2015–16 Buffalo Beauts season explained

Season:2015–16
Year:2015
Team:Buffalo Beauts
League:NWHL
Leaguerank:3rd
Record:5–9–4
Homerecord:2–6–1
Roadrecord:3–3–3
Goalsfor:56
Goalsagainst:66
Generalmanager:Linda Mroz
Goalsleader:Kelley Steadman (13)
Pointsleader:Kelley Steadman (20)
Winsleader:Brianne McLaughlin (4)
Gaaleader:Amanda Makela (2.79)
Next Season:2016–17

The 2015–16 Buffalo Beauts season was the first in franchise history and the National Women's Hockey League's inaugural season.[1]

Regular season

Game log

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1 || October 11 || Boston Pride || 1–4 || || McLaughlin || HarborCenter || 0–1–0 || 0 || [2] |- style="background:#fcc;"| 2 || October 18 || Connecticut Whale || 2–5 || || McLaughlin || HarborCenter || 0–2–0 || 0 || [3] |- style="background:#fcc;"| 3 || October 25 || Boston Pride || 3–5 || || McLaughlin || HarborCenter || 0–3–0 || 0 || [4] |- style="background:#fcc;"| 4 || November 15 || Connecticut Whale || 2–3 || || Sass || HarborCenter || 0–4–0 || 0 || [5] |- style="background:#fff;"| 5 || November 22 || Connecticut Whale || 6–7 || SO || Makela || HarborCenter || 0–4–1 || 1 || [6] |- style="background:#cfc;"| 6 || November 29 || @ New York Riveters || 3–1 || || McLaughlin || Aviator Sports and Events Center || 1–4–1 || 3 || [7] |- style="background:#fcc;"| 7 || December 5 || @ Boston Pride || 6–7 || || McLaughlin || Bright Hockey Center || 1–5–1 || 3 || [8] |- style="background:#fff;"| 8 || December 6 || @ Connecticut Whale || 2–3 || SO || Makela || Chelsea Piers CT || 1–5–2 || 4 || [9] |- style="background:#fcc;"| 9 || December 20 || @ Boston Pride || 0–1 || || McLaughlin || Bright Hockey Center || 1–6–2 || 4 || [10] |- style="background:#fcc;"| 10 || December 27 || New York Riveters || 3–7 || || McLaughlin || HarborCenter || 1–7–2 || 4 || [11] |- style="background:#cfc;"| 11 || January 3 || @ Boston Pride || 4–3 || OT || Makela || Bright Hockey Center || 2–7–2 || 6 || [12] |- style="background:#fcc;"| 12 || January 10 || @ Connecticut Whale || 3–5 || || Makela || Chelsea Piers CT || 2–8–2 || 6 || [13] |- style="background:#cfc;"| 13 || January 17 || @ New York Riveters || 6–5 || SO || Sass || Aviator Sports and Events Center || 3–8–2 || 8 || [14] |- style="background:#cfc;"| 14 || January 31 || New York Riveters || 4–2 || || McLaughlin || HarborCenter || 4–8–2 || 10 || [15] |- style="background:#fff;"| 15 || February 7 || @ Connecticut Whale || 2–3 || OT || McLaughlin || Chelsea Piers CT || 4–8–3 || 11 || [16] |- style="background:#fff;"| 16 || February 14 || @ New York Riveters || 3–4 || SO || McLaughlin || Aviator Sports and Events Center || 4–8–4 || 12 || [17] |- style="background:#cfc;"| 17 || February 21 || New York Riveters || 5–1 || || McLaughlin || HarborCenter || 5–8–4 || 14 || [18] |- style="background:#fcc;"| 18 || February 28 || Boston Pride || 2–3 || || McLaughlin || HarborCenter || 5–9–4 || 14 || [19] |-|- style="text-align:center;"|

Playoffs

Game log

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1 || March 4 || @ Connecticut Whale || 0–3 || || || Chelsea Piers CT || 0–1 || (No gamesheet available)|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2 || March 5 || @ Connecticut Whale || 4–1 || || || Chelsea Piers CT || 1–1 || (No gamesheet available)|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3 || March 6 || @ Connecticut Whale || 4–3 || || McLaughlin || Chelsea Piers CT || 2–1 || [20] |-|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1 || March 11 || Boston Pride || 3–4 || OT || McLaughlin || Prudential Center Practice Facility || 0–1 || [21] |- style="background:#fcc;"| 2 || March 12 || Boston Pride || 1–3 || || McLaughlin || Prudential Center Practice Facility || 0–2 || [22] |-|- |

Statistics

Updated as of games played through March 6, 2016

Skaters

Regular Season[23]
Player
13 13 7 20 16
18 9 8 17 4
15 6 10 16 14
15 9 5 14 26
16 3 10 13 13
17 2 10 12 6
18 5 7 12 26
16 4 6 10 0
17 0 9 9 8
14 1 4 5 4
17 1 4 5 14
18 1 2 3 4
18 0 3 3 12
17 2 1 3 12
15 0 2 2 4
15 0 2 2 6
9 0 1 1 0
9 0 0 0 0
9 0 0 0 4
Playoffs
Player
3 2 1 3 0
3 3 0 3 4
3 2 0 2 6
2 1 1 2 4
3 0 2 2 4
3 0 1 1 2
3 0 1 1 2
3 0 1 1 6
1 0 1 1 2
3 0 1 1 0
1 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 2
1 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 2
3 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player
14 721:59 4 6 2 41 3.41 443 0.907 0 0
6 322:52 1 2 2 15 2.79 165 0.909 0 0
2 90:30 1 1 0 7 4.64 51 0.863 0 0

Roster

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Awards and honors

NWHL Player of the Week
NWHL 1st All-Star Game selection

Transactions

Signings

Player Date Contract terms
Brianne McLaughlin[24] July 1, 2015 $22,000
Devon Skeats[25] July 9, 2015 $15,000
July 9, 2015 $13,000
Harrison Browne[26] August 6, 2015 $15,000
August 6, 2015 $10,000
Shelby Bram[27] August 7, 2015 $15,000
Tatiana Rafter August 7, 2015 $15,000
Paige Harrington[28] August 11, 2015 $10,000
August 11, 2015 $13,000
Amanda Makela[29] August 11, 2015 $15,000
Kourtney Kunichika[30] August 15, 2015 $10,000
Jessica Fickel[31] August 17, 2015 $15,000
Hannah McGowan[32] August 18, 2015 $10,000
Lindsay Grigg[33] July 13, 2015 $13,000
July 13, 2015 $13,000
Emily Pfalzer[34] September 24, 2015 $21,000
Megan Bozek[35] September 25, 2015 $22,500
Meghan Duggan[36] September 25, 2015 $22,500

Draft

The following were the Beauts selections in the 2015 NWHL Draft on June 20, 2015.[37]

RoundPlayerPosNationalityCollege/Junior/Club team (League)
align=center 1align=center 4Courtney BurkeDUniversity of Wisconsin (WCHA)
align=center 2align=center 8Sarah LefortFBoston University (HEA)
align=center 3align=center 12Amanda LeveilleGUniversity of Minnesota (WCHA)
align=center 4align=center 16Emily JanigaFMercyhurst College (CHA)
align=center 5align=center 20Jenna DingeldeinFMercyhurst College (CHA)

References

Games

Notes and References

  1. News: Beauts starting to gel after scrimmage, practices…and time on the links . William . Wilczewski . The Sun . . October 2, 2015 . October 3, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151004144025/http://www.thesunnews.net/sports/400-Beauts_starting_to_gel_after_scrimmage,_practices...and_time_on_the_links.html . October 4, 2015 . dead .
  2. Web site: October 11, 2015 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Oct 11, 2015 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  3. Web site: October 18, 2015 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Oct 18, 2015 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  4. Web site: October 25, 2015 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Oct 25, 2015 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  5. Web site: November 15, 2015 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Nov 15, 2015 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  6. Web site: November 22, 2015 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Nov 22, 2015 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  7. Web site: November 29, 2015 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Nov 29, 2015 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  8. Web site: December 5, 2015 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Dec 5, 2015 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  9. Web site: December 6, 2015 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Dec 6, 2015 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  10. Web site: December 20, 2015 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Dec 20, 2015 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  11. Web site: December 27, 2015 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Dec 27, 2015 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  12. Web site: January 3, 2016 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Jan 3, 2016 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  13. Web site: January 10, 2016 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Jan 10, 2016 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  14. Web site: January 17, 2016 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Jan 10, 2016 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  15. Web site: January 31, 2016 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Jan 31, 2016 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  16. Web site: February 7, 2016 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Feb 7, 2016 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  17. Web site: February 14, 2016 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Feb 14, 2016 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  18. Web site: February 21, 2016 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Feb 21, 2016 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  19. Web site: February 28, 2016 . 2015-16 NWHL Regular Season – Feb 28, 2016 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  20. Web site: March 6, 2016 . 2015-16 NWHL Playoffs – Mar 6, 2016 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  21. Web site: March 11, 2016 . 2015-16 NWHL Playoffs – Mar 11, 2016 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  22. Web site: March 12, 2016 . 2015-16 NWHL Playoffs – Mar 12, 2016 . December 16, 2022 . . PDF.
  23. Web site: National Women's Hockey League – 2015–16 – Buffalo Beauts. NWHL.
  24. Web site: Two-Time Olympic Silver Medalist McLaughlin Signs with Buffalo. NWHL. July 1, 2015.
  25. Web site: Skeats and Zach Sign After Toronto Free Agent Camp. NWHL. July 9, 2015.
  26. Web site: Browne and Sass Head to Buffalo. NWHL. August 6, 2015. January 28, 2016. March 5, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305034507/http://nwhl.co/browne-and-sass-head-to-buffalo/. dead.
  27. Web site: Buffalo Adds Canadians Bram and Rafter. NWHL. August 7, 2015. 2016-01-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20160201063724/http://nwhl.co/buffalo-adds-canadians-bram-and-rafter/. 2016-02-01. dead.
  28. Web site: Llanes, Williams, and Harrington Sign NWHL Contracts. NWHL. August 11, 2015. 2016-01-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220041922/http://nwhl.co/llanes-williams-and-harrington-sign-nwhl-contracts/. 2016-02-20. dead.
  29. Web site: Makela, Scrivens Sign with Buffalo, New York. NWHL. August 11, 2015. January 28, 2016. February 20, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220041926/http://nwhl.co/makela-scrivens-sign-with-buffalo-new-york/. dead.
  30. Web site: Figueroa and Kunichika Join NWHL Teams. NWHL. August 15, 2015. January 28, 2016. February 1, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160201045026/http://nwhl.co/figueroa-and-kunichika-join-nwhl-teams/. dead.
  31. Web site: Ketchum, Fickel, and Fralick Join NWHL Teams. NWHL. August 17, 2015. January 28, 2016. February 1, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160201040756/http://nwhl.co/ketchum-fickel-and-fralick-join-nwhl-teams/. dead.
  32. Web site: Barley-Maloney, McGowan Agree to Play in NWHL. NWHL. August 18, 2015. January 28, 2016. October 13, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171013064917/http://nwhl.co/barley-maloney-mcgowan-agree-to-play-in-nwhl/. dead.
  33. Web site: Grigg and McDonald, Beauts First Blue Liners. NWHL. July 13, 2015. January 28, 2016. October 13, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171013013211/http://nwhl.co/grigg-and-mcdonald-beauts-first-blue-liners/. dead.
  34. Web site: Boston College Standout Pfalzer Joins Buffalo. NWHL. September 24, 2015.
  35. Web site: Olympic Silver Medalist Bozek Joins Beauts. NWHL. September 25, 2015.
  36. Web site: Team USA Captain Duggan Joins Buffalo. NWHL. September 25, 2015.
  37. Web site: Draft Live NWHL . NWHL . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150626124359/http://nwhl.co/draft-live/ . 2015-06-26 .

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