{"id":597828,"date":"2026-06-13T09:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/597828\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T09:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:15:12","slug":"pwhl-detroit-signs-macomb-county-native-taylor-girard-to-2-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/597828\/","title":{"rendered":"PWHL Detroit signs Macomb County native Taylor Girard to 2-year contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

DETROIT \u2013 Professional Women\u2019s Hockey League Detroit has signed Macomb County<\/a> native forward Taylor Girard to a two-year standard player agreement ahead of the team\u2019s inaugural 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n

Girard is under contract through the 2027-28 campaign and becomes the franchise\u2019s seventh player signed. <\/p>\n

She is also the second addition during Phase 3 of the Professional Women\u2019s Hockey League\u2019s Expansion Player Distribution Process, following defender Sydney Bard.<\/p>\n

The signing marks a homecoming for Girard, who spent three seasons in the PWHL with the New York Sirens and Boston Fleet. <\/p>\n

Girard also played in the league\u2019s first two games at Little Caesars Arena<\/a> in March 2024 and March 2025.<\/p>\n

Originally selected by Boston in the ninth round, 51st overall, of the inaugural PWHL Draft, Girard began the 2024-25 season with the Fleet before being traded to New York early in the campaign.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old has recorded 17 points (12 goals, 5 assists) in 63 career games. <\/p>\n

That includes a career-best eight-point season in 2025-26, which featured seven goals, including the league\u2019s first hat trick of the season in New York\u2019s opener on Nov. 22, 2025.<\/p>\n

Girard\u2019s path to Detroit<\/p>\n

Girard developed in Detroit\u2019s Honeybaked youth hockey program and played collegiately at Lindenwood University and Quinnipiac University before turning professional with the Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation. <\/p>\n

She was selected first overall in the 2021 PHF Draft and earned Rookie of the Year honors.<\/p>\n

With PWHL Detroit, Girard reunites with former New York Sirens assistant coach Josh Sciba. <\/p>\n

Girard also joins former Boston Fleet teammates Sydney Bard and Hannah Bilka, both of whom are signed to two-year contracts.<\/p>\n

Building Detroit\u2019s roster foundation<\/p>\n

Detroit has added defender Cayla Barnes and forwards Britta Curl-Salemme and Jesse Compher on three-year deals, as well as forward Daryl Watts on a four-year contract.<\/p>\n

At the conclusion of Phase 3, each expansion team may have up to eight players. <\/p>\n

Teams can protect up to six players total under league rules.<\/p>\n

The Phase 3 signing window ran through Friday (June 12) at 3 p.m. ET, with protection ending at 5 p.m. ahead of Phase 4.<\/p>\n

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