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Riveters Trade Rights to Skarupa to the Whale for Harvard Defender Picard

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The Riveters move the rights to Skarupa to acquire one of the nation's best defenders.

The silence that has dominated most of the NWHL's offseason has been broken today with the second trade in league history and, once again, the New York Riveters were involved.

In the first trade of the 2016-17 season, we've acquired the rights of defenseman Michelle Picard (@HarvardWHockey)! https://t.co/D3RlbEHGCX

— New York Riveters (@NYRiveters) April 26, 2016

Michelle Picard is a US Olympian turning 23 in May. 53 points in 128 games for @HarvardWHockey.