2018 NWHL Draft

The 2018 NWHL Draft took place on the 19th and 20 December 2018, the first and only draft in NWHL history to happen while the season was underway.https://thehockeywriters.com/2018-nwhl-draft-scheduled/ The expansion Minnesota Whitecaps would take part in the draft for the first time.https://gophersports.com/news/2018/12/20/womens-ice-hockey-duo-selected-in-2018-nwhl-draft.aspx
A total of 30 players were drafted, of which 20 were American, 4 were Canadian, and one was Swedish. Four players were drafted from Boston College, along with three each from Merrimack College, Colgate University, and University of Wisconsin-Madison.https://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey-women/article/2018-12-21/womens-hockey-ncaas-look-inside-2018-nwhl-draft
The 2018 draft was the first draft in NWHL history not to see a goaltender selected in the first two rounds, and the first to see an NCAA Division III player selected.https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/12/19/18148480/early-impressions-of-the-2018-nwhl-draft-ncaa-seniors-pyeongchang-olympians-annie-pankowski-rivetershttps://www.theicegarden.com/2018/12/20/18150096/round-three-four-five-of-2018-nwhl-draft-picks-ncaa-prospects-seniors-emily-clark-lovisa-selander
== Format ==
There was five rounds, with each team having one pick in each and having 90 seconds to make that pick. Draft order was decided using each team's winning percentage in the first half of the season, with goal difference being the tiebreaker. The final draft order was:
# Metropolitan Riveters
# Connecticut Whale
# Buffalo Beauts
# Minnesota Whitecaps
# Boston Pride
Players who were drafted were not guaranteed to sign with the team that drafted them.https://victorypress.org/2018/12/24/nwhl-draft-recap/https://www.diebytheblade.com/2018/12/21/18151057/buffalo-beauts-go-big-in-2018-nwhl-draft-megan-keller-loren-gabel-jessie-eldridge-olivia-zafuto
==Results==
===Rounds 1–2===
Round	Pick	Player 	Team 	Nationality	Former team
1 	1 	Annie Pankowski 	Metropolitan Riveters	 	Wisconsin University
1 	2 	Melissa Samoskevich	Connecticut Whale 	 	Quinnipiac University
1 	3 	Megan Keller 	Buffalo Beauts 	 	Boston College
1 	4 	Kelly Pannek 	Minnesota Whitecaps 	 	University of Minnesota
1 	5 	Kali Flanagan 	Boston Pride 	 	Boston College
2 	6 	Kendall Cornine 	Metropolitan Riveters	 	Rochester Institute of Technology
2 	7 	Makenna Newkirk 	Connecticut Whale 	 	Boston College
2 	8 	Loren Gabel 	Buffalo Beauts 	 	Clarkson University
2 	9 	Sophia Shaver 	Minnesota Whitecaps 	 	Wisconsin University
2 	10 	Bailey Larson 	Boston Pride 	 	Colgate University
===Rounds 3–5===
Round	Pick	Player 	Team 	Nationality	Former team
3 	11 	Courtney Wittig 	Metropolitan Riveters	 	University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
3 	12 	Katelyn Rae 	Connecticut Whale 	 	Merrimack College
3 	13 	Jessie Eldridge 	Buffalo Beauts 	 	Colgate University
3 	14 	Lauren Boyle 	Minnesota Whitecaps 	 	Ohio State University
3 	15 	Emily Clark 	Boston Pride 	 	Wisconsin University
4 	16 	Paige Voight 	Metropolitan Riveters	 	Merrimack College
4 	17 	Dominique Kremer	Connecticut Whale 	 	Merrimack College
4 	18 	Olivia Zafuto 	Buffalo Beauts 	 	Colgate University
4 	19 	Grace Bizal 	Minnesota Whitecaps 	 	Boston College
4 	20 	Lovisa Selander 	Boston Pride 	 	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
5 	21 	Cailey Hutchison	Metropolitan Riveters	 	University of Maine
5 	22 	Maggie LaGue 	Connecticut Whale 	 	Robert Morris University
5 	23 	Nicole Schammel 	Buffalo Beauts 	 	University of Minnesota
5 	24 	Karlie Lund 	Minnesota Whitecaps 	 	Princeton University
5 	25 	Jenna Rheault 	Boston Pride 	 	University of New Hampshire
== References ==
Category:National Women's Hockey League (2015–)