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In less than 24 hours, the six PWHL GMs will have mostly filled out the first-ever PWHL rosters. There’s been a lot of discussion in online, and I’m sure offline, spaces regarding who should be drafted when, what league has stronger players, etc. As someone who’s been researching for five-plus years in this space, I’ve spent a lot of time examining women’s hockey data across many of the existing and previous leagues. Using that experience to inform my opinion, I’ve come up with my take on who will end up on what team.

The methodology for this mock draft was essentially as follows:

  1. Rank each player in each league according to their previous year’s statistics
  2. Use my previous knowledge how player skill transfers between leagues to blend player rankings into one list.
  3. List out draft order for each team by positional need.
  4. Fill out each team’s list from there, choosing the highest-ranked player in the needed position.

Without further ado, here is my 2024 mock draft results:

Pick Team Player Position
1 MIN Taylor Heise W
2 BOS Paetyn Levis C
3 TOR Kristin Campbell G
4 NY Alex Cavallini G
5 OTT Jocelyne Larocque LD
6 MTL Savannah Harmon LD/RD
7 MTL Kali Flanagan RD
8 OTT Jessica Kondas RD
9 NY Claire Thompson LD
10 TOR Emily Brown LD
11 BOS Sophie Jaques RD
12 MIN Amanda Leveille G
13 MIN Kaleigh Fratkin RD
14 BOS Alina Müller C
15 TOR Loren Gabel W
16 NY Hannah Brandt C
17 OTT Emma Maltais C
18 MTL Jill Saulnier W
19 MTL Victoria Bach C
20 OTT Shiann Darkangelo W
21 NY Abigail Boreen C/W
22 TOR Kennedy Marchment W
23 BOS Ashton Bell RD
24 MIN Grace Zumwinkle W
25 MIN Jesse Compher C
26 BOS Ann-Sophie Bettez W
27 TOR Jincy Dunne LD
28 NY Maggie Flaherty LD
29 OTT Sidney Morin RD
30 MTL Natalie Buchbinder RD
31 MTL Maude Poulin-Labelle LD
32 OTT Dominique Kremer LD
33 NY Minttu Tuominen RD
34 TOR Gabbie Hughes W
35 BOS Jillian Dempsey C
36 MIN Brooke Hobson LD
37 MIN Jonna Albers W
38 BOS Emma Buckles LD
39 TOR Jaime Bourbonnais RD
40 NY Melodie Daoust W
41 OTT Taylor Girard W
42 MTL Natalie Snodgrass W
43 MTL Jessie Eldridge W
44 OTT Allie Thunstrom W
45 NY Maureen Murphy W
46 TOR Gigi Marvin W
47 BOS Corinne Schroeder G
48 MIN Nicole Hensley G
49 MIN Kaitlyn Tougas W
50 BOS Susanna Tapani W
51 TOR Brittany Howard C
52 NY Emma Söderberg G
53 OTT Michela Cava C
54 MTL Erin Ambrose RD
55 MTL Zoe Boyd LD
56 OTT Lexi Adzija C
57 NY Jade Downie-Landry W
58 TOR Nicole Kosta W
59 BOS Elizabeth Giguère W
60 MIN Catherine Daoust RD
61 MIN Katerina Mrázová C
62 BOS Madison Packer C
63 TOR Noora Räty G
64 NY Alexa Vasko C
65 OTT Theresa Schafzahl W
66 MTL Gabrielle David C
67 MTL Elaine Chuli G
68 OTT Emily Curlett RD
69 NY Taylor Wabick RD
70 TOR Kati Tabin LD
71 BOS Johanna Fällman LD
72 MIN Christine Deaudelin LD
73 MIN Makayla Langei RD
74 BOS Patti Marshall RD
75 TOR Amanda Boulier RD
76 NY Allie Munroe LD
77 OTT Erica Howe G
78 MTL Natalie Spooner W
79 MTL Mikayla Grant Mentis W
80 OTT Jessica Digirolamo LD
81 NY Rebecca Leslie W
82 TOR Hayley Scamurra W
83 BOS Savannah Norcross W
84 MIN Elizabeth Schepers W
85 MIN Alyssa Wohlfeiler W
86 BOS Clair DeGeorge W
87 TOR Lina Ljungblom C
88 NY Amanda Pelkey W
89 OTT Jamie Lee Rattray W
90 MTL Kristin O’Neill C

And if you prefer it by team, take a look below.

Minnesota Boston
Pick Position Player Pick Position Player
1 W Taylor Heise 2 C Paetyn Levis
12 G Amanda Leveille 11 RD Sophie Jaques
13 RD Kaleigh Fratkin 14 C Alina Müller
24 W Grace Zumwinkle 23 RD Ashton Bell
25 C Jesse Compher 26 W Ann-Sophie Bettez
36 LD Brooke Hobson 35 C Jillian Dempsey
37 W Jonna Albers 38 LD Emma Buckles
48 G Nicole Hensley 47 G Corinne Schroeder
49 W Kaitlyn Tougas W Susanna Tapani
60 RD Catherine Daoust 59 W Elizabeth Giguère
61 C Katerina Mrázová 62 C Madison Packer
72 LD Christine Deaudelin 71 LD Johanna Fällman
73 RD Makayla Langei 74 RD Patti Marshall
84 W Elizabeth Schepers 83 W Savannah Norcross
85 W Alyssa Wohlfeiler 86 W Clair DeGeorge

Toronto New York
Pick Position Name Pick Position Name
3 G Kristin Campbell 4 G Alex Cavallini
10 LD Emily Brown 9 LD Claire Thompson
15 W Loren Gabel 16 C Hannah Brandt
22 W Kennedy Marchment 21 C/W Abigail Boreen
27 LD Jincy Dunne 28 LD Maggie Flaherty
34 W Gabbie Hughes 33 RD Minttu Tuominen
39 RD Jaime Bourbonnais 40 W Melodie Daoust
46 W Gigi Marvin 45 W Maureen Murphy
51 C Brittany Howard 52 G Emma Söderberg
58 W Nicole Kosta 57 W Jade Downie-Landry
63 G Noora Räty 64 C Alexa Vasko
70 LD Kati Tabin 69 RD Taylor Wabick
75 RD Amanda Boulier 76 LD Allie Munroe
82 W Hayley Scamurra 81 W Rebecca Leslie
87 C Lina Ljungblom 88 W Amanda Pelkey

Ottawa Montreal
Pick Position Name Pick Position Name
5 LD Jocelyne Larocque 6 LD/RD Savannah Harmon
8 RD Jessica Kondas 7 RD Kali Flanagan
17 C Emma Maltais 18 W Jill Saulnier
20 W Shiann Darkangelo 19 C Victoria Bach
29 RD Sidney Morin 30 RD Natalie Buchbinder
32 LD Dominique Kremer 31 LD Maude Poulin-Labelle
41 W Taylor Girard 42 W/W Natalie Snodgrass
44 W Allie Thunstrom 43 W Jessie Eldridge
53 C Michela Cava 54 RD Erin Ambrose
56 C Lexi Adzija 55 LD Zoe Boyd
65 W Theresa Schafzahl 66 C Gabrielle David
68 RD Emily Curlett 67 G Elaine Chuli
77 G Erica Howe 78 W Natalie Spooner
80 LD Jessica Digirolamo 79 W Mikayla Grant Mentis
89 W Jamie Lee Rattray 90 C Kristin O’Neill

By
Carlie Markey /
@quarkyhockey

Astrophysicist crunching numbers for Pittsburgh Pirates and RMU women's hockey. Former resident nerd for the Boston Pride and Chatham women's hockey.

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