| 2018 NWHL Draft | |
| Date: | 19 & 20 December 2018 |
| League: | National Women's Hockey League |
| First: | Annie Pankowski, Metropolitan Riveters |
| Prev: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The 2018 NWHL Draft took place on the 19th and 20 December 2018, the first and only draft in NWHL history to happen while the season was underway.[1] The expansion Minnesota Whitecaps would take part in the draft for the first time.[2]
The 2018 draft was the first draft in NWHL history not to see a goaltender selected in the first two rounds, and the first to see an NCAA Division III player selected.[3] [4]
There was five rounds, with each team having one pick in each and having 90 seconds to make that pick. Draft order was decided using each team's winning percentage in the first half of the season, with goal difference being the tiebreaker. The final draft order was:
Players who were drafted were not guaranteed to sign with the team that drafted them.[5] [6]
| Player | Team | Nationality | Former team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | ||||
| 1 | 2 | Quinnipiac University | ||||
| 1 | 3 | Boston College | ||||
| 1 | 4 | University of Minnesota | ||||
| 1 | 5 | Boston College | ||||
| 2 | 6 | Metropolitan Riveters | Rochester Institute of Technology | |||
| 2 | 7 | Connecticut Whale | Boston College | |||
| 2 | 8 | Buffalo Beauts | Clarkson University | |||
| 2 | 9 | Minnesota Whitecaps | University of Wisconsin–Madison | |||
| 2 | 10 | Boston Pride | Colgate University | |||
| 3 | 11 | Metropolitan Riveters | ||||
| 3 | 12 | Connecticut Whale | Merrimack College | |||
| 3 | 13 | Buffalo Beauts | Colgate University | |||
| 3 | 14 | Minnesota Whitecaps | Ohio State University | |||
| 3 | 15 | Boston Pride | University of Wisconsin–Madison | |||
| 4 | 16 | Metropolitan Riveters | Merrimack College | |||
| 4 | 17 | Connecticut Whale | Merrimack College | |||
| 4 | 18 | Buffalo Beauts | Colgate University | |||
| 4 | 19 | Minnesota Whitecaps | Boston College | |||
| 4 | 20 | Boston Pride | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | |||
| 5 | 21 | Metropolitan Riveters | University of Maine | |||
| 5 | 22 | Connecticut Whale | Robert Morris University | |||
| 5 | 23 | Buffalo Beauts | University of Minnesota | |||
| 5 | 24 | Minnesota Whitecaps | Princeton University | |||
| 5 | 25 | Boston Pride | University of New Hampshire |