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    Ian Kennedy·Sep 9, 2023·Partner

    PWHL Draft Rankings: Top 120

    The Hockey News counts down the top 120 players available for the PWHL Draft on September 18.

    Photo by Luke Schmidt / Minnesota Athletics - PWHL Draft Rankings: Top 120Photo by Luke Schmidt / Minnesota Athletics - PWHL Draft Rankings: Top 120

    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:

    1. Taylor Heise, F, Minnesota, NCAA
    2. Alina Muller, F, Northeastern, NCAA
    3. Natalie Spooner, F, PWHPA
    4. Amanda Kessel, F, PWHPA
    5. Erin Ambrose, D, PWHPA
    6. Jocelyne Larocque, D, PWHPA
    7. Claire Thompson, D, PWHPA
    8. Savannah Harmon, D, PWHPA
    9. Jessie Eldridge, F, PWHPA
    10. Kristen O'Neill, F, PWHPA
    11. Nicole Hensley, G, PWHPA
    12. Jamie Lee Rattray, F, PWHPA
    13. Loren Gabel, F, Boston, PHF
    14. Sophie Jaques, D, Ohio State, NCAA
    15. Ella Shelton, D, PWHPA
    16. Kennedy Marchment, F, Connecticut, PHF
    17. Emma Maltais, F, Ohio State, NCAA
    18. Hayley Scamurra, F, PWHPA
    19. Grace Zumwinkle, F, Minnesota, NCAA
    20. Kali Flanagan, D, Boston, PHF
    21. Jamie Bourbonnais, D, PWHPA
    22. Chloe Aurard, F, Northeastern, NCAA
    23. Emma Soderberg, G, Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA
    24. Gabrielle Hughes, F, Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA
    25. Jesse Compher, F, Wisconsin, NCAA
    26. Jennifer Wakefield, F, MoDo, SDHL
    27. Ashton Bell, D, Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA
    28. Elizabeth Giguere, F, Montreal, PHF
    29. Kristen Campbell, G, PWHPA
    30. Taylor Girard, F, Connecticut, PHF
    31. Susanna Tapani, F, Metropolitan, PHF
    32. Noora Raty, F, Metropolitan, PHF
    33. Corinne Schroeder, G, Montreal, PHF
    34. Melodie Daoust, F, PWHPA
    35. Jillian Dempsey, F, Boston, PHF
    36. Jill Saulnier, F, PWHPA
    37. Jonna Albers, F, Minnesota, PHF
    38. Hannah Brandt, PWHPA
    39. Victoria Bach, F, PWHPA
    40. Mikyla Grant-Mentis, F, Buffalo, PHF
    41. Brittany Howard, F, Boston, PHF
    42. Shiann Darkangelo, F, Toronto, PHF
    43. Abbey Levy, G, Boston College, NCAA
    44. Jade Downie-Landry, F, Montreal, PHF
    45. Ann-Sophie Bettez, F, Montreal, PHF
    46. Madison Packer, F, Metropolitan, PHF
    47. Kaleigh Fratkin, D, Metropolitan, PHF
    48. Gabrielle David, F, Clarkson, NCAA
    49. Denisa Krizova, F, Minnesota, PHF
    50. Dominika Laskova, D, Toronto, PHF
    51. Becca Gilmore, F, Boston, PHF
    52. Rebecca Leslie, F, PWHPA
    53. Emma Woods, F, Toronto, PHF
    54. Sarah Potomak, F, PWHPA
    55. Sidney Morin, D, Minnesota, PHF
    56. Amanda Pelkey, F, Metropolitan, PHF
    57. Theresa Schafzahl, F, Vermont, NCAA
    58. Aneta Tejralova, D, Boston, PHF
    59. Michaela Cava, F, Toronto Six, PHF
    60. Allie Thunstrom, F, Boston, PWHPA
    61. Maureen Murphy, F, Northeastern, NCAA
    62. Sophie Shirley, F, Wisconsin, NCAA
    63. Nicole LaMantia, D, Wisconsin, NCAA
    64. Jincy Dunne, D, PWHPA
    65. Sydney Brodt, F, Minnesta, PHF
    66. Dominique Kremer, D, Buffalo, PHF
    67. Maude Poulin-Labelle, D, Northeastern, NCAA
    68. Katerina Mrazova, F, Metropolitan, PHF
    69. Lexie Adzija, F, Quinnipiac, NCAA
    70. Kati Tabin, D, Toronto, PHF
    71. Daryl Watts, F, Toronto, PHF
    72. Minttu Tuominen, D, Metropolitan, PHF
    73. Tereza Vanisova, F, Toronto, PHF
    74. Brooke Hobson, D, MoDo, SDHL
    75. Patti Marshall, D, Minnesota, PHF
    76. Caitrin Lonegran, F, Connecticut, PHF
    77. Haley Skarupa, F, PWHPA
    78. Madison Bizal, D, Ohio State, NCAA
    79. Maggie Flaherty, D, Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA
    80. Audrey-Anne Veillette, F, Montreal, USports
    81. Akane Shiga, F, Japan
    82. Liz Schepers, F, Minnesota, PHF
    83. Allie Munroe, D, Connecticut, PHF
    84. Olivia Knowles, D, Minnesota, PHF
    85. Claire Dalton, F, Yale, NCAA
    86. Kelly Babstock, F, Metropolitan, PHF
    87. Alexa Vasko, F, PWHPA
    88. Catie Skaja, F, Minnesota, NCAA
    89. Abigail Boreen, F, Minnesota, NCAA
    90. Emily Brown, D, PWHPA
    91. Olivia Zafuto, D, Metropolitan, PHF
    92. Sandra Abstreiter, G, Connecticut, PHF
    93. Amanda Leveille, G, Minnesota, PHF
    94. Maddie Rooney, G, PWHPA
    95. Paeyton Levis, F, Ohio State, NCAA
    96. Meghan Mikkelson, D, PWHPA
    97. Rosalie Demers, F, PWHPA
    98. Jessica DiGirolamo, D, PWHPA
    99. Tatum Skaggs, F, PWHPA
    100. Zoe Boyd, D, Quinnipiac, NCAA
    101. Amy Potomak, F, Trinity Western, USports
    102. Natalie Snodgrass, F, Minnesota, PHF
    103. Melissa Samoskovich, F, Connecticut, PHF
    104. Sara Bujold, F, Metropolitan, PHF
    105. Saroya Tinker, D, Toronto Six, PHF
    106. Tori Howran, D, Connecticut, PHF
    107. Alena Mills, F, Brynas, SDHL
    108. Leah Lum, F, Toronto, PHF
    109. Alexandra Labelle, F, Montreal, PHF
    110. Sarah Lefort, F, Montreal, PHF
    111. Kayla Vespa, F, PWHPA
    112. Clair DeGeorge, F, PWHPA
    113. Nicole Kosta, F, PWHPA
    114. Emma Keenan, D, Montreal, PHF
    115. Sophia Shaver, F, PWHPA
    116. Catherine Daoust, D, Montreal PWHPA
    117. Alex Poznikoff, F, PWHPA
    118. Elaine Chuli, G, Toronto, PHF
    119. Reagan Rust, D, Metropolitan, PHF
    120. 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).