2023 PWHL Draft

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2023 PWHL Draft
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General information
DateSeptember 18, 2023
LocationCBC's Toronto Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NetworksCBC Gem
CBC Sports App
Overview
90 total selections in 15 rounds
LeagueProfessional Women's Hockey League
First selectionUnited States Taylor Heise
(PWHL Minnesota)
2024 →

The 2023 PWHL Draft was the first draft in Professional Women's Hockey League history, and took place on September 18, 2023, at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[1]

Minnesota Golden Gophers forward Taylor Heise was the first player chosen in the draft, selected by Minnesota. In all, 90 players were selected over 15 rounds of drafting.

List of Eligible Players

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286 eligible players from 17 different countries declared for the inaugural PWHL draft.[2]

Top NCAA/U Sports prospects

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Source: The Hockey News ranking (September 5, 2023).[3]
Ranking Player School
1 United States Taylor Heise (F) Minnesota Golden Gophers
2 Switzerland Alina Muller (F) Northeastern Huskies
3 Canada Sophie Jaques (D) Ohio State Buckeyes
4 Canada Emma Maltais (F) Ohio State Buckeyes
5 Sweden Emma Soderberg (G) Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
6 United States Grace Zumwinkle (F) Minnesota Golden Gophers
7 France Chloe Aurard (F) Northeastern Huskies
8 United States Jesse Compher (F) Wisconsin Badgers
9 United States Gabbie Hughes (F) Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
10 Canada Ashton Bell (D) Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs

Format

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The draft consisted of 15 rounds. The order of picks in the first round was decided by using a computerized list randomizer during a video conference call with all 6 team's general managers.[4] In the second round this order was reversed, so the team with the 6th pick would also receive the 7th pick, whilst the team with first overall pick would not pick again until the 12th pick (last pick in the second round). The order would continue alternating in each subsequent round, producing a 'snaking' order.[5] Draft picks were not allowed to be traded.[6]

The final draft order was:

  1. Minnesota
  2. Toronto
  3. Boston
  4. New York
  5. Ottawa
  6. Montreal

Selections by round

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Picks from the 2023 Draft are listed below by round.[7]

Round one

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# Player Nationality PWHL team College/university/club team
1 Taylor Heise (F) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States PWHL Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers (WCHA)
2 Jocelyne Larocque (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada PWHL Toronto Team Adidas (PWHPA)
3 Alina Muller (C) File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland PWHL Boston Northeastern Huskies (Hockey East)
4 Ella Shelton (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada PWHL New York Team Scotiabank (PWHPA)
5 Savannah Harmon (D) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States PWHL Ottawa Team Harvey's (PWHPA)
6 Erin Ambrose (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada PWHL Montreal Team Sonnet (PWHPA)

Round two

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# Player Nationality PWHL team College/university/club team
7 Kristin O'Neill (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Montreal Team Adidas (PWHPA)
8 Ashton Bell (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Ottawa Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (WCHA)
9 Jaime Bourbonnais (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada New York Team Scotiabank (PWHPA)
10 Sophie Jaques (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Boston Ohio State Buckeyes (WCHA)
11 Emma Maltais (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto Ohio State Buckeyes (WCHA)
12 Nicole Hensley (G) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Minnesota Team Sonnet (PWHPA)

Round three

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# Player Nationality PWHL team College/university/club team
13 Grace Zumwinkle (F) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers (WCHA)
14 Kristen Campbell (G) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto Team Scotiabank (PWHPA)
15 Jamie Lee Rattray (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Boston Team Harvey's (PWHPA)
16 Jessie Eldridge (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada New York Team Harvey's (PWHPA)
17 Jincy Roese (D) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Ottawa Team Adidas (PWHPA)
18 Maureen Murphy (F) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Montreal Northeastern Huskies (Hockey East)

Round four

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# Player Nationality PWHL team College/university/club team
19 Dominika Laskova (D) File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Montreal Toronto Six (PHF)
20 Gabbie Hughes (F) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Ottawa Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (WCHA)
21 Chloe Aurard (LW) File:Flag of France.svg France New York Northeastern Huskies (Hockey East)
22 Loren Gabel (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Boston Boston Pride (PHF)
23 Natalie Spooner (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto Team Scotiabank (PWHPA)
24 Maggie Flaherty (D) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Minnesota Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (WCHA)

Round five

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# Player Nationality PWHL team College/university/club team
25 Susanna Tapani (C) File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Minnesota Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays (ZhHL; 2021–22)
26 Jesse Compher (F) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Toronto Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA)
27 Hannah Brandt (C) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Boston Team Sonnet (PWHPA)
28 Elizabeth Giguere (RW) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada New York Boston Pride (PHF)
29 Hayley Scamurra (F) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Ottawa Team Harvey's (PWHPA)
30 Kati Tabin (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Montreal Toronto Six (PHF)

Round six

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# Player Nationality PWHL team College/university/club team
31 Kennedy Marchment (RW) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Montreal Connecticut Whale (PHF)
32 Daryl Watts (C) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Ottawa Toronto Six (PHF)
33 Corinne Schroeder (G) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada New York Boston Pride (PHF)
34 Jessica Digirolamo (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Boston Team Adidas (PWHPA)
35 Kali Flanagan (D) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Toronto Boston Pride (PHF)
36 Clair DeGeorge (F) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Minnesota Team Harvey's (PWHPA)

Round seven

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# Player Nationality PWHL team College/university/club team
37 Natalie Buchbinder (D) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Minnesota Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA)
38 Victoria Bach (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto Team Scotiabank (PWHPA)
39 Theresa Schafzahl (F) File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Boston Vermont Catamounts (Hockey East)
40 Jill Saulnier (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada New York Team Adidas (PWHPA)
41 Aneta Tejralova (D) File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Ottawa Boston Pride (PHF)
42 Tereza Vanisova (F) File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Montreal Toronto Six (PHF)

Round eight

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# Player Nationality PWHL team College/university/club team
43 Madison Bizal (D) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Montreal Ohio State Buckeyes (WCHA)
44 Katerina Mrazova (C) File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Ottawa Connecticut Whale (PHF)
45 Brooke Hobson (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada New York Modo Hockey Dam (SDHL)
46 Emily Brown (D) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Boston Team Sonnet (PWHPA)
47 Brittany Howard (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto Toronto Six (PHF)
48 Denisa Krizova (F) File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Minnesota Minnesota Whitecaps (PHF)

Round nine

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# Player Nationality PWHL team College/university/club team
49 Sidney Morin (D) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Minnesota Minnesota Whitecaps (PHF)
50 Allie Munroe (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto Connecticut Whale (PHF)
51 Taylor Girard (F) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Boston Connecticut Whale (PHF)
52 Jade Downie-Landry (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada New York Montreal Force (PHF)
53 Zoe Boyd (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Ottawa Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC)
54 Gabrielle David (C) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Montreal Clarkson Golden Knights (ECAC)

Round ten

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# Player Nationality PWHL team College/university/club team
55 Maude Poulin-Labelle (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Montreal Northeastern Huskies (Hockey East)
56 Kristin Della Rovere (C) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Ottawa Harvard Crimson (ECAC)
57 Paetyn Levis (F) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States New York Ohio State Buckeyes (WCHA)
58 Emma Söderberg (G) File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Boston Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (WCHA)
59 Mellissa Channell (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto Team Harvey's (PWHPA)
60 Sophia Kunin (F) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Minnesota Team Harvey's (PWHPA)

Round eleven

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# Player Nationality PWHL team College/university/club team
61 Amanda Leveille (G) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Minnesota Minnesota Whitecaps (PHF)
62 Maggie Connors (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto Princeton Tigers (ECAC)
63 Sophie Shirley (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Boston Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA)
64 Abbey Levy (G) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States New York Boston College Eagles (Hockey East)
65 Lexie Adzija (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Ottawa Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC)
66 Jillian Dempsey (F) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Montreal Boston Pride (PHF)

Round twelve

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# Player Nationality PWHL team College/university/club team
67 Claire Dalton (C/RW) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Montreal Yale Bulldogs (ECAC)
68 Sandra Abstreiter (G) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Ottawa Providence Friars (Hockey East)
69 Olivia Zafuto (D) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States New York Boston Pride (PHF)
70 Shiann Darkangelo (LW) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Boston Toronto Six (PHF)
71 Rebecca Leslie (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto Team Sonnet (PWHPA)
72 Michela Cava (C) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Minnesota Toronto Six (PHF)

Round thirteen

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# Player Nationality PWHL team College/university/club team
73 Liz Schepers (C/LW) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Minnesota Minnesota Whitecaps (PHF)
74 Hannah Miller (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada / File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Toronto Shenzhen Kunlun Red Star (ZhHL)
75 Emma Buckles (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Boston Team Sonnet (PWHPA)
76 Kayla Vespa (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada New York Team Adidas (PWHPA)
77 Amanda Boulier (D) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Ottawa Minnesota Whitecaps (PHF)
78 Elaine Chuli (G) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Montreal Toronto Six (PHF)

Round fourteen

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# Player Nationality PWHL team College/university/club team
79 Ann-Sophie Bettez (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Montreal Montreal Force (PHF)
80 Caitrin Lonergan (F) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Ottawa Connecticut Whale (PHF)
81 Emma Woods (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada New York Toronto Six (PHF)
82 Tatum Skaggs (F) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Boston Team Scotiabank (PWHPA)
83 Alexa Vasko (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto Team Sonnet (PWHPA)
84 Minttu Tuominen (D) File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Minnesota Kiekko-Espoo Naiset (NSML)

Round fifteen

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# Player Nationality PWHL team College/university/club team
85 Sydney Brodt (F) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Minnesota Minnesota Whitecaps (PHF)
86 Olivia Knowles (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Toronto Minnesota Whitecaps (PHF)
87 Jessica Healey (D) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Boston Buffalo Beauts (PHF)
88 Alexandra Labelle (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada New York Montreal Force (PHF)
89 Audrey-Ann Veillette (F) File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Ottawa Montreal Carabins (RSEQ)
90 Lina Ljungblom (C) File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Montreal Modo Hockey Dam (SDHL)

Draftees based on nationality

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Rank Country Selections Percent Top selection
North America 77 85.6%
1 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 49 54.4% Jocelyne Larocque, 2nd
2 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 28 31.1% Taylor Heise, 1st
Europe 13 14.4%
3 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechia 5 5.6% Dominika Lásková, 19th
4 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 2 2.2% Susanna Tapani, 25th
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 2 2.2% Emma Söderberg, 50th
6 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1 1.1% Alina Müller, 3rd
File:Flag of France.svg France 1 1.1% Chloé Aurard, 21st
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 1 1.1% Theresa Schafzahl, 39th
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1 1.1% Sandra Abstreiter, 68th

North American draftees by state/province

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Rank State/province Selections Percent Top selection
1 File:Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario 27 30.0% Ella Shelton, 4th
2 File:Flag of Minnesota (1983–2024).svg Minnesota 11 12.2% Taylor Heise, 1st
3 File:Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec 8 8.9% Élizabeth Giguère, 28th
4 File:Flag of Manitoba.svg Manitoba 5 5.6% Jocelyne Larocque, 2nd
File:Flag of New York.svg New York 5 5.6% Maureen Murphy, 18th
6 File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts 3 3.3% Kali Flanagan, 35th
7 File:Flag of Illinois.svg Illinois 2 2.2% Savannah Harmon, 5th
File:Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Nova Scotia 2 2.2% Jill Saulnier, 40th
File:Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Saskatchewan 2 2.2% Brooke Hobson, 45th
File:Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan 2 2.2% Taylor Girard, 51st
File:Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia 2 2.2% Hannah Miller, 74th
12 File:Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado 1 1.1% Nicole Hensley, 12th
File:Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri 1 1.1% Jincy Dunne, 17th
File:Flag of Alaska.svg Alaska 1 1.1% Clair DeGeorge, 36th
File:Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg Newfoundland and Labrador 1 1.1% Maggie Connors, 62nd
File:Flag of Connecticut.svg Connecticut 1 1.1% Amanda Boulier, 77th
File:Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin 1 1.1% Tatum Skaggs, 82nd
File:Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta 1 1.1% Jessica Healey, 87th

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