The Hockey News counts down a revised top 120 draft ranking following the release of the PWHL's Draft eligibility list.
Following the release of the PWHL's official draft eligibility list, we made final adjustments to our own draft rankings. Some players who did not declare, including veterans Amanda Kessel, Rebecca Johnston, Laura Fortino, Melissa Samoskevich, and Jennifer Wakefield, were removed from our list.
This final ranking however, does include newly declared players including Hannah Miller, Lina Ljungblom, Kaitlyn Tougas, Maggie Connors, and Cami Kronish appeared on our revised list. Other names including Lilane Perreault, Blanka Skodova, Emily Rickwood, and Kristin Della Rovere were also added.
One factor that will impact this draft list is the results of the compassionate circumstance applications. The league will require some teams to select players granted compassionate circumstances in a specified round based on the league's assessment of their value. Other players who were granted compassionate circumstances however, will not be drafted by any team, including the team in their desired market, and instead will be asked to tryout for their desired team. This draft list includes all players based on ability, although some listed in the top 120 below will not be drafted due to these circumstances, unrelated to the draft lists of individual teams.
With all the above in mind, here is The Hockey News final Top 120 rankings for the PWHL Draft:
- Taylor Heise, F, Minnesota, NCAA
- Alina Muller, F, Northeastern, NCAA
- Natalie Spooner, F, PWHPA
- Erin Ambrose, D, PWHPA
- Jocelyne Larocque, D, PWHPA
- Claire Thompson, D, PWHPA
- Savannah Harmon, D, PWHPA
- Jessie Eldridge, F, PWHPA
- Kristen O'Neill, F, PWHPA
- Nicole Hensley, G, PWHPA
- Jamie Lee Rattray, F, PWHPA
- Loren Gabel, F, Boston, PHF
- Sophie Jaques, D, Ohio State, NCAA
- Ella Shelton, D, PWHPA
- Emma Maltais, F, Ohio State, NCAA
- Kennedy Marchment, F, Connecticut, PHF
- Hayley Scamurra, F, PWHPA
- Grace Zumwinkle, F, Minnesota, NCAA
- Kali Flanagan, D, Boston, PHF
- Jamie Bourbonnais, D, PWHPA
- Chloe Aurard, F, Northeastern, NCAA
- Emma Soderberg, G, Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA
- Gabrielle Hughes, F, Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA
- Jesse Compher, F, Wisconsin, NCAA
- Ashton Bell, D, Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA
- Elizabeth Giguere, F, Montreal, PHF
- Kristen Campbell, G, PWHPA
- Taylor Girard, F, Connecticut, PHF
- Susanna Tapani, F, Metropolitan, PHF
- Noora Raty, F, Metropolitan, PHF
- Corinne Schroeder, G, Montreal, PHF
- Melodie Daoust, F, PWHPA
- Jillian Dempsey, F, Boston, PHF
- Jill Saulnier, F, PWHPA
- Jonna Albers, F, Minnesota, PHF
- Hannah Brandt, PWHPA
- Victoria Bach, F, PWHPA
- Mikyla Grant-Mentis, F, Buffalo, PHF
- Brittany Howard, F, Boston, PHF
- Shiann Darkangelo, F, Toronto, PHF
- Abbey Levy, G, Boston College, NCAA
- Jade Downie-Landry, F, Montreal, PHF
- Ann-Sophie Bettez, F, Montreal, PHF
- Madison Packer, F, Metropolitan, PHF
- Kaleigh Fratkin, D, Metropolitan, PHF
- Gabrielle David, F, Clarkson, NCAA
- Denisa Krizova, F, Minnesota, PHF
- Dominika Laskova, D, Toronto, PHF
- Hannah Miller, KRS Shenzhen, ZHL
- Lina Ljungblom, F, MoDo, SDHL
- Becca Gilmore, F, Boston, PHF
- Rebecca Leslie, F, PWHPA
- Emma Woods, F, Toronto, PHF
- Sidney Morin, D, Minnesota, PHF
- Amanda Pelkey, F, Metropolitan, PHF
- Theresa Schafzahl, F, Vermont, NCAA
- Aneta Tejralova, D, Boston, PHF
- Michaela Cava, F, Toronto Six, PHF
- Allie Thunstrom, F, Boston, PWHPA
- Maureen Murphy, F, Northeastern, NCAA
- Sophie Shirley, F, Wisconsin, NCAA
- Nicole LaMantia, D, Wisconsin, NCAA
- Jincy Dunne, D, PWHPA
- Sydney Brodt, F, Minnesta, PHF
- Dominique Kremer, D, Buffalo, PHF
- Maude Poulin-Labelle, D, Northeastern, NCAA
- Katerina Mrazova, F, Metropolitan, PHF
- Lexie Adzija, F, Quinnipiac, NCAA
- Kati Tabin, D, Toronto, PHF
- Daryl Watts, F, Toronto, PHF
- Minttu Tuominen, D, Metropolitan, PHF
- Tereza Vanisova, F, Toronto, PHF
- Brooke Hobson, D, MoDo, SDHL
- Patti Marshall, D, Minnesota, PHF
- Caitrin Lonegran, F, Connecticut, PHF
- Haley Skarupa, F, PWHPA
- Maggie Connors, F, Princeton
- Akane Shiga, F, Japan
- Liz Schepers, F, Minnesota, PHF
- Allie Munroe, D, Connecticut, PHF
- Olivia Knowles, D, Minnesota, PHF
- Jessica DiGirolamo, D, PWHPA
- Madison Bizal, D, Ohio State, NCAA
- Maggie Flaherty, D, Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA
- Audrey-Anne Veillette, F, Montreal, USports
- Claire Dalton, F, Yale, NCAA
- Kelly Babstock, F, Metropolitan, PHF
- Alexa Vasko, F, PWHPA
- Kaitlyn Tougas, F, KRS Shenzhen, ZHL
- Catie Skaja, F, Minnesota, NCAA
- Abigail Boreen, F, Minnesota, NCAA
- Emily Brown, D, PWHPA
- Olivia Zafuto, D, Metropolitan, PHF
- Sandra Abstreiter, G, Connecticut, PHF
- Amanda Leveille, G, Minnesota, PHF
- Maddie Rooney, G, PWHPA
- Paeyton Levis, F, Ohio State, NCAA
- Rosalie Demers, F, PWHPA
- Tatum Skaggs, F, PWHPA
- Zoe Boyd, D, Quinnipiac, NCAA
- Natalie Snodgrass, F, Minnesota, PHF
- Sara Bujold, F, Metropolitan, PHF
- Saroya Tinker, D, Toronto Six, PHF
- Tori Howran, D, Connecticut, PHF
- Alena Mills, F, Brynas, SDHL
- Leah Lum, F, Toronto, PHF
- Alexandra Labelle, F, Montreal, PHF
- Sarah Lefort, F, Montreal, PHF
- Kayla Vespa, F, PWHPA
- Clair DeGeorge, F, PWHPA
- Nicole Kosta, F, PWHPA
- Emma Keenan, D, Montreal, PHF
- Catherine Daoust, D, Montreal PWHPA
- Alex Poznikoff, F, PWHPA
- Natalie Buchbinder, D, Wisconsin, NCAA
- Elaine Chuli, G, Toronto, PHF
- Reagan Rust, D, Metropolitan, PHF
- Cami Kronish, G, AIK, SDHL
- Lilane Perreault, F, Mercyhurst, NCAA
- Alex Cavallini, G, PWHPA
Other players to watch: Alex Cavallini (PWHPA), Lauriane Rougeau (PWHPA), Aoi Shiga (Japan), Hanna Bunton (PWHPA), Alexa Gruschow (PWHPA), Kristin Della Rovere (NCAA), Jess Jones (PWHPA), Blanka Skodova (NCAA), Samantha Cogan (PWHPA), Malia Schneider (PWHPA), Grace Graham (PWHPA), Fanni Gasparics (PHF), Claudia Kepler (PHF), Summer-Rae Dobson (PHF), Emily Rickwood (SDHL), Sammy Davis (PHF), McKenna Brand (PHF), Justine Reyes (PHF), Samantha Isbell (PHF), Bailey Larson (PWHPA), Shea Tiley (PWHPA), Lindsay Browning (PWHPA), Lauren Bench (PHF), Sydney Scobee (PWHPA), Marlene Boissonnault (PWHPA), Carly Jackson (PHF), Erica Howe (PWHPA), Lindsey Post (SDHL), Kassidy Sauve (PHF), , Emma Buckles (PWHPA), Alyssa Wohlfeiler (PHF), Carly Olivier (USports), Claire Butorac (NCAA), Brooke Bryant (NCAA), Taylor Woods (PHF), Mariah Keopple (NCAA), Kendall Cornine (PHF), Demi Crossman (PWHPA), Savannah Norcross (NCAA), Caroline Peterson (NCAA), Kaleigh Quennec (USports), Savine Wielenga (SDHL), Amanda Boulier (PHF), Mariah Hinds (DFEL), Gigi Marvin (DNP).