2016–17 Boston Pride season

2016–17 Boston Pride
League1st NWHL
2016–17 record16–1–0
Goals for73
Goals against29
Team information
General managerHayley Moore
CoachBobby Jay
Assistant coachDave Jensen, Lauren McAuliffe
ArenaWarrior Ice Arena

The 2016–17 Boston Pride season was the second in franchise history.

Offseason

During the offseason the Pride moved the Warrior Ice Arena which is also the home to the Boston Bruins from the Bright-Landry Hockey Center where they won the 2016 Isobel Championship.[1] Newly acquired Alex Carpenter signed with the Boston Pride for a one-year, $19,500 contract, making her the highest paid player of the 2015 NWHL Draft class.[2]

Regular season

Game log

2016–17 Regular Season game log: 16–1–0, 32 points (Home: 9–0–0; Road: 7–1–0)[3]
# Date Time Visitor Score Home Location Record Points
1 Oct 7 7:30 PM Boston Pride 4–1 Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 1–0–0 2
2 Oct 8 7:30 PM New York Riveters 3–6 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 2–0–0 4
3 Oct 15 6:30 PM Buffalo Beauts 1–2 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 3–0–0 6
4 Oct 22 6:30 PM New York Riveters 1–5 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 4–0–0 8
5 Nov 12 6:30 PM Connecticut Whale 0–3 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 5–0–0 10
6 Nov 20 3:30 PM Boston Pride 5–0 Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 6–0–0 12
7 Dec 3 7:30 PM Connecticut Whale 2–5 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 7–0–0 14
8 Dec 4 4:00 PM Boston Pride 3–2 (SO) New York Riveters Prudential Center Practice Facility 8–0–0 16
9 Jan 15 3:30 PM Boston Pride 4–0 Connecticut Whale Northford Ice Pavilion 9–0–0 18
10 Jan 21 6:00 PM Boston Pride 2–1 New York Riveters Prudential Center Practice Facility 10–0–0 20
11 Jan 27 7:30 PM Boston Pride 8–4 Connecticut Whale Northford Ice Pavilion 11–0–0 22
12 Feb 4 7:30 PM Connecticut Whale 2–5 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 12–0–0 24
13 Feb 18 6:30 PM Buffalo Beauts 1–3 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 13–0–0 26
14 Feb 24 7:30 PM Boston Pride 5–4 Connecticut Whale Northford Ice Pavilion 14–0–0 28
15 Mar 4 6:30 PM New York Riveters 3–4 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 15–0–0 30
16 Mar 5 5:30 PM Buffalo Beauts 1–7 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 16–0–0 32
17 Mar 12 4:00 PM Boston Pride 2–3 New York Riveters Prudential Center Practice Facility 16–1–0 32

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2016–17 Playoff game log (Record: 1–1–0)[3]
# Date Time Visitor Score Home Location
1 Mar 16 7:30 PM Connecticut Whale 2–8 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena[4]
2 Mar 19 6:00 PM Buffalo Beauts 3–2 Boston Pride Tsongas Arena[5]

  Win   Loss

Roster

Updated July 18, 2016[6][7]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
22 United States Kacey Bellamy D L 29 2015 Westfield, Massachusetts
5 United States Lexi Bender D R 23 2015 Snohomish, Washington
10 United States Blake Bolden D R 26 2015 Euclid, Ohio
25 United States Alex Carpenter F L 22 2016 North Reading, Massachusetts
14 United States Brianna Decker (C) C R 25 2015 Dousman, Wisconsin
3 United States Jillian Dempsey F L 26 2015 Winthrop, Massachusetts
10 United States Meghan Duggan F R 29 2016 Danvers, Massachusetts
15 United States Emily Field F L 23 2015 Littleton, Massachusetts
2 United States Alyssa Gagliardi D L 24 2015 Raleigh, North Carolina
44 United States Zoe Hickel RW R 24 2015 Anchorage, Alaska
21 United States Hilary Knight (C) RW R 27 2015 Palo Alto, California
91 United States Rachel Llanes F R 25 2015 San Jose, California
19 United States Gigi Marvin D R 30 2015 Warroad, Minnesota
29 United States Brittany Ott G L 26 2015 St. Clair Shores, Michigan
16 United States Amanda Pelkey RW R 23 2015 Montpelier, Vermont
30 United States Lauren Slebodnick G L 24 2015 Manchester, New Hampshire
11 United States Jordan Smelker F L 24 2015 Anchorage, Alaska

Transactions

Trades

April 28, 2016 (2016-04-28)[8] To New York Riveters

Miye D'Oench

To Boston Pride

Alex Carpenter

Free agents

Player Acquired from Date Contract terms
Lexi Bender[9] Boston College May 2, 2016 1 year/$10,000

Signings

Player Date Contract terms
Jordan Smelker[10] April 20, 2016 1 year/$14,000
Jillian Dempsey[11] April 26, 2016 1 year/$13,000
Alyssa Gagliardi[12] April 27, 2016 1 year/$14,000
Lexi Bender[13] May 2, 2016 1 year/$10,000
Blake Bolden[14] May 23, 2016 1 year/$14,000
Brittany Ott[15] May 31, 2016 1 year/$18,000
Lauren Slebodnick[16] July 19, 2016 1 year/$10,000
Emily Field[17] July 29, 2016 1 year/$11,000
Rachel Llanes[17] July 29, 2016 1 year/$12,000
Zoe Hickel[18] July 31, 2016 1 year/$16,000
Gigi Marvin[18] July 31, 2016 1 year/$20,000
Amanda Pelkey[18] July 31, 2016 1 year/$17,000
Hilary Knight[19] July 31, 2016 1 year/$20,000
Brianna Decker[20] July 31, 2016 1 year/$20,000
Meghan Duggan[20] July 31, 2016 1 year/$20,000
Kacey Bellamy[20] July 31, 2016 1 year/$20,000
Alex Carpenter[21] July 31, 2016 1 year/$19,000

Draft

Main article: 2016 NWHL Draft

The following were the Pride selections in the 2016 NWHL Draft on June 18, 2016.

# Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
4 Ann Renee Desbiens G  Canada University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
8 Sarah Nurse F  Canada University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
12 Ashley Brykaliuk F  Canada University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
16 Halli Krzyzaniak D  Canada University of North Dakota (ECAC)
20 Lara Stalder F  Switzerland University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)

References

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  9. ^ "Pride add third round pick Lexi Bender". NWHL. May 2, 2016. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  10. ^ "Smelker first to re-sign with Boston Pride". NWHL. April 20, 2016. Archived from the original on November 5, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  11. ^ "Jillian Dempsey re-signs with Boston Pride". NWHL. April 26, 2016. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  12. ^ "Defenseman Gagliardi Re-Signs With Boston Pride". NWHL. April 27, 2016. Archived from the original on November 6, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
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  14. ^ "Bolden Returns to Pride For Second Season". NWHL. May 23, 2016.
  15. ^ "'Best Goaltender' Ott Returns to Pride". NWHL. May 31, 2016.
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  19. ^ "Hilary Knight, Olympic Silver Medalist, Joins Boston". NWHL. July 31, 2016. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
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  21. ^ "Alex Carpenter, 2015 NWHL Draft #1 Pick, Joins Boston". NWHL. July 31, 2016.[permanent dead link‍]