2017 NWHL Draft Recap: Katie Burt goes first overall

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The third annual NWHL Draft took place tonight, with the Boston Pride selecting goaltender Katie Burt first overall.

The Pride acquired the pick in a trade that sent forward Zoe Hickel to the Connecticut Whale. Burt is the second Boston College player to go first overall; BC alumna Alex Carpenter was the top selection in the inaugural NWHL Draft.  Burt is also the first goaltender to go first overall in the NWHL Draft.

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Here is a recap of the NCAA prospects who were selected by the NWHL’s four teams, including the defending champions the Buffalo Beauts.

ROUND ONE

1. Katie Burt, G | Boston College – Boston Pride (pick acquired in Zoe Hickel trade)
2. Kennedy Marchment, F | St. Lawrence University – Buffalo Beauts
3. Taylar Cianfarano, F | Quinnipiac University – New York Riveters
4. Kenzie Kent, F | Boston College – Boston Pride

ROUND TWO

1. Sam Donovan, F | Brown – Connecticut Whale
2. Savannah Harmon, D | Clarkson University – Buffalo Beauts
3. Victoria Bach, F | Boston University- New York Riveters
4. Mallory Souliotis, D | Yale – Boston Pride

ROUND THREE

1. Eden Murray, F | Yale – Connecticut Whale
2. Brittany Howard, F | Robert Morris University – Buffalo Beauts
3. McKenna Brand, F | Northeastern – New York Riveters
4. Lexie Laing, F | Harvard – Boston Pride

ROUND FOUR

1. Denisa Krizova, F | Northeastern – Connecticut Whale
2. Annika Zalewski, F | Colgate – Buffalo Beauts
3. Toni Ann Miano, D | Boston College – New York Riveters
4. Lauren Kelly, D | Northeastern – Boston Pride

ROUND FIVE

1. Nina Rodgers, F | Boston University – Connecticut Whale
2. Amy Schlagel, D | University of New Hampshire – Buffalo Beauts
3. Rebecca Leslie, F | Boston University – New York Riveters
4. Julia Fedeski, D | University of New Hampshire – Boston Pride

Picks by Team:

BOSTON PRIDE

1. Katie Burt, G | Boston College
2. Kenzie Kent, F | Boston College
3. Mallory Souliotis, D | Yale
4. Lexie Laing, F | Harvard
5. Lauren Kelly, D | Northeastern
6. Julia Fedeski, D | University of New Hampshire

BUFFALO BEAUTS

1. Kennedy Marchment, F | St. Lawrence University
2. Savannah Harmon, D | Clarkson University
3. Brittany Howard, F | Robert Morris University
4. Annika Zalewski, F | Colgate
5. Amy Schlagel, D | University of New Hampshire

CONNECTICUT WHALE

1. Sam Donovan, F | Brown
2. Eden Murray, F | Yale
3. Denisa Krizova, F | Northeastern
4. Nina Rodgers, F | Boston University

NEW YORK RIVETERS

1. Taylar Cianfarano, F | Quinnipiac University
2. Victoria Bach, F | Boston University
3. McKenna Brand, F | Northeastern
4. Toni Ann Miano, D | Boston College
5. Rebecca Leslie, F | Boston University

Some of the 2017 NWHL draftees: including number one pick Katie Burt (photos by Michelle Jay, Al Saniuk and Pat McCarthy)

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