Minnesota picks Taylor Heise 1st in the inaugural Professional Women’s Hockey League draft
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Minnesota picks Taylor Heise 1st in the inaugural Professional Women’s Hockey League draft

Associated Press  

If Minnesota regards itself as the State of Hockey, the Twin Cities’ Professional Women’s Hockey League franchise will feature plenty of homegrown players, including Taylor Heise. “I’m just honored that I’m going to be able to play and to show little girls that anything is possible if you keep working hard.” Heise heard her named called by tennis legend Billie Jean King, a member of the league’s board of directors in opening the PWHL’s 15-round draft held in Toronto. Heise joins a franchise whose general manager, former U.S. national team player Natalie Darwitz, is from Minnesota, and who had already signed fellow Minnesotans Kelly Pannek and Lee Stecklein in the pre-draft free agency period. The two join a roster that already features established U.S. national team players Hilary Knight, Megan Keller and Aerin Frankel, who were Boston’s three pre-draft free agent signings.

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New York selects Princeton, Canadian national team forward Sarah Fillier with 1st pick in PWHL draft
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New York selects Princeton, Canadian national team forward Sarah Fillier with 1st pick in PWHL draft

Associated Press  

Putting numerous women’s hockey accolades and a degree in psychiatry at Princeton behind her, Sarah Fillier is fully focused on her next career challenge: Being a difference-maker on a PWHL team in New York that struggled both on and off the ice. 1 pick to select the 24-year-old Canadian national team forward — and dubbed “a generational talent” by league …

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