The list of players protected in the PWHL’s expansion draft for Seattle and Vancouver was released on Tuesday.
Each of the league’s six existing teams were permitted to protect three players from being selected in the expansion draft, or signing during the pre-draft signing window. Only players signed through 2025-26, or whose rights remain with a team, could be protected. Pending free agents are exempt from selection.
Seattle and Vancouver will have a five-day window, beginning on Wednesday, to sign a maximum of five players. An unprotected player or someone on an expiring deal is eligible to sign during this window.
During the expansion draft (June 9), both new franchises must select at least seven players to reach a 12-player roster. If a team enters the draft with fewer signed players from the signing window, it will be granted additional selections to reach 12.
Regardless, each of the PWHL’s six existing teams will lose four players from their 2024-25 rosters in the process.
Montreal Victoire
Protected
Marie-Philip Poulin (F)
Laura Stacey (F)
Ann-Renée Desbiens (G)
Available
ForwardsDefenseFree Agents
Abby Boreen
Erin Ambrose
Claire Dalton (F)
Jennifer Gardiner
Cayla Barnes
Kati Tabin (D)
Maureen Murphy
Amanda Boulier
Mikyla Grant-Mentis (F)
Lina Ljungblom
Anna Wilgren
Mariah Keopple (D)
Kristin O’Neill
Alexandra Labelle (F)
Dara Greig
Catherine Dubois (F)
Amanda Kessel
Kaitlin Willoughby (F)
Elaine Chuli (G)
Dominika Lásková (D)
Gabrielle David (F)
Clair DeGeorge (F)
Kelly-Ann Nadeau (D)
Toronto Sceptres
Protected
Renata Fast (D)
Blayre Turnbull (F)
Daryl Watts (F)
FORWARDSDEFENSEGOALIESFREE AGENTS
Sarah Nurse
Megan Carter
Kristen Campbell
Natalie Spooner (F)
Emma Maltais
Savannah Harmon
Raygan Kirk
Hannah Miller (F)
Izzy Daniel
Anna Kjellbin
Jesse Compher (F)
Julia Gosling
Allie Munroe
Kali Flanagan (D)
Emma Woods
Hayley Scamurra (F)
Noemi Neubauerová
Maggie Connors (F)
Anneke Rankila
Laura Kluge (F)
Rylind MacKinnon (D)
Carly Jackson (G)
Ottawa Charge
Protected
Emily Clark (F)
Ronja Savolainen (D)
Gwyneth Philips (G)
Available
ForwardsDefenseGoaliesFree agents
Danielle Serdachny
Jocelyne Larocque
Emerance Maschmeyer
Tereza Vanišová (F)
Brianne Jenner
Ashton Bell
Rebecca Leslie (F)
Gabbie Hughes
Aneta Tejralová
Shiann Darkangelo (F)
Mannon McMahon
Stephanie Markowski
Jincy Roese (D)
Kateřina Mrázová
Madeline Wethington
Zoe Boyd (D)
Anna Meixner
Alexa Vasko (F)
Taylor House (F)
Sam Isbell (D)
Natalie Snodgrass (F)
Minnesota Frost
Protected
Taylor Heise (F)
Kendall Coyne Schofield (F)
Lee Stecklein (D)
Available
ForwardsDefenseGoaliesFree agents
Grace Zumwinkle
Sophie Jaques
Nicole Hensley
Michela Cava (F)
Kelly Pannek
Claire Thompson
Mellissa Channell-Watkins (D)
Britta Curl-Salemme
Mae Batherson
Liz Schepers (F)
Brooke McQuigge
Maddie Rooney (G)
Dominique Petrie
Brooke Bryant (F)
Denisa Křížová
Maggie Flaherty (D)
Klára Hymlárová
Natalie Buchbinder (D)
Katy Knoll
Claire Butorac (F)
Charlotte Akervik (D)
Kaitlyn O’Donohoe (F)
Boston Fleet
Protected
Aerin Frankel (G)
Megan Keller (D)
Alina Müller (F)
Available
ForwardsDefenseFree agents
Hilary Knight
Daniela Pejšová
Susanna Tapani (F)
Hannah Bilka
Sydney Bard
Sidney Morin (D)
Hannah Brandt
Emily Brown
Lexie Adzija (F)
Shay Maloney
Hadley Hartmetz
Amanda Pelkey (F)
Jamie Lee Rattray
Theresa Schafzahl (F)
Sophie Shirley
Jill Saulnier (F)
Ilona Markova
Jessica Digirolamo (D)
Loren Gabel (F)
Emma Greco (D)
Jillian Dempsey (F)
Klára Peslarová (G)
Emma Söderberg (G)
Kelly Babstock (F)
New York Sirens
Protected
Sarah Fillier (F)
Ella Shelton (D)
Micah Zandee-Hart (D)
Available
ForwardsDefenseGoaliesFree agents
Alex Carpenter
Jaime Bourbonnais
Kayle Osborne
Jade Downie-Landry (F)
Jessie Eldridge
Maja Nylén Persson
Chloe Aurard (F)
Abby Roque
Allyson Simpson
Elizabeth Giguére (F)
Noora Tulus
Lauren Bernard
Brooke Hobson (D)
Emmy Fecteau
Taylor Girard (F)
Elle Hartje
Abigail Levy (G)
Paetyn Levis
Taylor Baker (D)
Gabby Rosenthal
Kayla Vespa (F)
Olivia Knowles (D)
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