2023 PWHL draft

The 2023 PWHL Draft was the first draft in Professional Women's Hockey League history, and took place on September 18, 2023, at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, Ontario.
Minnesota Golden Gophers forward Taylor Heise was the first player chosen in the draft, selected by the PWHL Minnesota. In all, 90 players were selected over 15 rounds of drafting.
== List of Eligible Players ==
286 eligible players from 17 different countries declared for the inaugural PWHL draft.
=== Top NCAA/U Sports prospects ===
:Source: The Hockey News ranking (September 5, 2023).
Ranking	Player 	School
1 	Taylor Heise (F) 	Minnesota Golden Gophers
2 	Alina Müller (F) 	Northeastern Huskies
3 	Sophie Jaques (D) 	Ohio State Buckeyes
4 	Emma Maltais (F) 	Ohio State Buckeyes
5 	Emma Söderberg (G) 	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
6 	Grace Zumwinkle (F)	Minnesota Golden Gophers
7 	Chloé Aurard (F) 	Northeastern Huskies
8 	Jesse Compher (F) 	Wisconsin Badgers
9 	Gabbie Hughes (F) 	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
10 	Ashton Bell (D) 	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
== Format ==
The draft consisted of 15 rounds. The order of picks in the first round was decided by using a computerized list randomizer during a video conference call with all 6 team's general managers. In the second round this order was reversed, so the team with the 6th pick would also receive the 7th pick, whilst the team with first overall pick would not pick again until the 12th pick (last pick in the second round). The order would continue alternating in each subsequent round, producing a 'snaking' order.
The final draft order was:
# PWHL Minnesota
# PWHL Toronto
# PWHL Boston
# PWHL New York
# PWHL Ottawa
# PWHL Montreal
== Selections by round ==
Picks from the 2023 Draft are listed below by round.
=== Round one ===
#	Player 	Nationality	PWHL team 	College/university/club team
1	Taylor Heise (F) 	 	PWHL Minnesota	Minnesota Golden Gophers (WCHA)
2	Jocelyne Larocque (D)	 	PWHL Toronto 	Team Adidas (PWHPA)
3	Alina Müller (C) 	 	PWHL Boston 	Northeastern Huskies (Hockey East)
4	Ella Shelton (D) 	 	WPHL New York 	Team Scotiabank (PWHPA)
5	Savannah Harmon (D) 	 	PWHL Ottawa 	Team Harvey's (PWHPA)
6	Erin Ambrose (D) 	 	PWHL Montreal 	Team Sonnet (PWHPA)
=== Round two ===
# 	Player 	Nationality	PWHL team	College/university/club team
7 	Kristin O'Neill (F) 	 	Montreal 	Team Adidas (PWHPA)
8 	Ashton Bell (D) 	 	Ottawa 	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (WCHA)
9 	Jaime Bourbonnais (D)	 	New York 	Team Scotiabank (PWHPA)
10	Sophie Jaques (D) 	 	Boston 	Ohio State Buckeyes (WCHA)
11	Emma Maltais (F) 	 	Toronto 	Ohio State Buckeyes (WCHA)
12	Nicole Hensley (G) 	 	Minnesota	Team Sonnet (PWHPA)
=== Round three ===
# 	Player 	Nationality	PWHL team	College/university/club team
13	Grace Zumwinkle (F) 	 	Minnesota	Minnesota Golden Gophers (WCHA)
14	Kristen Campbell (G) 	 	Toronto 	Team Scotiabank (PWHPA)
15	Jamie Lee Rattray (F)	 	Boston 	Team Harvey's (PWHPA)
16	Jessie Eldridge (F) 	 	New York 	Team Harvey's (PWHPA)
17	Jincy Dunne (D) 	 	Ottawa 	Team Adidas (PWHPA)
18	Maureen Murphy (F) 	 	Montreal 	Northeastern Huskies (Hockey East)
=== Round four ===
# 	Player 	Nationality	PWHL team	College/university/club team
19	Dominika Lásková (D)	 	Montreal 	Toronto Six (PHF)
20	Gabbie Hughes (F) 	 	Ottawa 	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (WCHA)
21	Chloé Aurard (LW) 	 	New York 	Northeastern Huskies (Hockey East)
22	Loren Gabel (F) 	 	Boston 	Boston Pride (PHF)
23	Natalie Spooner (F) 	 	Toronto 	Team Scotiabank (PWHPA)
24	Maggie Flaherty (D) 	 	Minnesota	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (WCHA)
=== Round five ===
# 	Player 	Nationality	PWHL team	College/university/club team
25	Susanna Tapani (C) 	 	Minnesota	Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays (ZhHL; 2021–22)
26	Jesse Compher (F) 	 	Toronto 	Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA)
27	Hannah Brandt (C) 	 	Boston 	Team Sonnet (PWHPA)
28	Élizabeth Giguère (RW)	 	New York 	Boston Pride (PHF)
29	Hayley Scamurra (F) 	 	Ottawa 	Team Harvey's (PWHPA)
30	Kati Tabin (D) 	 	Montreal 	Toronto Six (PHF)
=== Round six ===
# 	Player 	Nationality	PWHL team	College/university/club team
31	Kennedy Marchment (RW)	 	Montreal 	Connecticut Whale (PHF)
32	Daryl Watts (C) 	 	Ottawa 	Toronto Six (PHF)
33	Corinne Schroeder (G) 	 	New York 	Boston Pride (PHF)
34	Jessica Digirolamo (D)	 	Boston 	Team Adidas (PWHPA)
35	Kali Flanagan (D) 	 	Toronto 	Boston Pride (PHF)
36	Clair DeGeorge (F) 	 	Minnesota	Team Harvey's (PWHPA)
=== Round seven ===
# 	Player 	Nationality	PWHL team	College/university/club team
37	Natalie Buchbinder (D)	 	Minnesota	Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA)
38	Victoria Bach (F) 	 	Toronto 	Team Scotiabank (PWHPA)
39	Theresa Schafzahl (F) 	 	Boston 	Vermont Catamounts (Hockey East)
40	Jill Saulnier (F) 	 	New York 	Team Adidas (PWHPA)
41	Aneta Tejralová (D) 	 	Ottawa 	Boston Pride (PHF)
42	Tereza Vanišová (F) 	 	Montreal 	Toronto Six (PHF)
=== Round eight ===
# 	Player 	Nationality	PWHL team	College/university/club team
43	Madison Bizal (D) 	 	Montreal 	Ohio State Buckeyes (WCHA)
44	Kateřina Mrázová (C)	 	Ottawa 	Connecticut Whale (PHF)
45	Brooke Hobson (D) 	 	New York 	Modo Hockey Dam (SDHL)
46	Emily Brown (D) 	 	Boston 	Team Sonnet (PWHPA)
47	Brittany Howard (F) 	 	Toronto 	Toronto Six (PHF)
48	Denisa Křížová (F) 	 	Minnesota	Minnesota Whitecaps (PHF)
=== Round nine ===
# 	Player 	Nationality	PWHL team	College/university/club team
49	Sidney Morin (D) 	 	Minnesota	Minnesota Whitecaps (PHF)
50	Allie Munroe (D) 	 	Toronto 	Connecticut Whale (PHF)
51	Taylor Girard (F) 	 	Boston 	Connecticut Whale (PHF)
52	Jade Downie-Landry (F)	 	New York 	Montreal Force (PHF)
53	Zoe Boyd (D) 	 	Ottawa 	Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC)
54	Gabrielle David (C) 	 	Montreal 	Clarkson Golden Knights (ECAC)
=== Round ten ===
# 	Player 	Nationality	PWHL team	College/university/club team
55	Maude Poulin-Labelle (D)	 	Montreal 	Northeastern Huskies (Hockey East)
56	Kristin Della Rovere (C)	 	Ottawa 	Harvard Crimson (ECAC)
57	Paetyn Levis (F) 	 	New York 	Ohio State Buckeyes (WCHA)
58	Emma Söderberg (G) 	 	Boston 	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (WCHA)
59	Mellissa Channell (D) 	 	Toronto 	Team Harvey's (PWHPA)
60	Sophia Shaver (F) 	 	Minnesota	Team Harvey's (PWHPA)
=== Round eleven ===
# 	Player 	Nationality	PWHL team	College/university/club team
61	Amanda Leveille (G)	 	Minnesota	Minnesota Whitecaps (PHF)
62	Maggie Connors (F) 	 	Toronto 	Princeton Tigers (ECAC)
63	Sophie Shirley (F) 	 	Boston 	Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA)
64	Abbey Levy (G) 	 	New York 	Boston College Eagles (Hockey East)
65	Lexie Adzija (F) 	 	Ottawa 	Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC)
66	Jillian Dempsey (F)	 	Montreal 	Boston Pride (PHF)
=== Round twelve ===
# 	Player 	Nationality	PWHL team	College/university/club team
67	Claire Dalton (C/RW) 	 	Montreal 	Yale Bulldogs (ECAC)
68	Sandra Abstreiter (G) 	 	Ottawa 	Providence Friars (Hockey East)
69	Olivia Zafuto (D) 	 	New York 	Boston Pride (PHF)
70	Shiann Darkangelo (LW)	 	Boston 	Toronto Six (PHF)
71	Rebecca Leslie (F) 	 	Toronto 	Team Sonnet (PWHPA)
72	Michela Cava (C) 	 	Minnesota	Toronto Six (PHF)
=== Round thirteen ===
# 	Player 	Nationality	PWHL team	College/university/club team
73	Liz Schepers (C/LW)	 	Minnesota	Minnesota Whitecaps (PHF)
74	Hannah Miller (F) 	/ 	Toronto 	Shenzhen Kunlun Red Star (ZhHL)
75	Emma Buckles (D) 	 	Boston 	Team Sonnet (PWHPA)
76	Kayla Vespa (F) 	 	New York 	Team Adidas (PWHPA)
77	Amanda Boulier (D) 	 	Ottawa 	Minnesota Whitecaps (PHF)
78	Elaine Chuli (G) 	 	Montreal 	Toronto Six (PHF)
=== Round fourteen ===
# 	Player 	Nationality	PWHL team	College/university/club team
79	Ann-Sophie Bettez (F)	 	Montreal 	Montreal Force (PHF)
80	Caitrin Lonergan (F) 	 	Ottawa 	Connecticut Whale (PHF)
81	Emma Woods (F) 	 	New York 	Toronto Six (PHF)
82	Tatum Skaggs (F) 	 	Boston 	Team Scotiabank (PWHPA)
83	Alexa Vasko (F) 	 	Toronto 	Team Sonnet (PWHPA)
84	Minttu Tuominen (D) 	 	Minnesota	Kiekko-Espoo Naiset (NSML)
=== Round fifteen ===
# 	Player 	Nationality	PWHL team	College/university/club team
85	Sydney Brodt (F) 	 	Minnesota	Minnesota Whitecaps (PHF)
86	Olivia Knowles (D) 	 	Toronto 	Minnesota Whitecaps (PHF)
87	Jessica Healey (D) 	 	Boston 	Buffalo Beauts (PHF)
88	Alexandra Labelle (F) 	 	New York 	Montreal Force (PHF)
89	Audrey-Anne Veillette (F)	 	Ottawa 	Montreal Carabins (RSEQ)
90	Lina Ljungblom (C) 	 	Montreal 	Modo Hockey Dam (SDHL)
==Draftees based on nationality==
Rank	Country 	Selections	Percent	Top selection
 	North America	77 	85.6% 	
1 	 	49 	54.4% 	Jocelyne Larocque, 2nd
2 	 	28 	31.1% 	Taylor Heise, 1st
 	Europe 	13 	14.4% 	
3 	 	5 	5.6% 	Dominika Lásková, 19th
4 	 	2 	2.2% 	Susanna Tapani, 25th
4 	 	2 	2.2% 	Emma Söderberg, 50th
6 	 	1 	1.1% 	Alina Müller, 3rd
6 	 	1 	1.1% 	Chloé Aurard, 21st
6 	 	1 	1.1% 	Theresa Schafzahl, 39th
6 	 	1 	1.1% 	Sandra Abstreiter, 68th
===North American draftees by state/province===
Rank	State/province	Selections	Percent	Top selection
1 	 	27 	30.0% 	Ella Shelton, 4th
2 	 	11 	12.2% 	Taylor Heise, 1st
3 	 	8 	8.9% 	Élizabeth Giguère, 28th
4 	 	5 	5.6% 	Jocelyne Larocque, 2nd
4 	 	5 	5.6% 	Maureen Murphy, 18th
6 	 	3 	3.3% 	Kali Flanagan, 35th
7 	 	2 	2.2% 	Savannah Harmon, 5th
7 	 	2 	2.2% 	Jill Saulnier, 40th
7 	 	2 	2.2% 	Brooke Hobson, 45th
7 	 	2 	2.2% 	Taylor Girard, 51st
7 	 	2 	2.2% 	Hannah Miller, 74th
12 	 	1 	1.1% 	Nicole Hensley, 12th
12 	 	1 	1.1% 	Jincy Dunne, 17th
12 	 	1 	1.1% 	Clair DeGeorge, 36th
12 	 	1 	1.1% 	Maggie Connors, 62nd
12 	 	1 	1.1% 	Amanda Boulier, 77th
12 	 	1 	1.1% 	Tatum Skaggs, 82nd
12 	 	1 	1.1% 	Jessica Healey, 87th
==References==
==External links==
* Official website
 
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