2024 PWHL Draft: December Rankings

We count down the top 60 prospects (+goalies) this month from the NCAA, USports, and Europe with an eye on the 2024 PWHL Draft.

It's another month closer to another PWHL Draft. The league is days away from puck drop, and rosters have been set. With that in mind, so has the existing PWHL player pool. University teams are now on their holiday break, meaning the first half of the NCAA and USports seasons are over. Similarly, international teams are just coming off another set of games including the Rivalry Series, Five Nations Cup in Sweden, and Four Nations Cup in Hungary, allowing for additional evaluation in elite head-to-head settings. 

The main change to our list is the separation of netminders. With the depth of goaltending, it seems less likely teams will be spending draft picks on goalies, and instead will look to fill any future need through free agency. There are teams who will have goaltending needs, but with only New York keeping themselves flexible in the crease for the next three years, it will be a challenging task for teams. 

There are other players in Europe who could immediately make the jump, but several of those stars are under contract through next season. Unless they have an out clause, they won't be heading to North America.

This list primarily features players who have expired their NCAA eligibility, but defenders like Nicole Gosling, Kendall Cooper and Kathryn Reilly could declare without using a fifth year given how shallow the PWHL defensive pool remains.

We kept our brief profiles for players who were ranked in the top 12 in November with a few edits if a player rose or fell for a specific reason, and added new write ups for another group of highly ranked players. Our list reduced to 60, and we've bolded the top 36, which is where we anticipate future drafts could be reduced to in terms of total selections. Here's a look at our December PWHL Draft rankings.

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Goaltender Rankings

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