The Professional Women’s Hockey League’s newest teams in Seattle and Vancouver filled out their rosters in the league’s first-ever expansion draft on Monday.
Vancouver took defender Ashton Bell from the Ottawa Charge with the No. 1 pick after winning the lottery and getting to choose between drafting No. 1 or second and third in the snake draft format.
The seven-round draft saw 14 players taken from the PWHL’s six existing franchises, including two first-round picks from the 2024 entry draft (Hannah Bilka and Julia Gosling).
The full list of players selected is as follows:
PWHL Vancouver
Ashton Bell, 25, Defender (Ottawa Charge)
Brooke McQuigge, 25, Forward (Minnesota Frost)
Abby Boreen, 25, Forward (Montreal Victoire)
Izzy Daniel, 24, Forward (Toronto Sceptres)
Gabby Rosenthal, 25, Forward (New York Sirens)
Denisa Křížová, 30, Forward (Minnesota Frost)
Sydney Bard, 24, Defender (Boston Fleet)
PWHL Seattle
Aneta Tejralová, 29, Defender (Ottawa Charge)
Hannah Bilka, 24, Forward (Boston Fleet)
Jessie Eldridge, 27, Forward (New York Sirens)
Julia Gosling, 25, Forward (Toronto Sceptres)
Anna Wilgren, 25, Defender (Montreal Victoire)
Megan Carter, 24, Defender (Toronto Sceptres)
Emily Brown, 26, Defender (Boston Fleet)
This story will be updated.
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