# 2015–16 New York Riveters season

The 2015–16 New York Riveters season was the first in franchise history and the National Women's Hockey League's inaugural season.

## Offseason
### Spring free agent camp

During May 2015, all four teams held player evaluation camps for free agents. The list of players that attended the Riveters evaluation camp on May 23 and 24 were split into Team Red and Team White.

#### Team Red

| Number | Player | Position | Nationality | Previous Team |
| 2 | Chelsae VanGlahn | Forward | United States | Plattsburgh State |
| 3 | Syliva Xistris | Forward | United States | Colby Mules women's ice hockey |
| 6 | Kayla McDonagh | Forward | United States | St. Thomas |
| 7 | Erika Lawler | Forward | United States | Boston Blades |
| 8 | Hayley Williams | Forward | United States | Miami University (Ohio) |
| 9 | Nicole Giannino | Forward | United States | Holy Cross Crusaders women's ice hockey |
| 10 | Lindsay Grigg | Forward/Defense | Canada | RIT Tigers women's ice hockey |
| 11 | Elena Orlando | Forward/Defense | United States | Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey |
| 13 | Ashley Johnston | Defense | Canada | Union Dutchwomen ice hockey |
| 14 | Brianne Mahoney | Defense | United States | Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey |
| 15 | Madison Marzario | Defense | United States | RPI Engineers women's ice hockey |
| 30 | Heather Rossi | Goaltender | United States | Penn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey |

#### Team White

| Number | Player | Position | Nationality | Previous Team |
| 1 | Zoe Zisis | Goaltender | United States | Boston Blades |
| 2 | Morgan Fritz-Ward | Forward | United States | Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey |
| 4 | Cherie Stewart | Forward | United States | Manahattanville |
| 5 | Samantha Weinberg | Forward | United States | Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey |
| 6 | Kristen Levesque | Forward | United States | Rhode Island University |
| 7 | Hailey Browne | Forward | Canada | Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey |
| 8 | Denise Cardello | Forward | United States | Castleton State |
| 9 | Taylor Holze | Forward | United States | Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey |
| 10 | Taylor Mahoney | Forward | United States | RPI Engineers women's ice hockey |
| 11 | Celeste Brown | Forward | United States | RIT Tigers women's ice hockey |
| 12 | Courtney Flynn | Defense | United States | Manhattanville College |
| 13 | Maggie Joyce | Defense | United States | New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey |
| 14 | Erica Kromm | Defense | Canada | Calgary Inferno |
| 15 | Navraj Raj | Defense | Canada | Western Mustangs women's ice hockey |

## Regular season
### News and notes

* Meghan Fardelmann scored the first hat trick in Riveters history in a December 27 match against the Buffalo Beauts.
* On December 31, 2015, Fardelman was one of two Riveters players (including Bray Ketchum) that were loaned to the Boston Pride. The two donned the Pride jerseys for one day and participated in the 2015 Women's Winter Classic, the first outdoor professional women's hockey game.

### Standings

| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | W% | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Boston Pride | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0.806 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 29 |
| 2 | Connecticut Whale | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0.722 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 26 |
| 3 | Buffalo Beauts | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0.389 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 14 |
| 4 | New York Riveters | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0.278 | 40 | 76 | −36 | 10 |

### Game log

2015–16 Schedule
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordPointsGamesheet
1October 11@ Connecticut Whale1–4FujimotoChelsea Piers CT0–1–00
2October 18Boston Pride7–1LundbergAviator Sports and Events Center0–2–00
3October 25Connecticut Whale3–1FujimotoAviator Sports and Events Center0–3–00
4November 15Boston Pride2–3FujimotoAviator Sports and Events Center1–3–02
5November 22@ Boston Pride3–2FujimotoBright Hockey Center2–3–04
6November 29Buffalo Beauts3–1FujimotoAviator Sports and Events Center2–4–04
7December 6@ Boston Pride1–4ScrivensBright Hockey Center2–5–04
8December 13Connecticut Whale4–3SOScrivensAviator Sports and Events Center2–5–15
9December 27@ Buffalo Beauts7–3FujimotoHarborCenter3–5–17
10January 3Connecticut Whale6–1FujimotoAviator Sports and Events Center3–6–17
11January 9@ Connecticut Whale3–4FujimotoIngalls Rink3–7–17
12January 10@ Boston Pride1–8ScrivensBright Hockey Center3–8–17
13January 17Buffalo Beauts6–5SOScrivensAviator Sports and Events Center3–8–28
14January 31@ Buffalo Beauts2–4FujimotoHarborCenter3–9–28
15February 6Boston Pride6–1LadenAviator Sports and Events Center3–10–28
16February 14Buffalo Beauts3–4SOFujimotoAviator Sports and Events Center4–10–210
17February 21@ Buffalo Beauts1-5FujimotoHarborCenter4–11–210
18February 28@ Connecticut Whale2-4LadenChelsea Piers CT4–12–210 :
Win (2 points)
  Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)
  Loss (0 points) :

## Playoffs
### Game log

2016 Isobel Cup Playoffs :
Semifinals vs. Boston Pride; Boston won series 2–0
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionLocationRecordGamesheet
1Mar 4@ Boston Pride0–6ScrivensRaymond Bourque Arena0–1
2Mar 5@ Boston Pride4–7FujimotoRaymond Bourque Arena0–2 :
Win
  Loss :

## Statistics

Final

### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Bray Ketchum | 18 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| Brooke Ammerman | 16 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 |
| Lyudmila Belyakova | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| Janine Weber | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| Ashley Johnston | 16 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Kira Dosdall | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| Madison Packer | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| Meghan Fardelmann | 18 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| Morgan Fritz-Ward | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Celeste Brown (ice hockey) | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| Sydney Kidd | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Beth Hanrahan | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Amber Moore | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Elena Orlando | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Gabie Figueroa | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Taylor Holze | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cherie Stewart | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erin Barley-Maloney | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Margot Scharfe | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Beth Hanrahan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brooke Ammerman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Celeste Brown (ice hockey) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Kira Dosdall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lyudmila Belyakova | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Madison Packer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Amber Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Johnston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bray Ketchum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cherie Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elena Orlando | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gabie Figueroa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Janine Weber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meghan Fardelmann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sydney Kidd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Taylor Holze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | PIM |
| Nana Fujimoto | 13 | 712:21 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 3.28 | 436 | 0.911 | 0 | 0 |
| Jenny Scrivens | 6 | 243:09 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 3.95 | 163 | 0.902 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelsea Laden$^†$ | 2 | 119:25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.52 | 60 | 0.850 | 0 | 0 |
| Shenae Lundberg$^‡$ | 1 | 28:56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.29 | 32 | 0.875 | 0 | 0 |
| Corinne Boyles | 0 | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | PIM |
| Jenny Scrivens | 2 | 96:32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4.97 | 89 | 0.910 | 0 | 0 |
| Nana Fujimoto | 1 | 20:51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11.51 | 18 | 0.778 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Riveters. Stats reflect time with the Riveters only. $^‡$Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Riveters only.

## Roster

Updated January 31, 2016
| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| 20 | Brooke Ammerman | F | R | 25 | 2015 | Teaneck, New Jersey |
| 22 | Erin Barley-Maloney | F/D | L | 27 | 2015 | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| 9 | Lyudmila Belyakova | F | L | 21 | 2015 | Moscow, Russia |
| 24 | Celeste Brown | F | R | 23 | 2015 | Great Falls, Montana |
| 26 | Kiira Dosdall | D | F | 28 | 2015 | Stamford, Connecticut |
| 18 | Meghan Fardelmann | F | R | 28 | 2015 | Lansing, Kansas |
| 21 | Gabie Figueroa | D | L | 24 | 2015 | Branchburg, New Jersey |
| 35 | Katie Fitzgerald | G | L | 21 | 2016 | Des Plaines, Illinois |
| 13 | Kaleigh Fratkin | D | R | 23 | 2016 | Burnaby, British Columbia |
| 11 | Morgan Fritz-Ward (A) | F | R | 22 | 2015 | Mason City, Iowa |
| 10 | Ashley Johnston (C) | D | L | 23 | 2015 | Burlington, Ontario |
| 28 | Amanda Kessel | F | R | 24 | 2016 | Madison, Wisconsin |
| 17 | Bray Ketchum | F | L | 26 | 2016 | Greenwich, Connecticut |
| 8 | Sydney Kidd | F | L | 23 | 2015 | Sundridge, Ontario |
| 78 | Chelsea Laden | G | L | 23 | 2016 | Lakeville, Minnesota |
| 32 | Jaimie Leonoff | G | L | 23 | 2016 | Montreal, Quebec |
| 4 | Elena Orlando | D | L | 23 | 2015 | San Jose, California |
| 14 | Madison Packer (A) | F | R | 24 | 2015 | Detroit, Michigan |
| 12 | Janine Weber | F | L | 24 | 2015 | Innsbruck, Austria |

## Awards and honors
### NWHL Player of the Week

* Nana Fujimoto – November 15, 2015
* Meghan Fardelmann – December 29, 2015

### NWHL 1st All-Star Game selection

* Morgan Fritz-Ward (Team Pfalzer – Fan Vote)
* Nana Fujimoto (Team Pfalzer)
* Madison Packer (Team Knight – Fan Vote)
* Janine Weber (Team Knight)

## Transactions
### Trades

| January 27, 2016 (2016-01-27) | To Connecticut Whale Shenae Lundberg | To New York Riveters Chelsea Laden |

### Signings

| Player | Date | Contract terms |
| Janine Weber | June 11, 2015 | $19,500 |
| Celeste Brown | June 26, 2015 | $15,000 |
| Kiira Dosdall | June 30, 2015 | $13,500 |
| Morgan Fritz-Ward | June 30, 2015 | $12,500 |
| Beth Hanrahan | July 10, 2015 | $10,500 |
| Madison Packer | July 14, 2015 | $15,000 |
| Lyudmila Belyakova | July 25, 2015 | $20,000 |
| Ashley Johnston | July 26, 2015 | $14,000 |
| Shenae Lundberg | July 26, 2015 | $15,000 |
| Nana Fujimoto | July 27, 2015 | $21,000 |
| Elena Orlando | July 31, 2015 | $10,000 |
| Meghan Fardelmann | August 3, 2015 | $20,000 |
| Jenny Scrivens | August 11, 2015 | $10,000 |
| Gabie Figueroa | August 15, 2015 | $10,000 |
| Brooke Ammerman | August 16, 2015 | $16,500 |
| Bray Ketchum | August 17, 2015 | $14,000 |
| Erin Barley-Maloney | August 18, 2015 | $14,000 |
| Sydney Kidd | September 24, 2015 | $15,000 |

## Draft

The following were the Riveters selections in the 2015 NWHL Draft on June 20, 2015.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 1 | Alexandra Carpenter | F | United States | Boston College (HEA) |
| 2 | 5 | Haley Skarupa | F | United States | Boston College (HEA) |
| 3 | 9 | Erin Ambrose | D | Canada | Clarkson University (ECAC) |
| 4 | 13 | Dana Trivigno | F | United States | Boston College (HEA) |
| 5 | 17 | Kimberly Newell | G | Canada | Princeton University (ECAC) |