2016 CWHL Draft explained

2016 CWHL Draft
Date:August 21, 2016
Location:Mississauga, Ontario
First:Kayla Tutino
Prev:2015
Next:2017

The 2016 draft for the Canadian Women's Hockey League took place on August 21, 2016.[1] Players must register before midnight on August 1, 2016, and pay an entry fee of CDN $150.

By virtue of finishing with the worst record during the 2015-16 CWHL regular season, the Boston Blades selected first overall. Of note, it signified the first time that the Blades ever held the first pick overall in the history of the CWHL Draft.

Following the Blades with the second pick overall shall be the Toronto Furies. The Furies cross-town rivals, the Brampton Thunder have the third pick overall. Despite having finished with the best regular season record, Les Canadiennes de Montreal shall select fourth overall while the defending Clarkson Cup champion Calgary Inferno shall select fifth overall.

With the first pick overall, the Boston Blades selected Canadian-born Kayla Tutino, most recently of the Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey program. As a side note, the Blades also held the last pick overall in the draft, taking forward Jennifer Currie of UMass Boston in the sixteenth round.

Forward Claudia Tellez of the Mexico women's national ice hockey team became the first Mexican-born player selected in the history of the CWHL Draft. Other international players selected in the draft include France's Marion Allemoz and Japan's Nachi Fujimoto, both selected by the Canadiennes de Montreal. Sato Kikuchi from Japan's Nippon Sports Science University would be claimed by Boston in the eighth round.

Of note, a pair of players who competed with the Buffalo Beauts during the 2015–16 NWHL season were selected in the CWHL Draft. With their seventh-round pick, the Toronto Furies selected Erin Zach while goaltender Amanda Makela was selected by the Canadiennes in the eighth round.

Notable entries in the draft

Notable entries in the draft include

Top 25 picks

Player Position Team College
1 Forward Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey
2 ForwardClarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey
3 Forward Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey
4 Forward Boston University Terriers
5 Goaltenders Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey
6 Chelsey Goldberg Forward Boston Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey
7 Erin AmbroseDefense Toronto Clarkson -8 Forward Brampton Clarkson
9 Defense Montreal Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey
10 Katelyn Gosling Defense Calgary Western Mustangs women's ice hockey
11 Cassandra OpelaDefense Boston Connecticut Huskies women's ice hockey
12 Michela Cava Defense Toronto Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey -13 Nicole Brown ForwardBrampton Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey
14 Ariane BarkerForward Montreal Montreal Carabins women's ice hockey
15 Defense Calgary Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey
16 Meghan Grieves Forward Boston Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey
17 Jaimie McDonnell Brampton(acquired from Furies) Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey
18 Kaitlyn Tougas ForwardBrampton Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey
19 Brittney FouracresDefense Montreal McGill Martlets women's ice hockey
20 Misty Seastrom Defense Calgary
21 Dakota Woodworth Forward Boston Boston University Terriers
22 Jenna DingeldeinForward Toronto Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey
23 Taylor Woods Forward Brampton Cornell
24 Marion AllemozForward Montreal Montreal Carabins
25 Akane Hosoyamada Defense Calgary Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey

Picks by team

Boston

Round
Player Position College
1 1 Forward Boston University Terriers
2 6
3 11 Cassandra OpelaDefenseUniversity of Connecticut
4 16
5 21
6 26 Margaret Zimmer Forward Connecticut
7 31 Alexis Woloschuk Defense Boston University
836 Sato Kikuchi DefenseNippon Sports Science University
9 41 Taylor McGee Defense Penn State
10 46 Melissa Bizzari Forward Boston College
11 50 Kate Leary Forward Boston College
12 54 Lauren Dahm Goaltender Clarkson
13 57 Amanda Fontaine Goaltender Sacred Heart
14 60 Megan Fitzgerald Forward Hamilton College
15 63 Alexandra Karlis Center UMass Boston
16 65 Jennifer Currie Forward UMass Boston

Brampton

Round
Player Position College
1 3 Forward Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey
2 8 Forward Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey
3 13 Nicole Brown Forward Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey
4 17 Jaimie McDonnell(acquired from Furies) Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey
4 18 Kaitlyn Tougas Forward Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey
5 23 Taylor Woods Forward Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey
6 28 Kristen Barbara Defense York Lions women's ice hockey
7 33 Brittany Clapham Defense Western Mustangs
838Jessica Hartwick Forward Ryerson Rams women's ice hockey
9 43 Melissa Wronzberg Defense Ryerson Rams
10 48 Emily Grainger Defense UBC Thunderbirds women's ice hockey
11 52 Jetta Rackleff Goaltender RIT Tigers
12 56 Jessa McAuliffe Defense York Lions
13 59 Nicki Robinson Forward Saskatchewan Huskies women's ice hockey
14 62 Kelly Campbell Goaltender Western Mustangs

Calgary

Round
Player Position College
1 5 Emerance Maschmeyer
2 10 Katelyn Gosling
3 15 Iya Gavrilova
4 20 Misty Seastrom
5 25 Akane Hosoyamada
6 30 Cara Schlitz Defense
7 35 Caitlin Zevola Forward Spruce Grove Saints
840Claudia Tellez Mexico national women's ice hockey team
9 45 Debbie Beaudoin Forward
10 49 Rina Takeda Defense

Montreal

Round
Player Position College
1 4 Sarah Lefort Forward Boston University Terriers
2 9 Cassandra Poudrier Defense Cornell Big Red
3 14 Ariane Barker Forward Montreal Carabins
4 19 Brittney Fouracres Defense McGill Martlets
5 24 Forward Montreal Carabins
6 29 Taylor Hough Goaltender McGill Martlets
7 34 Melanie Desrochers Defense St. Lawrence Skating Saints
839Amanda Makela Goaltender Buffalo Beauts
9 44 Nachi Fujimoto Defense Sapporo International

Toronto

Round
Player Position College
1 2 Forward Clarkson Golden Knights
2 7 Defense Clarkson Golden Knights
3 12 Michela Cava Defense Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs
5 22 Jenna Dingeldein Forward Mercyhurst Lakers
6 27 Danielle Gagne Forward Ohio State Buckeyes
7 32 Erin Zach Forward
837Vanessa Spataro Forward St. Cloud State
9 42 Ella Stewart Defense Elmira College
10 47 Victoria MacKenzie Forward Ontario Institute of Technology
11 51 Defense Clarkson Golden Knights
12 55 Jaclyn Gibson Forward Ontario Institute of Technology
13 58 Nicole Kirchberger Forward Buffalo State College
14 61 Defense

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CWHL Draft Prospects. CWHL . n.d.. 2016-08-09.