{"id":601604,"date":"2026-06-18T14:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/601604\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:24:24","slug":"laila-edwards-embraces-history-sharing-moment-with-ride-or-die-caroline-harvey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/601604\/","title":{"rendered":"Laila Edwards Embraces History, Sharing Moment With &#8220;Ride or Die&#8221; Caroline Harvey (+)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/pwhl-san-jose-selects-laila-edwards-fourth-overall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Laila Edwards<\/a> embraces all the history that she\u2019s making.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards is the first draft pick in PWHL San Jose history. At No. 4, she\u2019s the highest-drafted black woman in league history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepresentation matters,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cThat role model-like stature, it\u2019s an honor. And I don\u2019t take it lightly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019ll be a special part of San Jose, both on and off the ice,\u201d PWHL San Jose GM-head coach Troy Ryan said. \u201cI don\u2019t think you can find a better player to start a new franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both on and off the ice, the 6-foot-1 winger-defender is a natural.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Troy Ryan is open to playing Laila Edwards at both defense &amp; forward, though he&#8217;s aware of and supports Edwards&#8217;s desire to develop more on D.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;ll be a special part of San Jose, both on and off the ice\u2026I don&#8217;t think you can find a better player to start a new franchise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sheng_Peng\/status\/2067454844495892745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Olympic gold medalist for Team USA and NCAA champion with Wisconsin \u2014 two goals and eight points in seven Olympic games and 12 goals and 45 points in just 28 NCAA appearances this past season \u2014 spoke about sharing the moment with her \u201cride and die\u201d best friend and No. 1 pick Caroline Harvey, her love for the city of San Jose, the advice that she received from Cleveland Heights natives Travis and Jason Kelce, and accidentally hugging Harvey\u2019s mom first after the pick.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some highlights from her sparkling media availability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT \u2014 Laila Edwards embraces all the history that she\u2019s making. Edwards is the first draft pick in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5127],"tags":[66747,29385,58,5,12047,50354,4,63986,519,168,5306,5305,1780,169,6412,46983],"class_list":["post-601604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose-sharks","tag-2026-pwhl-draft","tag-caroline-harvey","tag-featured","tag-hockey","tag-jason-kelce","tag-laila-edwards","tag-nhl","tag-pwhl-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sanjose","tag-sanjosesharks","tag-sharks","tag-sjhn","tag-travis-kelce","tag-troy-ryan"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116771570532080241","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}