Abby Boreen will forever be known as the first player in major professional sport to win a league championship, and then need to enter the draft after to be eligible to continue playing in the league.

Drafts are to enter a league. Once you've entered a professional league, you don't enter the draft. Someday if you're lucky, you might win a championship At least, that's how it usually works.

For Abby Boreen, like Benjamin Button, she's living life in reverse. Last year, the PWHL attempted to allow players like Boreen, a full time pharmaceutical student in Minnesota, to enter the league and stay in their markets. Due to the late announcement and start to the season, some players had settled their lives in specific locations. 

Boreen was able to bypass the draft and sign as a reserve with Minnesota. She was one of Minnesota's leaders in the preseason, and when she made her season debut, it didn't take long for Boreen to have an impact. The University of Minnesota women's hockey alumni scored four goals and five points in nine regular season games, and she played all five games for Minnesota in their opening round upset of Toronto.

When it was all said and done, Abigail Boreen found herself on the ice following Minnesota's game five PWHL final win, celebrating with her team and hoisting the Walter Cup.

Now, despite appearing in the league in both the regular season and playoffs, and winning the first ever Walter Cup, Abby Boreen now has to enter the PWHL draft to be eligible to play in the league next season.

She'll become the first player in major professional sports to win a championship, and then need to be drafted afterward to be able to continue playing in the league. 

It's a confusing rule considering Boreen has already achieved the pinnacle achievement in the sport, one that players will now fight for their entire careers hoping to reach. But Boreen must now go back to the spot where most careers begin, the draft, and put her future in Minnesota at risk. Her PWHL Minnesota teammates will have the choice to stay in Minnesota if they re-sign, but Boreen, if Minnesota doesn't act quickly enough in the draft, could end up playing in a different city next season, despite her obvious desire to stay in the State of Hockey.

The future home of Abby Boreen will be a story to watch at the June 10 PWHL Draft.