The 2015–16

New York Riveters The Metropolitan Riveters (originally the New York Riveters) are a professional women's ice hockey team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with home games at the American Dream Meadowlands ice rink. They were one of the four charter franchi ...

season was the first in franchise history and the National Women's Hockey League's inaugural season.

Offseason

Spring free agent camp

During May 2015, all four teams held player evaluation camps for free agents. The list of players that attended the Riveters evaluation camp on May 23 and 24 were split into Team Red and Team White. ;Team Red ;Team White

Regular season

News and notes

* Meghan Fardelmann scored the first hat trick in Riveters history in a December 27 match against the Buffalo Beauts. * On December 31, 2015, Fardelman was one of two Riveters players (including

Bray Ketchum Bray Ketchum (born March 18, 1989) is an American former ice hockey player and executive. She played for the Metropolitan Riveters of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) and the Boston Blades of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), winning ...

) that were loaned to the Boston Pride. The two donned the Pride jerseys for one day and participated in the 2015 Women's Winter Classic, the first outdoor professional women’s hockey game.

Standings

Game log

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Boston Pride The Boston Pride are a professional women's ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are one of the four charter franchises of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), formerly the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; 2015–2021). The ...

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Lundberg Lundberg is a surname of Danish language, Swedish origin. Lundberg means "wooded hill" or "mountain grove". Notable people with the surname include: A *Agneta Lundberg (born 1947), Swedish Social Democratic politician *Alfred Lundberg (1852–1935 ...

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Aviator Sports and Events Center Aviator Sports and Events Center is a sports and events center in Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York City. Operating as a concessionaire of National Park Service, Aviator has refurbished four historic aircraft hangars and surrounding ground ...

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Bright Hockey Center The Bright-Landry Hockey Center is a 3,095-seat ice-hockey arena in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is home to the Harvard University Crimson men's and women's ice hockey teams. It is named for Alec Bright ' ...

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Buffalo Beauts The Buffalo Beauts are a professional ice hockey team based in Amherst, New York, United States. The team was established in 2015 as one of the four founding franchises of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), originally named the National Women' ...

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HarborCenter LECOM Harborcenter is an American mixed-use development in Buffalo, New York developed by Pegula Sports and Entertainment. The building occupies a full 1.7 acre city block formerly known as the Webster Block, directly across from and connected ...

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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 Riveters. Stats reflect time with the Riveters only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Riveters only.

Roster

Updated January 31, 2016

Awards and honors

;NWHL Player of the Week * Nana Fujimoto – November 15, 2015 * Meghan Fardelmann – December 29, 2015 ; NWHL 1st All-Star Game selection *Morgan Fritz-Ward (Team Pfalzer – Fan Vote) * Nana Fujimoto (Team Pfalzer) *

Madison Packer Madison Packer (born June 25, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey forward, currently serving as captain of the Metropolitan Riveters of the Premier Hockey Federation. One of the longest tenured players in PHF history, she is the league' ...

(Team Knight – Fan Vote) *

Janine Weber Janine Weber (born 19 June 1991) is an Austrian professional ice hockey player and member of the Austrian national team, currently playing in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Connecticut Whale. She previously played with the Boston ...

(Team Knight)

Transactions

Trades

Signings

Draft

The following were the Riveters selections in the

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on June 20, 2015.

References

Games

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