Changes: 2015–16 Connecticut Whale season

Latest revision as of 23:17, 9 November 2015

The 2015-16 Connecticut Whale season will be the first in franchise history. The club is scheduled to participate in the National Women's Hockey League (2015) inaugural season.

Offseason

On July 1, the Whale signed former BU Terriers blueliner and 2015 Clarkson Cup champion Kaleigh Fratkin to a contract, making her the first Canadian to sign an NWHL contract.

NWHL Draft

Main article: 2015 NWHL Draft

The following were the Whale’s selections in the 2015 NWHL Draft on June 20, 2015.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College
1	2	Hannah Brandt	United States	Univ. of Minnesota
2	6	Michelle Picard	United States	Harvard Univ.
3	10	Milica McMillen	United States	Univ. of Minnesota
4	14	Maryanne Menefee	United States	Univ. of Minnesota
5	18	Cassandra Poudrier	Canada	Cornell

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Transactions

Date	Player	Former team
June 25, 2015	Shiann Darkangelo	Quinnipiac Bobcats
June 25, 2015	Sam Faber	Boston Blades
June 25, 2015	Chelsea Laden	Quinnipiac Bobcats^[2]
July 1, 2015	Kaleigh Fratkin	Boston Blades ^[3]

Regular season

Schedule not yet released

Awards and honors

To be determined

References

[1] ttp://nwhl.co/draft-live/

[2] ttp://nwhl.co/whale-signs-darkangelo-faber-laden/

[3] ttp://nwhl.co/whale-signs-fratkin-first-canadian-in-the-nwhl/

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 The 2015-16 Connecticut Whale season will be the first in franchise history. The club is scheduled to participate in the [[National Women's Hockey League (2015)]] inaugural season.
 ==Offseason==
 * On July 1, the Whale signed former BU Terriers blueliner and [[2015 Clarkson Cup]] champion Kaleigh Fratkin to a contract, making her the first Canadian to sign an NWHL contract.
 ===NWHL Draft===
 {{main|2015 NWHL Draft}}
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 |  '''Round''' || '''#''' || '''Player''' || '''Nationality''' || '''College'''
 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
-|1   ||  2||  [[Hannah Brandt]]   ||  {{USA}}  || 	 [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey|Univ. of Minnesota]]
+|1   ||  2||  [[Hannah Brandt]]   ||  {{USA}}  || [[Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey|Univ. of Minnesota]]
 |- bgcolor="#FFCC00"
 |2   ||  6||  [[Michelle Picard]]  ||  {{USA}}  || [[Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey|Harvard Univ.]]
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 |- bgcolor="pink"
 |5   ||  18||  Cassandra Poudrier  ||  {{CAN}}  || [[Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey|Cornell]]
+|}
-|}|}<ref>http://nwhl.co/draft-live/</ref>
+|}<ref>http://nwhl.co/draft-live/</ref>
 ==Transactions==
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 | '''Date''' ||'''Player''' || '''Former team'''
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 | June 25, 2015|| Shiann Darkangelo || Quinnipiac Bobcats
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 | July 1, 2015|| [[Kaleigh Fratkin]] || [[Boston Blades]] <ref>http://nwhl.co/whale-signs-fratkin-first-canadian-in-the-nwhl/</ref>
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