The Hockey News counts down the top 120 players available for the PWHL Draft on September 18.
With PWHL free agency over, 18 players, all members of Canada and USA's national teams are off the market. The next opportunity for teams to acquire players will be the PWHL Draft which opens September 18 at 1pm in Toronto.
Here's The Hockey News' inaugural PWHL Draft Rankings. Although only 90 players will be selected in the 15 round draft, we ranked 120 players, which will bring the league to the 138 needed, and added a players to watch list who could all interchange into lineups with those ranked, particularly in goaltending and depth forward positions.
(**The PWHL has yet to release a list of officially declared players. This list was created using available information and anticipated declarations).
Here's THN's Top 120:
- Taylor Heise, F, Minnesota, NCAA
- Alina Muller, F, Northeastern, NCAA
- Natalie Spooner, F, PWHPA
- Amanda Kessel, 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
- Kennedy Marchment, F, Connecticut, PHF
- Emma Maltais, F, Ohio State, NCAA
- 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
- Jennifer Wakefield, F, MoDo, SDHL
- 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
- Becca Gilmore, F, Boston, PHF
- Rebecca Leslie, F, PWHPA
- Emma Woods, F, Toronto, PHF
- Sarah Potomak, F, PWHPA
- 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
- Madison Bizal, D, Ohio State, NCAA
- Maggie Flaherty, D, Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA
- Audrey-Anne Veillette, F, Montreal, USports
- Akane Shiga, F, Japan
- Liz Schepers, F, Minnesota, PHF
- Allie Munroe, D, Connecticut, PHF
- Olivia Knowles, D, Minnesota, PHF
- Claire Dalton, F, Yale, NCAA
- Kelly Babstock, F, Metropolitan, PHF
- Alexa Vasko, F, PWHPA
- 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
- Meghan Mikkelson, D, PWHPA
- Rosalie Demers, F, PWHPA
- Jessica DiGirolamo, D, PWHPA
- Tatum Skaggs, F, PWHPA
- Zoe Boyd, D, Quinnipiac, NCAA
- Amy Potomak, F, Trinity Western, USports
- Natalie Snodgrass, F, Minnesota, PHF
- Melissa Samoskovich, F, Connecticut, 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
- Sophia Shaver, F, PWHPA
- Catherine Daoust, D, Montreal PWHPA
- Alex Poznikoff, F, PWHPA
- Elaine Chuli, G, Toronto, PHF
- Reagan Rust, D, Metropolitan, PHF
- Aoi Shiga, D, Japan
Other players to watch: Alexa Gruschow (PWHPA), Izzy Heminger (NCAA), Courtney Correia (NCAA), Jess Jones (PWHPA), Samantha Cogan (PWHPA), Malia Schneider (PWHPA), , Grace Graham (PWHPA), Fanni Gasparics (PHF), Claudia Kepler (PHF), Summer-Rae Dobson (PHF), Sammy Davis (PHF), McKenna Brand (PHF), Christina Putigna (PHF), Justine Reyes (PHF), Samantha Isbell (PHF), Bailey Larson (PWHPA), Whitney Dove (PHF), Shea Tiley (PWHPA), Lindsay Browning (PWHPA), Lauren Bench (PHF), Sydney Scobee (PWHPA), Marlene Boissonnault (PWHPA), Abbie Ives (PHF), Katie Burt (PHF), Carly Jackson (PHF), Erica Howe (PWHPA), Lindsey Post (SDHL), Kassidy Sauve (PHF), Alex Cavallini (PWHPA), Emma Buckles (PWHPA), Alyssa Wohlfeiler (PHF), Emily Oden (NCAA), Rosalie Begin-Cyr (USports), Carly Olivier (USports), Anne Bloomer (NCAA), Claire Butorac (NCAA), Natalie Buchbinder (NCAA), Brooke Bryant (NCAA).