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PWHL Draft: October Rankings

Ian Kennedy
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The Hockey News counts down the top 120 prospects for the 2023-2024 PWHL Draft in our October Rankings.

The Hockey News counts down the top 120 prospects for the 2023-2024 PWHL Draft in our October Rankings.

Photo by Dave Harwig / UMD - PWHL Draft: October RankingsPhoto by Dave Harwig / UMD - PWHL Draft: October Rankings

The PWHL season is closing in, but with a compressed schedule leading directly into another offseason of building the league's talent pool, team and league scouts will be hard at work identifying talent for next season. The draft however, is expected to drastically shrink from the 90 players picked this season, perhaps down into the 30s. 

The talent available however, in the NCAA, SDHL, Naisten Liiga, USports, ZHL, and elsewhere, is immense. Even more talent will come available following next season when another group of European stars become free agents.

Here's a look at the top 120 prospects for a 2023-2024 draft.

  1. Sarah Fillier, C, Princeton, NCAA (2000, Canada)
  2. Hannah Bilka, LW, Ohio State, NCAA (2001, USA)
  3. Michaela Pejzlova, C, HIFK, Naisten Liiga (1997, Czechia)
  4. Cayla Barnes, D, Ohio State, NCAA (1999, USA)
  5. Elisa Holopainen, F, KalPa, Naisten Liiga (2001, Finland)
  6. Maja Nylén Persson, D, Brynas, SDHL (2000, Sweden)
  7. Daniela Pejsova, D, Lulea, SDHL (2002, Czechia)
  8. Lara Stalder, F, EVZ, SWHL-B (1994, Switzerland)
  9. Anna Meixner, F, Brynas, SDHL (1994, Austria)
  10. Noora Tulus, F, Lulea, SDHL (1995, Finland)
  11. Danielle Serdachny, C, Colgate (2001, Canada)
  12. Emilia Vesa, F, Frolunda, SDHL (2001, Finland)
  13. Klára Peslarová, G, Brynas, SDHL (1996, Czechia)
  14. Julia Gosling, C, St. Lawrence, NCAA (2001, Canada)
  15. Britta Curl, LW, Wisconsin, NCAA (2000, USA)
  16. Anne Cherkowski, F, Clarkson, NCAA (2002, Canada)
  17. Ronja Salvolainen, D, Lulea, SDHL (1997, Finland)
  18. Natálie Mlýnková, C, Vermont, NCAA (2001, Czechia)
  19. Kristýna Kaltounková, C, Colgate, NCAA (2002, Czechia)
  20. Jennifer Gardiner, LW, Ohio State, NCAA (2001, Canada)
  21. Elle Hartje, F, Yale, NCAA (2001, USA)
  22. Skylar Fontaine, D, ZSC Lions, SWHL (1998, USA)
  23. Megan Carter, D, Northeastern, NCAA (2001, Canada)
  24. Casey O'Brien, C, Wisconsin, NCAA (2001, USA)
  25. Kiara Zanon, RW, Ohio State, NCAA (2002, USA)
  26. Stephanie Markowski, LD, Ohio State, NCAA (2001, Canada)
  27. Klara Hymlarova, F, St. Cloud State, NCAA (1999, Czechia)
  28. Sara Hjalmarsson, F, Linkoping, SDHL (1998, Sweden)
  29. Jenniina Nylund, F, Brynas, SDHL (1999, Finland)
  30. Lindsay Agnew, D, Frolunda, SDHL (1998, Canada)
  31. Sini Karjalainen, D, Brynas, SDHL (1999, Finland)
  32. Gwyneth Philips, G, Northeastern, NCAA (2000, USA)
  33. Anna Shibanova, D, Agidel Ufa, ZHL (1994, Russia)
  34. Allyson Simpson, RD, Colgate, NCAA (2000, USA)
  35. Anna Wilgren, LD, Wisconsin, NCAA (1999, USA)
  36. Julia Liikala, F, HIFK, Naisten Liiga (2001, Finland)
  37. Stephanie Neatby, G, Frolunda, SDHL (1998, Canada)
  38. Noemi Neubauerova, F, Brynas, SDHL (1999, Czechia)
  39. Izzy Daniel, RW, Cornell, NCAA (2001, USA)
  40. Lara Christen, D, Bern, SWHL (2002, Switzerland)
  41. Haruka Toko, Linkoping, SDHL (1997, Japan)
  42. Katelyn Knoll, F, Northeastern, NCAA (2001, USA)
  43. Madeline Wethington, D, Minnesota, NCAA (2000, USA)
  44. Rylind MacKinnon, D, British Columbia, USports (2000, Canada)
  45. Kelsey King, RW, Ohio State, NCAA (2000, USA)
  46. Emma Bergesen, D, Mount Royal, USports (1999, Norway)
  47. Anneke Linser, F, Djurgardens, SDHL (1999, USA)
  48. Lauren Bellefontaine, F, MoDo, SDHL (2000, Canada)
  49. Darcie Lappan, F, Clarkson, NCAA (2001, Canada)
  50. Anna Shokhina, F Dynamo-Neva St. Petersburg, ZHL (1997, Russia)
  51. Kaitlyn O'Donohoe, RW, Colgate, NCAA (2001, USA)
  52. Selma Luggin, G, Linkoping, SDHL (2002, Austria)
  53. Jenna Buglioni, C, Ohio State, NCAA (2002, Canada)
  54. Dara Greig, LW, Colgate, NCAA (2000, Canada)
  55. Nara Elia, F, Linkoping, SDHL (1999, Canada)
  56. Sara Boucher, RW, Mercyhurst, NCAA (2002, Canada)
  57. Maggy Burbidge, F, St. FX, USports (2001, Canada)
  58. Shay Maloney, F, Leksands, SDHL (1999, USA)
  59. Valeria Pavlova, F, Biryusa Krasnoyarsk, ZHL (1995, Russia)
  60. Olivia Wallin, RW, Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA (2002, Canada)
  61. Brette Pettet, F, Djurgardens, SDHL (1999, Canada)
  62. Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout, F, Frolunda, SDHL (1997, Canada)
  63. Mackenna Webster, F, Ohio State, NCAA (2002, USA)
  64. Olga Sosina, F, Agidel Ufa, ZHL (1992, Russia)
  65. Olivia Mobley, RW, Ohio State, NCAA (2001, USA)
  66. Naomi Rogge, F, SDE, SDHL (1999, USA)
  67. Shae Demale, F, SDE, SDHL (2000, Canada)
  68. Estelle Duvin, F, SC Bern, SWHL (1997, France)
  69. Anna Kilponen, D, ZSC Lions, SWHL (1995, Finland)
  70. Anna Kjellbin, D, Lulea, SDHL (1994, Sweden)
  71. Mae Batherson, RD, St. Lawrence, NCAA (2000, Canada)
  72. Ebba Berglund, D, MoDo, SDHL (1999, Sweden)
  73. Chayla Edwards, RD, Wisconsin, NCAA (2001, USA)
  74. Sydney Bard, RD, Colgate (2001, USA)
  75. Ena Nystrøm, G, Mercyhurst, NCAA (2000, Norway)
  76. Tatum Amy, F, Leksands, SDHL (1999, Canada)
  77. Karolina Kosinova, D, SDE, SDHL (1998, Czechia)
  78. Lauren DeBlois, D, Providence, NCAA (2000, USA)
  79. Dominique Petrie, F, Clarkson, NCAA (2001, USA)
  80. Emmy Fecteau, F, Concordia, USports (1999, Canada)
  81. Blanka Skodova, G, AIK, SDHL (1997, Czechia)
  82. Logan Angers, G, Quinnipiac, NCAA (2000, Canada)
  83. Julia Matejkova, F, HPK, Naisten Liiga (2002, Slovakia)
  84. Leah Heffort, F, Waterloo, USports (2001, Canada)
  85. Theresa Knutson, F, Ambri-Piotti, SWHL (1996, USA)
  86. Eleri McKay, F, Fribourg-Gottéron, SWHL (2000, USA)
  87. Oxana Bratishcheva, F, Dynamo-Neva St. Petersburg, ZHL (2000, Russia)
  88. Michelle Pasiechnyk, G, Clarkson, NCAA (2002, Canada)
  89. Shailynn Snow, F, Robert Morris, NCAA (2001, Canada)
  90. Mannon McMahon, C, Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA (2001, USA)
  91. Hanna Thuvik, F, Brynas, SDHL (2002, Sweden)
  92. Rahel Enzler, F, Maine, NCAA (2000, Switzerland)
  93. Emma Nuutinen, F, Kiekko-Espoo (1996, Finland)
  94. Nina Jobst-Smith, RD, Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA (2001, Germany)
  95. Sanni Rantala, D, KalPa, Naisten Liiga (2002, Finland)
  96. Lauren Dabrowski, D, SDE, SDHL (2001, Canada)
  97. Linnea Andersson, D, MoDo, SDHL (1998, Sweden)
  98. Emma Polusny, G, Leksands, SDHL (1999, USA)
  99. Hadley Hartmetz, RD, Ohio State, NCAA (2001, USA)
  100. Lauren Bernard, LD, Ohio State, NCAA (2001, USA)
  101. Nadia Mattivi, D, Boston University, NCAA (2000, Italy)
  102. Michelle Lowenhielm, F, SDHL (1995, Sweden)
  103. Alice Philbert, G, Wasquehal, France4 (1996, Canada)
  104. Kendra Woodland, G, New Brunswick, USports (2000, Canada)
  105. Alexie Guay, D, Clarkson, NCAA (2001, Canada)
  106. Courtney Vorster, D, Leksands, SDHL (2000, Canada)
  107. Angelina Goncharenko, D, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, ZHL (1994, Russia)
  108. Brooke McQuigge, F, Clarkson, NCAA (2000, Canada)
  109. Valeria Tarakanova., G, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, ZHL (1998, Russia)
  110. Ida Kuoppala, LW, Maine, NCAA (2000, Finland)
  111. Sadie Peart, C, Quinnpiac, NCAA (2000, USA)
  112. Lucy Morgan, G, Minnesota, NCAA (2001, USA)
  113. Anna Segedi, LW, St. Lawrence, NCAA (2000, China)
  114. Jaycee Magwood, F, Lulea, SDHL (1997, Canada)
  115. Kate Stuart, G, SDE, SDHL (2000, Canada)
  116. CC Bowlby, RW, St. Cloud State, NCAA (2000, USA)
  117. Emily Rickwood, D, AIK, SDHL (2000, Canada)
  118. Mackenzie Kordic, F, British Columbia, USports (2001, Canada)
  119. Maija Otamo, F, SC Bern, SWHL (1994, Finland)
  120. Sinja Leeman, F, ZSC Lions, SWHL (2002, Switzerland)

2024-2025 European Free Agents

Some players remain under contract through next season who would certainly be PWHL prospects including  Petra Nieminen, Jenni Hiirikoski, Emma Seitz, Viivi Vainikka, Emma Nordin, Hanna Olsson, Michelle Karvinen, Andrea Dahlen, Ida Press, Fanuza Kadirova, Nina Pirogova, and Abby Moloughney.

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