The inaugural draft for the National Women's Hockey League, a new women's hockey league that is set to begin play in October of 2015 took place last Saturday. The four teams in the league each made five selections of US college players who will be entering their senior season in the fall. Of the twenty total selections made on Saturday, four were Gopher Women's Hockey Players.
The Four teams that will begin play in the NWHL are the New York Riveters, Connecticut Whale, Boston Pride, and Buffalo Beauts. The plans are to expand to more teams in the future.