The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) kicked off its first-ever draft with Minnesota selecting Taylor Heise at No. 1 in Toronto on Monday.
Heise joins Kendall Coyne Schofield, Lee Stecklein and Kelly Pannek in Minnesota after the team signed the latter three players during the league’s free-agency period in early September. Minnesota won the first pick in the draft lottery on Sept. 1.
The PWHL Draft will feature 15 rounds and 90 selections (in a snake draft format) from a pool of 268 players who declared for it. No draft picks will be traded until at least the completion of the 2023-24 season.
Round 1 picks
- No. 1 — Minnesota — Taylor Heise (C)
- No. 2 — Toronto — Jocelyne Larocque (LD)
- No. 3 — Boston — Alina Müller (C)
- No. 4 — New York — Ella Shelton (LD)
- No. 5 — Ottawa — Savannah Harmon (LD)
- No. 6 — Montreal — Erin Ambrose (D)
Round 2 picks
- No. 7 — Montreal — Kristin O’Neill (F)
- No. 8 — Ottawa — Ashton Bell (D)
- No. 9 — New York — Jaime Bourbonnais (RD)
- No. 10 — Boston — Sophie Jaques (RD)
- No. 11 — Toronto — Emma Maltais (F)
- No. 12 — Minnesota — Nicole Hensley (G)
The full list of picks, including in Rounds 3-15, can be found here.
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