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DETROIT (AP) — Established veterans Hilary Knight and Marie-Philip Poulin helped deliver the Professional Women’s Hockey League a major post-Olympic boost coming out of the Milan Cortina Games in February.
On Wednesday, it was the youngsters’ turn to take the spotlight at the draft.
In being selected first overall by the Vancouver Goldeneyes, U.S. national team and Wisconsin defender Caroline Harvey kicked off a parade of 11 Olympians — five of them Americans — taking downtown Detroit’s Fox Theater stage over the first two rounds of the six-round event.
The draft class was regarded as the league’s deepest and most talented, and represented a reason behind the PWHL adding four new markets, growing to 12 teams entering its fourth season. And it’s a reason why Harvey experienced nerves before finally hearing her name called.
“There’s always this, you have no idea until you officially hear it,” said Harvey, who kicked off the day being named the International Ice Hockey Federation’s female player of the year.
“This draft class is just so deep and so many phenomenal players. Anyone cou...
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