After having passed their overall choice n ° 1 in the draft of the PWHL on the Colgate striker Kristyna Kaltounkova, the Sirens of New York exchanged to acquire the choice n ° 3 and selected the center of the Wisconsin Casey O’Brien on Tuesday.
With the list of SIRENS exhausted by the expansion project, the managing director Pascal Daoust concluded an agreement with the Toronto Scepters to strengthen the offensive with outside competition scorers. In the exchange, Daoust sent the best defender Ella Shelton to Toronto for his first and fourth round choices (n ° 27).
The sirens lost two of their three best scorers, Alex Carpenter and Jessie Eldridge, as well as the goalkeeper leaving Corinne Schroeder in Seattle in the expansion project and the signature process earlier in June. New York scored 71 goals in the league, with Carpenter and Eldridge combining for 20.
The sirens also organized the n ° 1 choice in last year’s draft, advancing Sarah Filler, who equaled the head of the PWHL points last season with 29.
Originally from the Czech Republic, Kaltounkova is the first player born in Europe to do the n ° 1 in the draft of the PWHL. She is well familiar with the Sirens coach, Greg Fargo, who was her coach in Colgate, where she was the top scorer of all time in the school (111) and the second of all time in points (223).
“Looking at who is on the list, I’m really excited to start,” Kaltounkova said. “I am happy to jump and help as much as possible and have an impact immediately.”
O’Brien led the country with 88 points (26 goals, 62 assists), won the Patty Kazmaier Prize and helped badgers in a national championship.
With choice n ° 2, Boston’s fleet chose Haley Winn, who saw his compatriot of Clarkson, Nicole Gosling, going to Montreal’s victory with selection n ° 4.
Selections No. 5 and 6 were also defenders, while the accusation of Ottawa tabored Rory Guilday de Cornell and Minnesota Frost drafted Kendall Cooper from Quinnipiac.
To complete the first round of the six -round draft, Vancouver advanced Michelle Karvinen from Frolunda HC in Sweden at n ° 7, followed by the selection of the Ohio de l’Ohio striker, Jenna Buglioni at n ° 8.
– field level media