2018 NWHL Draft

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2018 NWHL Draft
2018 NWHL Draft Logo.jpg
General information
Date(s)December 19 & 20, 2018
Overview
League National Women's Hockey League
First selection Annie Pankowski, Metropolitan Riveters
  2017
2020  

The 2018 NWHL Draft took place on the December 19 and 20, 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]

Contents

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

RdPPlayerTeamNationalityFormer team
11 Annie Pankowski Metropolitan Riveters Flag of the United States.svg United States University of Wisconsin–Madison
12 Melissa Samoskevich Connecticut Whale Flag of the United States.svg United States Quinnipiac University
13 Megan Keller Buffalo Beauts Flag of the United States.svg United States Boston College
14 Kelly Pannek Minnesota Whitecaps Flag of the United States.svg United States University of Minnesota
15 Kali Flanagan Boston Pride Flag of the United States.svg United StatesBoston College
26 Kendall Cornine Metropolitan RivetersFlag of the United States.svg United States Rochester Institute of Technology
27 Makenna Newkirk Connecticut WhaleFlag of the United States.svg United StatesBoston College
28 Loren Gabel Buffalo BeautsFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Clarkson University
29 Sophia Shaver Minnesota WhitecapsFlag of the United States.svg United StatesUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
210 Bailey Larson Boston PrideFlag of the United States.svg United States Colgate University
311 Courtney Wittig Metropolitan RivetersFlag of the United States.svg United States University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
312 Katelyn Rae Connecticut WhaleFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Merrimack College
313 Jessie Eldridge Buffalo BeautsFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg CanadaColgate University
314 Lauren Boyle Minnesota WhitecapsFlag of the United States.svg United States Ohio State University
315 Emily Clark Boston PrideFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg CanadaUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
416 Paige Voight Metropolitan RivetersFlag of the United States.svg United StatesMerrimack College
417 Dominique Kremer Connecticut WhaleFlag of the United States.svg United StatesMerrimack College
418 Olivia Zafuto Buffalo BeautsFlag of the United States.svg United StatesColgate University
419 Grace Bizal Minnesota WhitecapsFlag of the United States.svg United StatesBoston College
420 Lovisa Selander Boston PrideFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
521 Cailey Hutchison Metropolitan RivetersFlag of the United States.svg United States University of Maine
522 Maggie LaGue Connecticut WhaleFlag of the United States.svg United States Robert Morris University
523 Nicole Schammel Buffalo BeautsFlag of the United States.svg United StatesUniversity of Minnesota
524 Karlie Lund Minnesota WhitecapsFlag of the United States.svg United States Princeton University
525 Jenna Rheault Boston PrideFlag of the United States.svg United States University of New Hampshire

References

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