2018 NWHL Draft
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{{Infobox sports draft
| name = 2018 NWHL Draft
| image = 2018_NWHL_Draft_Logo.jpg
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| date = December 19 & 20, 2018
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| league = National Women's Hockey League
| first = Annie Pankowski, Metropolitan Riveters
| prev = 2017
| next = 2020
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The 2018 NWHL Draft took place on the December 19 and 20, 2018, the first and only draft in NWHL history to happen while the season was underway.{{Cite web|last=Oliver|first=Nathaniel|date=December 13, 2018|title=2018 NWHL Draft Scheduled|url=https://thehockeywriters.com/2018-nwhl-draft-scheduled/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030044850/https://thehockeywriters.com/2018-nwhl-draft-scheduled/ |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |access-date=December 1, 2020|website=The Hockey Writers|language=en-US}} The expansion Minnesota Whitecaps would take part in the draft for the first time.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=December 20, 2018|title=Duo Selected in 2018 NWHL Draft|url=https://gophersports.com/news/2018/12/20/womens-ice-hockey-duo-selected-in-2018-nwhl-draft.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227033845/https://gophersports.com/news/2018/12/20/womens-ice-hockey-duo-selected-in-2018-nwhl-draft.aspx |archive-date=December 27, 2018 |access-date=December 1, 2020|website=University of Minnesota Athletics|language=en}}
The 2018 draft was the first draft in NWHL history not to see a goaltender selected in the first two rounds, and the first to see an NCAA Division III player selected.{{Cite web|last=Murphy|first=Mike|date=December 19, 2018|title=Early impressions of the 2018 NWHL Draft|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/12/19/18148480/early-impressions-of-the-2018-nwhl-draft-ncaa-seniors-pyeongchang-olympians-annie-pankowski-riveters|access-date=December 1, 2020|website=The Ice Garden|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Murphy|first=Mike|date=December 20, 2018|title=Rounds 3-5 of the 2018 NWHL Draft|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/12/20/18150096/round-three-four-five-of-2018-nwhl-draft-picks-ncaa-prospects-seniors-emily-clark-lovisa-selander|access-date=December 1, 2020|website=The Ice Garden|language=en}}
Format
There was five rounds, with each team having one pick in each and having 90 seconds to make that pick. Draft order was decided using each team's winning percentage in the first half of the season, with goal difference being the tiebreaker. The final draft order was:
- Metropolitan Riveters
- Connecticut Whale
- Buffalo Beauts
- Minnesota Whitecaps
- Boston Pride
Players who were drafted were not guaranteed to sign with the team that drafted them.{{Cite web|last=Burgess|first=Melissa|date=December 24, 2018|title=NWHL Draft Recap|url=https://victorypress.org/2018/12/24/nwhl-draft-recap/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922141715/https://victorypress.org/2018/12/24/nwhl-draft-recap/ |archive-date=September 22, 2020 |access-date=December 1, 2020|website=The Victory Press|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Wollschlager|first=Erik|date=December 21, 2018|title=Beauts go big in 2018 draft|url=https://www.diebytheblade.com/2018/12/21/18151057/buffalo-beauts-go-big-in-2018-nwhl-draft-megan-keller-loren-gabel-jessie-eldridge-olivia-zafuto|access-date=December 1, 2020|website=Die By The Blade|language=en}}
Results
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| style="background:#ddf;"| {{abbr|Rd|Round}}
! style="background:#ddf;"| {{abbr|P|Pick}} ! style="background:#ddf;"| Player ! style="background:#ddf;"| Team ! style="background:#ddf;"| Nationality ! style="background:#ddf;"| Former team |
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| 1 || 1
| Annie Pankowski || Metropolitan Riveters || {{flagu|United States}} || University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 1 || 2
| Melissa Samoskevich || Connecticut Whale || {{flagu|United States}} || Quinnipiac University |
| 1 || 3
| Megan Keller || Buffalo Beauts || {{flagu|United States}} || Boston College |
| 1 || 4
| Kelly Pannek || Minnesota Whitecaps || {{flagu|United States}} || University of Minnesota |
| 1 || 5
| Kali Flanagan || Boston Pride || {{flagu|United States}} || Boston College |
| 2 || 6
| Kendall Cornine || Metropolitan Riveters || {{flagu|United States}} || Rochester Institute of Technology |
| 2 || 7
| Makenna Newkirk || Connecticut Whale || {{flagu|United States}} || Boston College |
| 2 || 8
| Loren Gabel || Buffalo Beauts || {{flagu|Canada}} || Clarkson University |
| 2 || 9
| Sophia Shaver || Minnesota Whitecaps || {{flagu|United States}} || University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 2 || 10
| Bailey Larson || Boston Pride || {{flagu|United States}} || Colgate University |
| 3 || 11
| Courtney Wittig || Metropolitan Riveters || {{flagu|United States}} || University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire |
| 3 || 12
| Katelyn Rae || Connecticut Whale || {{flagu|Canada}} || Merrimack College |
| 3 || 13
| Jessie Eldridge || Buffalo Beauts || {{flagu|Canada}} || Colgate University |
| 3 || 14
| Lauren Boyle || Minnesota Whitecaps || {{flagu|United States}} || Ohio State University |
| 3 || 15
| Emily Clark || Boston Pride || {{flagu|Canada}} || University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 4 || 16
| Paige Voight || Metropolitan Riveters || {{flagu|United States}} || Merrimack College |
| 4 || 17
| Dominique Kremer || Connecticut Whale || {{flagu|United States}} || Merrimack College |
| 4 || 18
| Olivia Zafuto || Buffalo Beauts || {{flagu|United States}} || Colgate University |
| 4 || 19
| Grace Bizal || Minnesota Whitecaps || {{flagu|United States}} || Boston College |
| 4 || 20
| Lovisa Selander || Boston Pride || {{flagu|Sweden}} || Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| 5 || 21
| Cailey Hutchison || Metropolitan Riveters || {{flagu|United States}} || University of Maine |
| 5 || 22
| Maggie LaGue || Connecticut Whale || {{flagu|United States}} || Robert Morris University |
| 5 || 23
| Nicole Schammel || Buffalo Beauts || {{flagu|United States}} || University of Minnesota |
| 5 || 24
| Karlie Lund || Minnesota Whitecaps || {{flagu|United States}} || Princeton University |
| 5 || 25
| Jenna Rheault || Boston Pride || {{flagu|United States}} || University of New Hampshire |
References
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