2016–17 NWHL transactions

==Transactions==
===Draft===
The 2016 NWHL Draft took place on June 18, 2016, and was the second in league history. Defender Kelsey Koelzer of Princeton was selected first overall by the New York Riveters.
# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	Team 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	Kelsey Koelzer 	D 	 	New York Riveters	Princeton Tigers (ECAC)
2 	Lee Stecklein 	D 	 	Buffalo Beauts 	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
3 	Dani Cameranesi 	F 	 	Connecticut Whale	Minnesota (WCHA)
4 	Ann-Renee Desbiens	G 	 	Boston Pride 	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
5 	Sydney Daniels 	F 	 	New York Riveters	Harvard Crimson (ECAC)
6 	Cayley Mercer 	F 	 	Buffalo Beauts 	Clarkson (ECAC)
7 	Andie Anastos 	F 	 	Connecticut Whale	Boston College (Hockey East)
8 	Sarah Nurse 	F 	 	Boston Pride 	Wisconsin (WCHA)
9 	Jenny Ryan 	D 	 	New York Riveters	Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA)
10	Hayley Scamurra 	F 	 	Buffalo Beauts 	Northeastern Huskies (HEA)
11	Melissa Channell 	D 	 	Connecticut Whale	Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA)
12	Ashley Brykaliuk 	F 	 	Boston Pride 	UMD Bulldogs (WCHA)
13	Sydney McKibbon 	F 	 	New York Riveters	Wisconsin (WCHA)
14	Emma Woods 	F 	 	Buffalo Beauts 	Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC)
15	Paige Savage 	F 	 	Connecticut Whale	Northeastern (HEA)
16	Halli Krzyzaniak 	D 	 	Boston Pride 	North Dakota Fighting Hawks (ECAC)
17	Amy Menke 	F 	 	New York Riveters	North Dakota (WCHA)
18	Maddie Elia 	F 	 	Buffalo Beauts 	Boston University Terriers (HEA)
19	Sydney Rossman 	G 	 	Connecticut Whale	Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC)
20	Lara Stalder 	F 	 	Boston Pride 	UMD Bulldogs (WCHA)
=== Free agency ===
Date 	Player 	New team
April 4, 2016 	Kelly Babstock 	Connecticut Whale
April 6, 2016 	Morgan Fritz-Ward 	New York Riveters
April 6, 2016 	Madison Packer 	New York Riveters
April 11, 2016	Paige Harrington 	Buffalo Beauts
April 12, 2016	Ashley Johnston 	New York Riveters
April 12, 2016	Kiira Dosdall 	New York Riveters
April 20, 2016	Jordan Smelker 	Boston Pride
April 26, 2016	Jillian Dempsey 	Boston Pride
April 27, 2016	Alyssa Gagliardi 	Boston Pride
April 28, 2016	Bray Ketchum 	New York Riveters
April 28, 2016	Amanda Leveille 	Buffalo Beauts
April 28, 2016	Miye D'Oench 	New York Riveters
April 30, 2016	Sam Faber 	Connecticut Whale
May 1, 2016 	Kaleigh Fratkin 	New York Riveters
May 1, 2016 	Jaimie Leonoff 	New York Riveters
May 1, 2016 	Amanda Kessel 	New York Riveters
May 2, 2016 	Lexi Bender 	Boston Pride
May 2, 2016 	Lisa Chesson 	Buffalo Beauts
May 2, 2016 	Kaliya Johnson 	Connecticut Whale
May 3, 2016 	Cydney Roesler 	Connecticut Whale
May 3, 2016 	Nicole Connery 	Connecticut Whale
May 3, 2016 	Nicole Kosta 	Connecticut Whale
May 4, 2016 	Kelley Steadman 	Buffalo Beauts
May 4, 2016 	Shelby Bram 	Buffalo Beauts
May 5, 2016 	Courtney Burke 	New York Riveters
May 10, 2016 	Hailey Browne 	Buffalo Beauts
May 10, 2016 	Devon Skeats 	Buffalo Beauts
May 11, 2016 	Jessica Koizumi 	Connecticut Whale
May 13, 2016 	Shenae Lundberg 	Connecticut Whale
May 16, 2016 	Kourtney Kunichika	Buffalo Beauts
May 16, 2016 	Emily Janiga 	Buffalo Beauts
===Trades===
	To New York Riveters
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Haley Skarupa (Right)	To Connecticut Whale
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Michelle Picard (Right)
	To New York Riveters
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Hannah Brandt (Right)	To Connecticut Whale
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Dana Trivigno (Right)
	To Boston Pride
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Alex Carpenter (Right)	To New York Riveters
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Miye D'Oench (Right)
===Retired===
Date 	Player
May 11, 2016	Jenny Scrivens
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