PWHL Boston needed to transfer on rapidly after dropping the inaugural Walter Cup to PWHL Minnesota nearly two weeks in the past.
And Boston set its sights on bettering its roster, which has clear holes regardless of the run to the championship sequence, by means of Monday’s PWHL draft.
Boston chosen six gamers from the faculty and worldwide ranks within the seven-round draft. Listed below are the brand new additions to Boston’s roster:
Hannah Bilka, Ahead (First Spherical, No. 4 general)
Boston used its high general option to attempt to receive some offensive manufacturing, an space during which it struggled in throughout the postseason. Bilka spent 4 seasons starring for Boston School earlier than occurring to win a nationwide title with Ohio State this previous season. The 23-year-old led the Buckeyes with 48 factors from 22 targets and 26 assists.
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“Hannah is a dynamic ahead who drives the play and has unbelievable hockey IQ,” Boston normal supervisor Danielle Marmer mentioned in a press release. “She is our favourite ahead on this draft.”
Daniela Pejšová, Defender (Second Spherical, No. 7 general)
Boston traded up three slots with New York and included third- and fifth-round choose within the deal to land Pejšová. The Czech Republic native scored 4 targets with eight assists in 34 video games with Luleå HF in Sweden.
Sydney Bard, Defender (Fourth Spherical, No. 22 general)
Extra protection was added within the type of Bard. She put collectively a powerful collegiate profession with Colgate, which spanned 5 seasons. Bard collected 13 targets and 99 assists in 180 video games for Colgate.
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Shay Maloney, Ahead (Sixth Spherical, No. 34 general)
Maloney was the second participant Boston chosen out of the Swedish Girls’s Hockey League together with Pejšová. Maloney, 24, performed 4 seasons at Brown and completed off her faculty profession with Quinnipiac, the place she totaled 15 targets and 16 assists for 31 factors throughout the 2022-23 marketing campaign, earlier than heading abroad. Maloney scored 9 targets with 11 assists for Leksand IF this previous season.
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Ilona Markova, Ahead (Seventh Spherical, No. 37 general)
Boston used the choose it bought within the draft-night commerce with New York to pick the 22-year-old Russia native. Markova performed that final six seasons for Agidel Ufa within the Zhenskaya Hockey League and compiled a career-high 40 factors off 14 targets and 26 assists throughout 42 regular-season video games this previous season.
Hadley Hartmetz, Defender (Seventh Spherical, No. 40 general)
Hartmetz path to Boston is similar to her former faculty teammate in Bilka. Hartmetz spent her first two seasons at BC earlier than enjoying the ultimate three seasons of her profession with Ohio State. She tallied 9 targets and 24 assists for 33 factors from the blue line this previous season. Hartmetz received two nationwide titles with the Buckeyes.
