2020 NWHL Draft

The 2020 NWHL Draft took place on the 28th and 29th of April 2020.https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/4/27/21239214/2020-nwhl-draft-preview-boston-pride-toronto-womens-hockey The Boston Pride selected Sammy Davis with the 1st overall pick, having made a trade with the yet unnamed Toronto expansion team.https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/pride-acquire-1st-overall-pick-in-2020-nwhl-draft-from-toronto/ar-BB13ksMM Davis becomes the third Terriers hockey alum to go first overall in a professional hockey draft, following Kayla Tutino in the 2016 CWHL Draft, and Rick DiPietro in the 2000 NHL Draft.https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nhl/news/nwhl-draft-2020-results-selections/1r0nifool68uk1ng5zkxvimi96
A total of 30 players were drafted, of which 16 were American, 13 were Canadian, and one was Czech.https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nhl/news/nwhl-draft-2020-results-selections/a69bejw51yaw1234icx0haqp6 The draft included players who have already finished their college eligibility for the first time.https://www.theicegarden.com/2017/8/17/16162360/womens-hockey-101-nwhl-junior-draft-national-womens-hockey-league
The draft took place remotely due to the 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak.https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/nwhl-ice-hockey-twitter-live-stream-2020-draft-coronavirushttps://www.thewomenshockeytribune.com/2020-nwhl-draft-opens-tonight/ Athletes from the WNBA and the National Lacrosse League presented the draft, as well as HC Bern general manager Florence Schelling, UFC contestant Roxanne Modafferi, and former NHL player Pat LaFontaine.https://www.nwhl.zone/news/nwhl-draft-picks-to-be-announced-by-athletes-top-e
Autumn MacDougall, who skates for the University of Alberta Pandas women's ice hockey programhttps://edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/pandas-forward-autumn-macdougall-moving-to-pro-ranks-in-nwhl-draft, became the first player in the history of USports women's ice hockey selected in the NWHL Drafthttps://www.theicegarden.com/2020/4/29/21242177/2020-nwhl-draft-rounds-3-4-5-pride-beauts-whale-toronto-riveters-whale-whitecaps. Taken with the 14th overall pick, MacDougall was followed by another USports skater, as Erin Locke, a forward with the York Lions women's ice hockey, was taken by the Toronto expansion team 15th overallhttps://yorkulions.ca/news/2020/4/30/womens-hockey-toronto-nwhl-loads-up-on-lions-selects-locke-in-entry-draft.aspx.
==Results==
===Rounds 1–2===
Round	Pick	Player 	Team 	Nationality	Former team
1 	1 	Sammy Davis 	Boston Pride 	 	Boston University
1 	2 	Kayla Friesen 	Connecticut Whale 	 	Clarkson University
1 	3 	Carly Jackson 	Buffalo Beauts 	 	University of Maine
1 	4 	Saroya Tinker 	Metropolitan Riveters	 	Yale University
1 	5 	Alex Woken 	Minnesota Whitecaps 	 	University of Minnesota
1 	6 	Jaycee Gebhard 	Toronto Six 	 	Robert Morris University
2 	7 	Victoria Howran 	Connecticut Whale 	 	University of New Hampshire
2 	8 	Amy Curlew 	Toronto 	 	Cornell University
2 	9 	Codie Cross 	Buffalo Beauts 	 	Northeastern University
2 	10 	Delaney Belinskas	Metropolitan Riveters	 	Boston College
2 	11 	Patti Marshall 	Minnesota Whitecaps 	 	University of Minnesota
2 	12 	Tereza Vanišová 	Boston Pride 	 	University of Maine
===Rounds 3–5===
Round	Pick	Player 	Team 	Nationality	Former team
3 	13 	Savannah Rennie 	Connecticut Whale 	 	Syracuse University
3 	14 	Autumn MacDougall 	Buffalo Beauts 	 	University of Alberta
3 	15 	Erin Locke 	Toronto Six 	 	York University
3 	16 	Tera Hofmann 	Metropolitan Riveters	 	Yale University
3 	17 	Presley Norby 	Minnesota Whitecaps 	 	University of Wisconsin
3 	18 	Taylor Wenczkowski	Boston Pride 	 	University of New Hampshire
4 	19 	Amanda Conway 	Connecticut Whale 	 	Norwich University
4 	20 	Kelly O'Sullivan 	Buffalo Beauts 	 	Adrian College
4 	21 	Bridgette Prentiss	Metropolitan Riveters	 	Franklin Pierce University
4 	22 	Natalie Marcuzzi 	Toronto Six 	 	Robert Morris University
4 	23 	Haley Mack 	Minnesota Whitecaps 	 	Bemidji State University
4 	24 	Taylor Turnquist 	Boston Pride 	 	Clarkson University
5 	25 	Nicole Guagliardo 	Connecticut Whale 	 	Adrian College
5 	26 	Logan Land 	Buffalo Beauts 	 	Rochester Institute of Technology
5 	27 	Maddie Bishop 	Connecticut Whale 	 	Sacred Heart University
5 	28 	Maddie Rowe 	Minnesota Whitecaps 	 	University of Wisconsin
5 	29 	Meghara McManus 	Boston Pride 	 	University of New Hampshire
5 	30 	Paige Capistran 	Boston Pride 	 	Northeastern University
== References ==
Category:National Women's Hockey League (2015–)