2018 NWHL Draft
2018 NWHL Draft | |
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General information | |
Date(s) | 19 & 20 December 2018 |
Network(s) | Twitter, Instagram |
Overview | |
First selection | Annie Pankowski, Metropolitan Riveters |
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]
A total of 30 players were drafted, of which twenty were American, four were Canadian, and one was Swedish. Four players were drafted from Boston College, along with three each from Merrimack College, Colgate University, and Wisconsin University.[3]
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.[4][5]
Format
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:
- Metropolitan Riveters
- Connecticut Whale
- Buffalo Beauts
- Minnesota Whitecaps
- Boston Pride
Players who were drafted were not guaranteed to sign with the team that drafted them.[6][7]
Results
Rounds 1–2
Round | Pick | Player | Team | Nationality | Former team |
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1 | 1 | Annie Pankowski | Metropolitan Riveters | United States | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
1 | 2 | Melissa Samoskevich | Connecticut Whale | United States | Quinnipiac University |
1 | 3 | Megan Keller | Buffalo Beauts | United States | Boston College |
1 | 4 | Kelly Pannek | Minnesota Whitecaps | United States | University of Minnesota |
1 | 5 | Kali Flanagan | Boston Pride | United States | Boston College |
2 | 6 | Kendall Cornine | Metropolitan Riveters | United States | Rochester Institute of Technology |
2 | 7 | Makenna Newkirk | Connecticut Whale | United States | Boston College |
2 | 8 | Loren Gabel | Buffalo Beauts | Canada | Clarkson University |
2 | 9 | Sophia Shaver | Minnesota Whitecaps | United States | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
2 | 10 | Bailey Larson | Boston Pride | United States | Colgate University |
Rounds 3–5
References
- ^ Oliver, Nathaniel (2018-12-13). "2018 NWHL Draft Scheduled". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Duo Selected in 2018 NWHL Draft". University of Minnesota Athletics. 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Sheridan, Callan (2018-12-21). "NCAA's look inside the 2018 NWHL Draft". NCAA. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Murphy, Mike (2018-12-19). "Early impressions of the 2018 NWHL Draft". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ Murphy, Mike (2018-12-20). "Rounds 3-5 of the 2018 NWHL Draft". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ Burgess, Melissa (2018-12-24). "NWHL Draft Recap". The Victory Press. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Wollschlager, Erik (2018-12-21). "Beauts go big in 2018 draft". Die By The Blade. Retrieved 2020-12-01.