2010 CWHL Draft

On August 12, the Canadian Women's Hockey League hosted the 2010 CWHL Draft. The event was held at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto at 7:00pm.http://www.cwhl.ca/news_20100812.asp The first overall selection was former Ohio State hockey player and Olympic gold medallist Tessa Bonhomme. Former Olympic gold medallist Cheryl Pounder was Master of Ceremonies at the draft.
==Rules==
All five teams were allowed to protect five players who had played at least one year in the league.http://www.chawomenshockey.com/news/2010/8/26/WHOCK_0826100416.aspx Only players from the Greater Toronto Area were available in the draft for teams from Toronto, Burlington and Brampton. Boston and Montreal did not draft players. These clubs will sign prospective players from their geographic areas.http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2712428
==Draft by team==
	= Indicates Olympian
	= Indicates former NCAA player
	= Indicates former CIS player
===Brampton===
Draft #	Player 	2009-10 Team
5 	Delaney Collins 	Strathmore Rockies
8 	Ashley Pendelton 	Brampton Thunder (reacquired through the draft)
11 	Andrea Ironside 	N/A
14 	Amber Bowman 	Mississauga Chiefs
17 	Brooke Beazer 	Brampton Thunder (reacquired through the draft)
20 	Erica Vanderveer 	Burlington Barracudas
23 	Ashley Stephenson 	Mississauga Chiefs
26 	Jennifer Kirk 	Brampton Thunder (reacquired through the draft)
29 	Courtney Unruh 	N/A
32 	RaeLyn LaRocque 	N/A
35 	Lindsay Brown 	Mississauga Chiefs
38 	Allyson Fox 	Brampton Thunder (reacquired through the draft)
89 	Yekaterina Smolentseva	Russian national team
http://www.cwhl.ca/draft_teams.asp?tn=brampton
====Protected players====
Player 	2009-10 Team
Lori Dupuis 	Brampton Thunder
Jayna Hefford	2009–10 Canada women's national ice hockey teamBrampton Thunder
Laura Hosier 	Brampton Thunder
Cherie Piper 	2009–10 Canada women's national ice hockey teamBrampton Thunder
Gillian Apps 	2009–10 Canada women's national ice hockey teamBrampton Thunder
===Burlington===
Draft #	Player 	2009-10 Team
2 	Ashley Riggs 	Canadian Under 22 team
6 	Christina Kessler 	Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey
7 	Shannon Moulson 	Mississauga Chiefs
12 	Natalie Payne 	N/A
13 	Danijela Rundqvist	2009–10 Sweden women's national ice hockey team
18 	Amanda Shaw 	Zurich ZSC Lions
19 	Kelley Hart 	Burlington Barracudas (reacquired in draft)
24 	Brianne McLaughlin	2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team
25 	Mallory Johnston 	Burlington Barracudas (reacquired in draft)
30 	Christine Hartnel 	N/A
31 	Danielle Blanchard	Vaughan Flames
36 	Samantha Shirley 	Vaughan Flames
37 	Michele Janus 	Burlington Barracudas (reacquired in draft)
40 	Andrea Bevan 	N/A
45 	Jaclyn Pitushka 	N/A
46 	Kelley Stewart 	Burlington Barracudas (reacquired in draft)
51 	Amanda Perkins 	Burlington Barracudas (reacquired in draft)
52 	Ashley Stewart 	Burlington Barracudas (reacquired in draft)
http://www.cwhl.ca/draft_teams.asp?tn=burlington
====Protected players====
Player 	2009-10 Team
Jana Harrigan	Burlington Barracudas
Becky Kellar 	2009–10 Canada women's national ice hockey team
Lindsay Vine 	Burlington Barracudas
Sommer West 	Mississauga Chiefs
===Toronto===
Draft #	Player 	2009-10 Team
1 	Tessa Bonhomme
http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/3/article/bonnhomme-1st-at-cwhl-draft.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=329919beb8	2009–10 Canada women's national ice hockey team
3 	Britney Smith 	N/A
4 	Carly Haggard 	HC Lugano
9 	Kendra Fisher 	Vaughan Flames
10 	Michelle Bonello 	Vaughan Flames
15 	Jenny Brine 	Mississauga Chiefs
16 	LaToya Clarke 	Vaughan Flames
21 	Rebecca Davies 	Mississauga Chiefs
22 	Frances McPhail 	N/A
27 	Megan Aarts 	Vaughan Flames
28 	Alexandra Hoffmeyer	N/A
33 	Kelley Zamora 	Burlington Barracudas
34 	Angela DiStasi 	Mississauga Chiefs
39 	Mary Modeste 	Mississauga Chiefs
42 	Laura Watt 	Mississauga Chiefs
43 	Jessica Clermont 	Vaughan Flames
48 	Kristy Zamora 	Mississauga Chiefs
49 	Emily Berzins 	Vaughan Flames
54 	Melissa Boal 	Ottawa Senators (CWHL)
http://boston.cwhl.ca/draft.asp?tid=11
====Protected players====
Player 	2009-10 Team
Jennifer Botterill	2009–10 Canada women's national ice hockey team
Martine Garland 	DHC Langenthal (Switzerland)
Sami Jo Small 	Mississauga Chiefs
==Montreal==
===Protected players===
Player 	2009-10 Team
Annie Guay 	Montreal Stars
Sabrina Harbec 	Montreal Stars
Caroline Ouellette	2009–10 Canada women's national ice hockey teamMontreal Stars
Kim St. Pierre 	2009–10 Canada women's national ice hockey team
Julie Chu 	2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey teamMinnesota Whitecaps
http://www.cwhl.ca/draft_teams.asp?tn=montreal
==Boston==
The Boston club was able to protect some players from being selected from their roster in the draft.
====Protected players====
Player 	2009-10 Team
Caitlin Cahow 	2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team
Molly Engstrom 	2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey teamBrampton Thunder
Melissa Haber 	Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey
Cherie Hendrickson	Burlington Barracudas
Kacey Bellamy 	2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team
http://www.cwhl.ca/draft_teams.asp?tn=boston
==References==
Category:Canadian Women's Hockey League