The Vancouver Goldeneyes kicked off the third round of the 2026 PWHL Draft by selecting Jules Constantinople, a defender from Northeastern University with one of the best names in hockey.
Raised in Connecticut, Constantinople played all four years of her college hockey at Northeastern. During her time with the Huskies, she put up 63 points and led all Northeastern defenders in points in her senior year. Her career-high 89 blocked shots in her senior year was fourth best in the NCAA. She also won Hockey East Best Defender and First Team All-Star in the 2025-26 season.
While at Northeastern, Constantinople won the Beanpot and a Hockey East championship as a freshman and helped her team reach the NCAA semifinals as a senior.
Now, Constantinople will head to training camp with the Vancouver Goldeneyes to show what she can do in the PWHL. She spoke with The Ice Garden about this next chapter.
This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
What is your biggest excitement about taking your game to the next level in the PWHL?
I’m very excited — I’m excited to show what I’ve got. I’m excited to be on a stage with all of these great players and just show that I can play with them and be with them.
What is your biggest worry or fear going into this season?
I don’t think I have a worry, necessarily. I guess just going into the year, [Vancouver is] pretty far from home. So I think the adjustment of being farther from home is definitely going to be the biggest challenge. But it’s a challenge I’m ready to face, and I’m excited.
What about Vancouver as a city or a fan base is exciting to you?
I hear the city is beautiful, so I’m really excited to check out the city. I’ve never been out that way, so I’m just excited to explore and be out there. But I hear the fan base is probably one of the best fan bases in the PWHL, so I’m super excited to get out there and show the fan base who I am as a person, who I am as a player, and just embody what it is to be a Vancouver Goldeneye.
How do you feel like your NCAA game will translate to the PWHL?
I think it will translate a lot. A lot of [PWHL] players were in NCAA hockey. I think as the years went on through [my NCAA career], I gained a lot of confidence with my play, and I got to do new experiences within it. But, I think my speed is going to be a really good part. I’m excited to get in there with that.
I think my shot-blocking ability that I’ve been able to grow throughout my time at Northeastern — I’m excited to show that, and I’m just excited to just show who I am as a player in this next step.
Does it excite you to get a chance to play alongside someone like KK Harvey (at training camp and during the season), or is it intimidating to know that you’re showing your game up against the first overall pick?
Honestly, I’m just super excited. We’ve crossed paths, we’re from the same area. We’ve always played against each other, and I’ve just heard great things about her. So I’m super excited to just get out there and get to know her as a person.
I’m super excited to learn from her, too. I think she’s an incredible player. So to be able to be on the same team as her and just be able to watch her and learn from her, I’m super excited. It’s nothing I’m nervous about.
How do you see yourself fitting in with the Goldeneyes players and growing your leadership there in the long term?
My leadership [style] is very different. I would say I’m kind of quiet at first. When you get to know me, I’m very bubbly and very outgoing. But when it comes to being at the rink, I think I really lock in and I’m very quiet at first.
But on the ice, I’m a very big hype person. I love to hype people up, I love to cheer my teammates on. But I just expect a lot from people, so I like to push people in practice, push people in games. I like to lead by how I play or how I practice.
We’re still waiting on the schedule, so we don’t know who will be playing when. But if you were circling a game on the hypothetical calendar of a city you’re most excited to play in or a team you’re most excited to play against, what would you say?
Ooh, this is crazy because I have a couple. I think number one would be Boston. Boston has my heart. Boson is technically home for me, so that would be like a big home game for me to just go back to that city. And, you know, I gave four years there, and it’s made me who I am. So Boston’s probably number one, for sure.
And then I want to say San Jose, just because I’d play against my college roommate [Lily Shannon]. We’ve [gone] through college together all four years. So to be able to see her in this next step and be able to play against her would be pretty cool, too.
Final question: What’s one thing you want Goldeneyes fans to know about you going into this season?
I’m going to give everything I can. I’m a player that loves to get under people’s skin, but also, off the ice, I have the biggest heart. I can’t wait to be involved with the fan base out there, and I’m honestly just excited to work hard and try to win them a Walter Cup and bring it back to Vancouver for them.
