2015–16 New York Riveters season

The 2015-16 New York Riveters season will be the first in franchise history. The club is poised to participate in the National Women's Hockey League (2015) 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 	 	Plattsburgh State
3 	Syliva Xistris 	Forward 	 	Colby Mules women's ice hockey
6 	Kayla McDonagh 	Forward 	 	St. Thomas
7 	Erika Lawler 	Forward 	 	Boston Blades
8 	Hayley Williams 	Forward 	 	Miami University (Ohio)
9 	Nicole Giannino 	Forward 	 	Holy Cross
10 	Lindsay Grigg 	Forward/Defense	 	RIT Tigers women's ice hockey
11 	Elena Orlando 	Forward/Defense	 	Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey
13 	Ashley Johnston 	Defense 	 	Union Dutchwomen ice hockey
14 	Brianne Mahoney 	Defense 	 	Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey
15 	Madison Marzario	Defense 	 	RPI Engineers women's ice hockey
30 	Heather Rossi 	Goaltender 	 	Penn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey
====Team White====
Number	Player 	Position 	Nationality	Previous Team
1 	Zoe Zisis 	Goaltender	 	Boston Blades
2 	Morgan Fritz-Ward	Forward 	 	Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey
4 	Cherie Stewart 	Forward 	 	Manahattanville
5 	Samantha Weinberg	Forward 	 	Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey
6 	Kristen Levesque 	Forward 	 	Rhode Island University
7 	Hailey Browne 	Forward 	 	Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey
8 	Denise Cardello 	Forward 	 	Castleton State
9 	Taylor Holze 	Forward 	 	Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey
10 	Taylor Mahoney 	Forward 	 	RPI Engineers women's ice hockey
11 	Celeste Brown 	Forward 	 	RIT Tigers women's ice hockey
12 	Courtney Flynn 	Defense 	 	Manhattanville College
13 	Maggie Joyce 	Defense 	 	New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey
14 	Erica Kromm 	Defense 	 	Calgary Inferno
15 	Navraj Raj 	Defense 	 	Western Mustangs women's ice hockey
===NWHL Draft===
The following were the Riveters selections in the 2015 NWHL Draft on June 20, 2015.
# 	Player 	Position	Nationality	College
1 	Alexandra Carpenter	Forward 	 	Boston College
5 	Haley Skarupa 	Forward 	 	Boston College
9 	Erin Ambrose 	Defense 	 	Clarkson University
13	Dana Trivigno 	Forward 	 	Boston College
17	Kimberly Newell 	Goalie 	 	Princeton
http://nwhl.co/draft-live/
==Transactions==
*June 2015: The Riveters signed Janine Weber as a free agent, making her the first player in NWHL history signed to a contracthttp://nwhl.co/nwhl-announces-historic-first-player-signing/
==Regular season==
Schedule not yet released
==Awards and honors==
To be determined
==References==
Category:National Women's Hockey League (2015)