropolitan RivetersFlag of the United States.svg United States Sacred Heart Pioneers
424 Jenna Brenneman (G)Minnesota WhitecapsFlag of the United States.svg United States Penn State Nittany Lions
525Casey Traill (D)Buffalo BeautsFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Castleton University
526Grace Middleton (F)Connecticut WhaleFlag of the United States.svg United States New Hampshire Wildcats
527Abby Nearis (F)Boston PrideFlag of the United States.svg United States Brown Bears
528 Daria Tereshkina (D)Toronto SixFlag of Russia.svg Russia Maine Black Bears
529Morgan Schauer (D)Metropolitan RivetersFlag of the United States.svg United States LIU Sharks
530Kendall Williamson (F)Minnesota WhitecapsFlag of the United States.svg United StatesColgate Raiders

Trades involving draft picks

The following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.

International Draft

A draft of international players was held on July 25, 2021. [5]

PlayerPositionTeamNationalityFormer team
Lovisa Berndtsson GoaltenderBuffalo BeautsFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden Djurgårdens IF (SDHL)
Tsubasa SatoForwardConnecticut WhaleFlag of Japan.svg JapanKaruizawa Fairies
Evelina Raselli ForwardBoston PrideFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Ladies Team Lugano (SWHL A)
Réka Dabasi ForwardToronto SixFlag of Hungary.svg HungaryKMH Budapest (EWHL)
Romana KošeckáForward/DefenseMetropolitan RivetersFlag of Slovakia.svg SlovakiaŠKP Bratislava (EWHL)
Fanni Gasparics ForwardMinnesota WhitecapsFlag of Hungary.svg HungaryMAC Budapest (EWHL)

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