New York is a professional ice hockey team based in the New York metropolitan area. They are one of the six charter franchises of the

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(PWHL).

History

The PWHL revealed that one of its first six franchises would be located in the New York metropolitan area on August 29, 2023. The league announced on September 1 that

Pascal Daoust Pascal Daoust is a Canadian ice hockey executive, the first and current General manager (sports), general manager of PWHL New York, New York of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). Career Daoust received a bachelor's degree in physica ...

, the former general manager for the QMJHL's Val-d'Or Foreurs, would be the team's inaugural general manager. On September 15,

Howie Draper Howie Draper (born April 3, 1967) is a Canadian ice hockey coach for the University of Alberta. He is the winningest head coach in U Sports women's ice hockey history and was the inaugural head coach of PWHL New York. Career Prior to his coa ...

was named as the team's first head coach, taking a leave of absence from his position as head coach of the University of Alberta program to do so. Each PWHL team was permitted three signings during the free agency period ahead of the

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. On September 8, the team announced the signing of its first three players,

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members

Alex Carpenter Alexandra "Alex" Carpenter (born April 13, 1994) is an American ice hockey player and member of the United States women's national team. She most recently played in the 2020–21 season of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with the KRS Vanke R ...

and

Abby Roque Abby Roque (born September 25, 1997) is an American ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Minnesota section of the PWHPA. She is the first indigenous person to play for the U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team, making her Olympic debut in ...

, and Canadian national team member

Micah Zandee-Hart Micah Arielle Zandee-Hart (born January 13, 1997) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. On November 23, 2016, she was named to the Canada women's national ice hockey team roster that competed against the United States in a pair of contests on ...

. The draft was held on September 18. New York's first selection, at fourth overall, was Canadian

Ella Shelton Ella Shelton (born January 19, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for PWHL New York of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), and member of Canada women's national ice hockey team. She was drafted f ...

. In November 2023, it was revealed that New York's colors would be turquoise, navy blue, and white. On November 28, the team announced that it would play its home games at Total Mortgage Arena, also home to the

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of the American Hockey League. On November 30, the team announced it would play 4 games at UBS Arena, home of the

New York Islanders The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference ( ...

of the National Hockey League. On December 21, the team announced that Zandee-Hart would be its first captain, and that Carpenter and Shelton would be serve as alternate captains. In the team and the league's first ever game, a 4–0 victory over PWHL Toronto on New Year's Day 2024, Shelton scored the first goal in league history, and

Corinne Schroeder Corinne Schroeder (born August 17, 1999) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender, currently playing in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) with PWHL New York. Playing career In the 2013–14 season, Schroeder played with the Pembina Vall ...

recorded the league's first shutout. The team hosted its first home game on January 5, losing a rematch to Toronto by a score of 3–2.

Team

Current roster

Reserves

Draft history

Held on September 18, 2023, the inaugural PWHL draft used a "snake draft" format, where the selection order reversed each round. New York held the 4th pick in the first round.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:PWHL New York PWHL New York Ice hockey clubs established in 2023 Professional Women's Hockey League teams Women's ice hockey teams in the United States 2023 establishments in New York (state) Professional ice hockey teams in New York (state) Ice hockey teams in Connecticut Ice hockey in Bridgeport, Connecticut Women's sports in Connecticut