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List Of First Overall PWHL Draft Picks
The PWHL Draft () is an annual meeting in which every franchise of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) systematically select the rights to available ice hockey players who meet draft eligibility requirements. The PWHL Draft is held once every year, generally within a month after the conclusion of the previous regular season. During the draft, teams take turns selecting amateur players from collegiate leagues and professional players from European leagues. The first draft was held in 2023, and has been held every year since. History The inaugural PWHL Draft was held in 2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy .... The order of picks in the first round was decided by using a computerized list randomizer during a video conference call with all six team's general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Women's Hockey League
The Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL; , LPHF) is a women's professional ice hockey league in North America. The league comprises eight teams, four each from the United States and Canada. The teams play a Season (sports), regular season to earn one of four places in a Playoffs, postseason tournament that determines the winner of the Walter Cup. The PWHL is wholly owned and operated by the Mark Walter, Mark Walter Group. Differences between the PWHL and other North American professional hockey leagues include a Three points for a win#Ice hockey, 3-2-1-0 points system, terminations of Penalty (ice hockey), penalties following a short-handed goal, best-of-five Overtime (ice hockey)#Shootout, shootouts, and greater restrictions on Checking (ice hockey)#body checking, body checking. The league's matches are broadcast nationally in Canada by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC and The Sports Network, TSN, their French-language affiliates Canadian Broadcasting Corporatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Fillier
Sarah Anne Fillier (born June 9, 2000) is a Canadian ice hockey player for the New York Sirens of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She was selected first overall by New York in the 2024 PWHL draft, before which she played college ice hockey at Princeton University. Playing career Junior Before her junior career, Fillier played boys' youth hockey in Halton, Ontario. With the Oakville Jr. Hornets of the Provincial Women's Hockey League (Prov. WHL) in the 2015–16 season, Fillier recorded 11 points in 22 games as the Hornets claimed silver at the Ontario provincial level. In the 2016–17 season, Fillier scored 31 goals and 61 points as the Hornets claimed both league and provincial championships. Bestowed the Jr. Hornets captaincy for the 2017–18 season, Fillier led the league in playoff scoring with 12 points in 10 games and at the provincial tournament earned MVP honours. She and the Hornets would fall just short of repeat titles, losing in the finals of bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre (ice Hockey)
The centre (or center in American English) in ice hockey is a forward (ice hockey), forward position of a player whose primary Hockey rink#Zones, zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the sideboards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and therefore often end up covering more ice surface than any other player. Centres are ideally strong, fast skaters who are able to Checking (ice hockey)#Backchecking, backcheck quickly from deep in the opposing zone. Generally, centres are expected to be gifted passers more so than goal scorers, although there are exceptions - typically larger centres who position themselves directly in front of the net in order to score off rebounds. They are also expected to have exceptional "ice vision", Hockey IQ, intelligence, and creativity. They also generally are the most defensively-oriented forwards on the ice, as they are expected to play the role of the third player in defense, after the defenceman, defencemen. Centres usuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Tribune
''The Minnesota Star Tribune'', formerly the ''Minneapolis Star Tribune'', is an American daily newspaper based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As of 2023, it is Minnesota's largest newspaper and the List of newspapers in the United States, seventh-largest in the United States by circulation, and is distributed throughout the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, the state, and the Upper Midwest. It originated as the ''Minneapolis Tribune'' in 1867 and the competing ''Minneapolis Daily Star'' in 1920. During the 1930s and 1940s, the two papers consolidated, with the ''Tribune'' published in the morning and the ''Star'' in the evening. They merged in 1982, creating the ''Minneapolis Star and Tribune'', renamed the ''Star Tribune'' in 1987. After a tumultuous period in which the newspaper was sold and resold and filed for Bankruptcy in the United States, bankruptcy protection in 2009, it was purchased by local billionaire and former Minnesota State Senator Glen Taylor in 2014. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota Golden Gophers Women's Ice Hockey
The Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey team plays for the University of Minnesota at the Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis. The team is one of the members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in Division I. The Golden Gophers have won six NCAA Championships as well as the final American Women's College Hockey Alliance Championship. In the WCHA, they have also been regular season champions 11 times and tournament champions 8 times. In addition to their overall success as a competitive team, the Gophers have also been ranked in the nation's top two teams for attendance since becoming a varsity sport, and the team holds the second largest single-game attendance record for women's collegiate hockey, drawing 6,854 fans for the first Minnesota women's hockey game on November 2, 1997. The team also holds the distinction of having the longest winning streak in women's or men's college hockey at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forward (ice Hockey)
In ice hockey, a forward is a player, and a position on the ice, whose primary responsibility is to score and assist goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes of the ice from goal to goal. It is not mandatory, however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in forming the common offensive strategy known as a triangle. One forward obtains the puck and then the forwards pass it between themselves making the goalie move side to side. This strategy opens up the net for scoring opportunities. This strategy allows for a constant flow of the play, attempting to maintain the control of play by one team in the offensive zone. The forwards can pass to the defence players playing at the Blue line (ice hockey), blue line, thus freeing up the play and allowing either a shot from the point (blue line position where the defence stands) or a pass back to the offence. This then begins the triangle again. Forwards also shared defensive responsibilities on the ice with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of PWHL Individual Award Winners
The Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) presents numerous awards to individual players and personnel at the end of each season, including those recognizing the most valuable players, and the season's best forward, defender, goaltender, rookie, and coach. The recipients of these awards are chosen by a "selection committee with a cross-section of representatives including national and local media, former players, the Professional Women's Hockey League Players Association, and team personnel." Awards honoring the season's top points and goal scorers are also respectively presented by the league. Key Billie Jean King Most Valuable Player The ''Billie Jean King Most Valuable Player'' award honors the most valuable player in the overall season, and was named after PWHL Advisory Board member Billie Jean King. Ilana Kloss Playoff Most Valuable Player The ''Ilana Kloss Playoff Most Valuable Player'' award honors the most valuable player in the postseason PWHL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The IIHF Hall Of Fame
In 1997 the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) established the IIHF Hall of Fame in Zürich, Switzerland. The IIHF Hall of Fame is intended to honor individuals who have made valuable contributions both internationally and in their home countries. The first class, which was composed of Paul Loicq, plus 30 other individuals, was introduced during the 1997 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The IIHF established the Torriani Award in 2015, which is given annually to a player with an "outstanding career from non-top hockey nation". Members are inducted into the Hall into four separate categories: player, referee, builder (an individual that "manages" or grows the game), and the Torriani Award. The IIHF and the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, agreed on a long-term contract whereby the Hockey Hall of Fame became the permanent residence for the IIHF Hall of Fame. On 29 June 1998, the Hockey Hall of Fame opened its newly revamped Exhibition Center con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The Hockey Hall Of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum dedicated to the history of ice hockey, history of ice hockey. It was established in 1943 and is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Originally, there were two categories for induction, #Players, players and #Builders, builders, and in 1961, a third category for Official (ice hockey), on-ice officials was introduced. In 2010, a subcategory was established for female players. In 1988, a "veteran player category" was established in order to "provide a vehicle for players who may have been overlooked and whose chances for election would be limited when placed on the same ballot with contemporary players". Eleven players were inducted into the category, but in 2000 the board of directors eliminated it and those inductees are now considered to be in the player category. For a person to be inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame, he or she must be nominated by an elected 18-person selection committee which includes Hockey Hall of Fame me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Sirens
The New York Sirens are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). They are one of the six charter franchises of the league. The team plays its home games at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. History Founding and inaugural season On August 29, 2023, the PWHL revealed that one of its first six charter franchises would be located in the New York metropolitan area. The league announced on September 1 that Pascal Daoust, the former general manager for the QMJHL's Val-d'Or Foreurs, would be the team's inaugural general manager. On September 15, Howie Draper was named as the team's first head coach, taking a leave of absence from his position as head coach of the University of Alberta program to take the position. Each PWHL team was permitted three signings during the free agency period ahead of the 2023 PWHL Draft. On September 8, the team announced the signing of its first three p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristýna Kaltounková
Kristýna Kaltounková (born 14 April 2002) is a Czech ice hockey player for Colgate and a member of the Czech Republic women's national ice hockey team. She was drafted first overall by the New York Sirens in the 2025 PWHL Draft. Playing career Kaltounková began her collegiate career for Colgate during the 2020–21 season. During her freshman year, she recorded 28 goals and 12 assists in 21 games, and was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team. During the 2021–22 season, in her sophomore year, she recorded 28 goals and 25 assists in 38 games. On March 5, 2022, during the 2022 ECAC Championship game against Yale, she scored the game-winning overtime goal to help Colgate earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament. She was subsequently named the ECAC Hockey Tournament MVP. During the 2022–23 season, in her junior year, she recorded 24 goals and 33 assists in 39 games. During the 2023–24 season, in her senior year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (Canada), National Capital Region (NCR). Ottawa had a city population of 1,017,449 and a metropolitan population of 1,488,307, making it the list of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, fourth-largest city and list of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, fourth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Ottawa is the political centre of Canada and the headquarters of the federal government. The city houses numerous List of diplomatic missions in Ottawa, foreign embassies, key buildings, organizations, and institutions of Government of Canada, Canada's government; these include the Parliament of Canada, the Supreme Court of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
