2025 PWHL Draft

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2025 PWHL Draft
General information
Date(s)June 24, 2025
Location Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Overview
48 total selections in 6 rounds
League Professional Women's Hockey League
First selection Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kristýna Kaltounková
(New York Sirens)
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The 2025 PWHL Draft was the third annual draft in Professional Women's Hockey League history, and took place on June 24, 2025, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Contents

Kristýna Kaltounková was selected first overall by the New York Sirens. [1]

Eligibility

The declaration period for the draft opened on March 1, 2024, and closed on May 8. [2] Undrafted players will become free agents; players must declare for the draft to reach free agency. Selected players may re-enter the draft if they are not signed to their draft club after two years. No player may declare for more than two drafts. [3] Players ineligible to play in the 2025–26 season are not eligible to be selected.

On May 15, 2025, the PWHL released the full list of eligible players. In total, 199 eligible players declared for the draft, of which 117 were forwards, 56 were defenders, and 26 were goaltenders. [4]

Top prospects

Top skaters

Source: The Hockey News (June 1, 2025) ranking. [5]
RankingPlayerSchool/club team
1 Kristýna Kaltounková (C) Colgate (NCAA)
2 Haley Winn (D) Clarkson (NCAA)
3 Casey O'Brien (C) Wisconsin (NCAA)
4 Nicole Gosling (D)Clarkson (NCAA)
5 Natálie Mlýnková (LW) Minnesota (NCAA)
6 Rory Guilday (D) Cornell (NCAA)
7 Michelle Karvinen (LW) Frölunda HC (SDHL)
8 Anne Cherkowski (C)Clarkson (NCAA)
9 Kendall Cooper (D) Quinnipiac (NCAA)
10 Jenna Buglioni (C) Ohio State (NCAA)

Top goaltenders

Source: The Hockey News (June 1, 2025) ranking. [5]
RankingPlayerSchool/club team
1 Sanni Ahola St. Cloud State (NCAA)
2 Hannah Murphy Colgate (NCAA)
3 Ena Nystrøm Brynäs IF (SDHL)

Expansion

The PWHL established two new teams for the 2025–26 season in Seattle and Vancouver. In order to help these new teams fill their rosters, the league granted them an exclusive signing window from June 4–8, and held an expansion draft on June 9, 2025.

Protected lists and exclusive signing window

Before 5:00 pm on June 3, each current team submitted the names of three current players under contract for next season to the league to be protected from signing by the expansion teams. After a current team lost two players, they were then allowed to protect a fourth player. Once the protected lists were submitted, the Seattle and Vancouver teams had a five-day exclusive window, from June 4 through June 8, to sign up to five players each. Any player who was either unprotected, or on an expiring contract, could be signed by either expansion team. [6]

Protected players

Boston Minnesota Montreal New York Ottawa Toronto
Aerin Frankel Kendall Coyne Schofield Ann-Renée Desbiens Sarah Fillier Emily Clark Renata Fast
Megan Keller Taylor Heise Marie-Philip Poulin Ella Shelton Gwyneth Philips Blayre Turnbull
Alina Müller Lee Stecklein Laura Stacey Micah Zandee-Hart Ronja Savolainen Daryl Watts
Shay Maloney Britta Curl-Salemme Erin Ambrose Maja Nylén Persson Gabbie Hughes Emma Maltais

Sources: [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Signed players

Round Seattle Vancouver
PlayerFormer teamPlayerFormer team
1 Hilary Knight [15] Boston Fleet Claire Thompson [16] Minnesota Frost
2 Danielle Serdachny [17] Ottawa Charge Sophie Jaques [18] Minnesota Frost
3 Cayla Barnes [19] Montreal Victoire Sarah Nurse [20] Toronto Sceptres
4 Alex Carpenter [21] New York Sirens Emerance Maschmeyer [20] Ottawa Charge
5 Corinne Schroeder [22] New York Sirens Jennifer Gardiner [23] Montreal Victoire

Expansion draft

On June 9, the two expansion teams drafted at least seven additional players from the current PWHL teams, until they reached a 12-player roster. If one (or both) of the expansion teams signed fewer than five players during the exclusive signing window, they would receive more than seven picks in the expansion draft. [6] On June 6, 2025, PWHL Seattle announced that they had come to agreement with New York Sirens goaltender Corinne Schroeder, ensuring that both teams picked the minimum number of players (seven) in the expansion draft. [24]

Brooke McQuigge, Gabby Rosenthal, and Anna Wilgren are restricted free agents with their rights controlled by Vancouver or Seattle; they will technically not be members of those teams until they sign a contract in free agency.

NumberPlayerPositionPWHL teamTeam drafted from
1 Ashton Bell D PWHL Vancouver Ottawa Charge
2 Aneta Tejralová D PWHL Seattle Ottawa Charge
3 Hannah Bilka FPWHL Seattle Boston Fleet
4 Brooke McQuigge FPWHL Vancouver Minnesota Frost
5 Abigail Boreen FPWHL Vancouver Montreal Victoire
6 Jessie Eldridge FPWHL Seattle New York Sirens
7 Julia Gosling FPWHL Seattle Toronto Sceptres
8 Izzy Daniel FPWHL VancouverToronto Sceptres
9 Gabby Rosenthal FPWHL VancouverNew York Sirens
10 Anna Wilgren DPWHL SeattleMontreal Victoire
11 Megan Carter DPWHL SeattleToronto Sceptres
12 Denisa Křížová FPWHL VancouverMinnesota Frost
13 Sydney Bard DPWHL VancouverBoston Fleet
14 Emily Brown DPWHL SeattleBoston Fleet

Format

The eight teams will pick in each of six rounds for a total of 48 selections. The top selection in the draft was determined by the Gold Plan, where standings points accumulated by a team that can no longer make the playoffs count as draft order points, and the team with the most draft order points received the first overall selection. [6] . On June 13, the PWHL announced the order that all teams would pick for all six rounds of the draft. [25]

Selections by round

Round one

#PlayerNationalityPWHL teamSchool/club team
1 Kristýna Kaltounková (F)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic New York Sirens Colgate (NCAA)
2 Haley Winn (D)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Boston Fleet Clarkson (NCAA)
3 Casey O'Brien (F)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Sirens (from Toronto) [Trade 1] Wisconsin (NCAA)
4 Nicole Gosling (D)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Montreal Victoire Clarkson (NCAA)
5 Rory Guilday (D)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Ottawa Charge Cornell (NCAA)
6 Kendall Cooper (D)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Minnesota Frost Quinnipiac (NCAA)
7 Michelle Karvinen (F)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland / Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark PWHL Vancouver Frölunda HC (SDHL)
8 Jenna Buglioni (F)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada PWHL Seattle Ohio State (NCAA)
  1. ↑ Toronto → New York. Toronto's first-round pick went to New York as the result of a trade on June 24, 2025, that sent a first-round pick (3rd overall) and a fourth-round pick (27th overall) to New York in exchange for Ella Shelton.

Round two

#PlayerNationalityPWHL teamSchool/club team
9 Anne Cherkowski (F)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada New York Sirens Clarkson (NCAA)
10 Ella Huber (F)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Boston Fleet Minnesota (NCAA)
11 Emma Gentry (F)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Toronto Sceptres St. Cloud State (NCAA)
12 Natálie Mlýnková (F)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Montreal Victoire Minnesota (NCAA)
13 Anna Shokhina (F)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Ottawa Charge Dynamo-Neva St. Petersburg (ZhHL)
14 Abby Hustler (F)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Minnesota Frost St. Lawrence (NCAA)
15 Hannah Murphy (G)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada PWHL Seattle Colgate (NCAA)
16 Kiara Zanon (F)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Toronto Sceptres (from Vancouver) [Trade 1] Ohio State (NCAA)
  1. ↑ Vancouver → Toronto. Vancouver's second-round pick went to Toronto as the result of a trade on June 24, 2025, that sent a second-round pick (16th overall) and a third-round pick (23rd overall) to Toronto in exchange for a third-round pick (19th overall) and Kristen Campbell.

Round three

#PlayerNationalityPWHL teamSchool/club team
17 Makenna Webster (F)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Sirens Ohio State (NCAA)
18 Olivia Mobley (F)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Boston Fleet Minnesota Duluth (NCAA)
19 Nina Jobst-Smith (F)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada PWHL Vancouver (from Toronto) [Trade 1] Minnesota Duluth (NCAA)
20 Skylar Irving (F)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Montreal Victoire Northeastern (NCAA)
21 Sarah Wozniewicz (F)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Ottawa Charge Wisconsin (NCAA)
22 Anna Segedi (F)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Minnesota Frost St. Lawrence (NCAA)
23 Clara Van Wieren (F)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Toronto Sceptres (from Vancouver) [Trade 2] Minnesota Duluth (NCAA)
24 Lily Delianedis (F)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PWHL Seattle Cornell (NCAA)
  1. ↑ Toronto → Vancouver. Toronto's third-round pick went to Vancouver as the result of a trade on June 24, 2025, that sent a third-round pick (19th overall) and Kristen Campbell to Vancouver in exchange for a second-round pick (16th overall) and a third-round pick (23rd overall).
  2. ↑ Vancouver → Toronto. Vancouver's third-round pick went to Toronto as the result of a trade on June 24, 2025, that sent a second-round pick (16th overall) and a third-round pick (23rd overall) to Toronto in exchange for a third-round pick (19th overall) and Kristen Campbell.

Round four

#PlayerNationalityPWHL teamSchool/club team
25 Dayle Ross (D)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada New York Sirens St. Cloud State (NCAA)
26 Riley Brengman (D)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Boston Fleet Ohio State (NCAA)
27 Maddi Wheeler (F)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada New York Sirens (from Toronto) [Trade 1] Ohio State (NCAA)
28 Callie Shanahan (G)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Sirens (from Montreal) [Trade 2] Boston University (NCAA)
29 Peyton Hemp (F)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Ottawa Charge Minnesota (NCAA)
30 Ava Rinker (D)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Frost UConn (NCAA)
31 Jada Habisch (F)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PWHL Seattle UConn (NCAA)
32 Brianna Brooks (F)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada PWHL Vancouver Penn State (NCAA)
  1. ↑ Toronto → New York. Toronto's fourth-round pick went to New York as the result of a trade on June 24, 2025, that sent a first-round pick (3rd overall) and a fourth-round pick (27th overall) to New York in exchange for Ella Shelton.
  2. ↑ Montreal → New York. Montreal's fourth-round pick went to New York as the result of a trade on June 24, 2025, that sent a fourth-round pick (28th overall) and Kristin O'Neill to New York in exchange for Abby Roque.

Round five

#PlayerNationalityPWHL teamSchool/club team
33 Anna Bargman (F)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Sirens Yale (NCAA)
34 Abby Newhook (F)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Boston Fleet Boston College (NCAA)
35 Sara Hjalmarsson (F)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Toronto Sceptres Linköping HC (SDHL)
36 Maya Labad (F)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Montreal Victoire Quinnipiac (NCAA)
37 Sanni Ahola (G)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland / Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Ottawa Charge St. Cloud State (NCAA)
38 Vanessa Upson (F)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Minnesota Frost Mercyhurst (NCAA)
39 Madison Samoskevich (D)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PWHL Vancouver Quinnipiac (NCAA)
40 Lyndie Lobdell (D)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PWHL Seattle Penn State (NCAA)

    Round six

    #PlayerNationalityPWHL teamSchool/club team
    41 Kaley Doyle (G)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States New York Sirens Quinnipiac (NCAA)
    42 Amanda Thiele (G)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Boston Fleet Ohio State (NCAA)
    43 Hanna Baskin (D)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Toronto Sceptres Minnesota Duluth (NCAA)
    44 Tamara Giaquinto (D)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Montreal Victoire Boston University (NCAA)
    45 Fanuza Kadirova (F)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Ottawa Charge Dynamo-Neva St. Petersburg (ZhHL)
    46 Brooke Becker (D)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Minnesota Frost Providence (NCAA)
    47 Olivia Wallin (F)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada PWHL Seattle Minnesota Duluth (NCAA)
    48 Chanreet Bassi (F)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada PWHL Vancouver UBC (U Sports)

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