2024 PWHL Draft


The 2024 PWHL Draft was the second annual draft in Professional Women's Hockey League history, and took place on June 10, 2024, at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Sarah Fillier was selected first overall by PWHL New York.

Eligibility

The declaration period for the draft opened on March 1, 2024, and closed on May 8. Undrafted players will become free agents; players must declare for the draft to reach free agency. Selected players may re-enter the draft if they are not signed to their draft club after two years. No player may declare for more than two drafts. Players ineligible to play in the 2024–25 season are not eligible to be selected.
On May 25, 2024, the PWHL released the full list of eligible players. In total, 167 eligible players declared for the draft, of which 93 were forwards, 48 were defensemen, and 26 were goaltenders.

Top prospects

Top skaters

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Top goaltenders

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Format

The six teams picked in each of seven rounds for a total of 42 selections. The top two selections in the draft were determined by the Gold Plan, where standings points accumulated by a team that can no longer make the playoffs count as draft order points, and the team with the most draft order points received the first overall selection. Picks three through six went to the four playoff teams, in reverse order of regular season standings. The draft order was the same in each subsequent round.
The draft order was as follows:
SelectionTeamDraft order pointsStandings points
1PWHL New York626
2PWHL Ottawa032
3PWHL Minnesota—35
4PWHL Boston—35
5PWHL Montreal—41
6PWHL Toronto—47

Teams were permitted trade their picks beginning at the conclusion of the playoffs.

Selections by round

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round five

Round six

Round seven

Draftees based on nationality