The 2015–16 Connecticut Whale season was the first in franchise history and the

Premier Hockey Federation The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), formerly the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), is a women's professional ice hockey league located in the United States and Canada. The league was established in 2015 with four league-owned teams and ha ...

's inaugural season.

Offseason

* On July 1, the Whale signed former BU Terriers blueliner and

2015 Clarkson Cup The 2015 Clarkson Cup was a women's ice hockey tournament that was contested in Markham, Ontario to determine the champion of the Canadian Women's Hockey League from March 4 to March 7, 2014. The Boston Blades defeated the Montreal Stars by a 3-2 ta ...

champion Kaleigh Fratkin to a contract, making her the first Canadian to sign an NWHL contract.

Regular season

Standings

Game log

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Playoffs

Game log

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Statistics

Final

Skaters

Goaltenders

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Whale. Stats reflect time with the Whale only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Whale only.

Roster

Updated February 20, 2016

Awards and honors

;NWHL Player of the Week *

Kelli Stack Kelli Allison Stack (born January 13, 1988) is an American former ice hockey forward, who played for Kunlun Red Star in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. Stack competed for ...

– October 11, 2015 *

Shiann Darkangelo Shiann Darkangelo (born November 28, 1993) is an American ice hockey player who currently plays with the Toronto Six of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). She has played at the international level with Team USA and won gold at the 2016 IIHF Wo ...

– December 15, 2015 *

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- Jan 10, 2016 *

Molly Engstrom Molly Marie Engstrom (born March 1, 1983) is an American retired ice hockey player and the cuurent head coach of the Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey program in the Hockey East (HEA) conference of the NCAA Division I. During her playing care ...

- Feb 7, 2016 *

Shenae Lundberg Shenae Grimes-Beech (; born October 24, 1989), previously credited as Shenae Grimes, is a Canadian actress. She portrayed Annie Wilson on The CW series '' 90210'', a spin-off of Fox's '' Beverly Hills, 90210''. Prior to that, she had a recurring ...

- Feb 28, 2016 ; NWHL 1st All-Star Game selection * Jordan Brickner (Team Knight) *

(Team Pfalzer) *

Kaleigh Fratkin Kaleigh Fratkin (born March 24, 1992) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player with the Boston Pride of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). The third-longest tenured player and leading scorer among defenders in PHF history, she was the first Cana ...

(Team Knight) * Jaimie Leonoff (Team Knight) *

(Team Knight)

Transactions

Trades

Signings

Other

Draft

The following were the Whale’s selections in the

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on June 20, 2015.

References

Games

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