The Hockey News counts down our Top 72 Draft Prospects for the 2025 PWHL Draft. Here are our Midterm PWHL Draft rankings.

The PWHL Draft is a long way away, but the scouting season is midway through. With a month left in the NCAA regular season, and less than a month remaining until the SDHL playoffs, time is ticking for players to showcase their abilities to the PWHL. Playoffs including the Frozen Four, and international competition like the World Championships will also be big events for rankings, but the pecking order is beginning to come into view.

The top three rounds still have question marks including Abbey Murphy, Lacey Eden, Michelle Karvinen, Hanna Olsson, and Michaela Pejzlova, as their intentions remain unknown. If there are expansion teams to consider, this draft will get very shallow following the third round, capping out around round five. Teams however will have holes if expansion occurs due to natural attrition and any expansion draft devised. The only noticeable positional gap in this draft is on the blueline where there is less depth.

As for the Midterm Rankings, until Abbey Murphy states she will not be declaring, she will remain at the top of our rankings. Beyond Murphy, any one of 4-5 players could be the first or second overall pick. With teams now having multiple seasons of roster building under their belts, positional needs may become a larger factor, especially with very little separation between the talent level in this year's opening round and a half. Kristyna Kaltounkova and Casey O'Brien are both potential top line centers in this league which could give them the edge, although Haley Winn and Nicole Gosling will interest any team looking to pad their blueline.

When looking at the best goaltenders available, Andrea Brandli and Sanni Ahola are the pair likely to grab the most interest, while Hannah Murphy and Callie Shanahan could draw consideration for third goalie roles.

Here's a look at The Hockey News' Midterm PWHL Draft Rankings.

2025 PWHL Draft Rankings

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