Six players - Kelly Babstock, Caitrin Lonergan, Liliane Perreault, Brooke Stacey, Malia Schneider, and Audrey-Anne Veillette have been signed as PWHL reserves as the league's Roster Freeze Deadline passes.
Six players - Kelly Babstock, Caitrin Lonergan, Liliane Perreault, Brooke Stacey, Malia Schneider, and Audrey-Anne Veillette have been signed as PWHL reserves as the league's Roster Freeze Deadline passes.
With the PWHL's Trade Deadline and Roster Freeze deadline now passed, the league announced a half dozen new signings.
Boston has signed forwards Kelly Babstock and Caitrin Lonergan to Reserve Player contracts. Babstock, a 31-year-old from Mississauga, ON, joins the team after spending part of the 2023-24 season playing in the SWHL A for Ladies Team Lugano. The former Metropolitan Riveter attended training camp with PWHL New York as a free agent invite and ranks fourth in all-time PHF points with 96 in 112 games. Lonergan, a 26-year-old from Roslindale, MA, was acquired from Ottawa at the trade deadline. She was selected in the fourteenth round of the PWHL Draft but did not sign with the team.
Montréal has signed forwards Liliane Perreault and Brooke Stacey to Reserve Player contracts. Perreault, a 24-year-old from Hinsdale, IL, joins the team after competing in the SDHL with Frölunda HC. The 2023 graduate of Mercyhurst University attended training camp with Ottawa as a free agent invite and played in two scrimmages during the league’s preseason evaluation camp. Stacey, a 27-year-old from Kahnawake, QC, attended Montréal’s initial training camp. She spent the 2022-23 season as a member of the PHF’s Montréal Force where she scored nine points in 24 games. Montréal has also placed forward Ann-Sophie Bettez on Long Term Injured Reserve.
Ottawa has signed forwards Malia Schneider and Audrey-Ann Veillette to Reserve Player contracts. Schneider, a 25-year-old from Millarville, AB, returns to the team after competing in the SDHL with Brynäs IF. The second-year pro attended Ottawa’s training camp and competed in two scrimmages during the league’s preseason evaluation camp. She was originally on the team’s Reserve Player list until the end of December. Veillette, a 23-year-old from Drummondville, QC, was selected by the team in the fifteenth round of the PWHL Draft. The 2023 University of Montréal graduate was previously unable to compete due to injury. In a corresponding move, goaltender Samantha Ridgewell has been released from the team’s Reserve Player list.