Seattle's first-ever draft pick was forward Jenna Buglioni of Ohio State while Vancouver’s was Finnish star Michelle Karvinen, an alum of the now defunct North Dakota women’s program, who already has plenty of familiarity and ties to Head Coach Brian Idalski. 

In some of the top news of the night, Colgate fifth-year forward Kristyna Kaltounkova of Vlasim, Czechia, went first overall to the New York Sirens. She was a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier award in 2024-25 after posting 26 goals and 22 assists through 37 games for the Raiders. She has also been very impressive for Team Czechia on the international stage, most recently at the IIHF Women’s World Championship where she was named to the All-Star Team in 2025. 

The Minnesota Frost made six selections in the draft but interestingly enough selected no players from the state of Minnesota and none from the WCHA. The Frost drafted Kendall Cooper, a defender out of Quinnipiac University, with its first-round pick, followed by Abby Hustler (St. Lawrence), Anna Segedi (St. Lawrence), Ava Rinker (UConn), Vanessa Upson (Mercyhurst) and Brooke Becker (Providence) in each of the following rounds. 

Six Minnesota natives were taken overall in the draft. This included Minnetonka High School graduate Rory Guilday at fifth-overall to the Ottawa Charge after an impressive NCAA career at Cornell. The Charge also selected 2021 Ms. Hockey award winner Peyton Hemp (Minnesota) in the fourth round. Seattle took two Minnesotans throughout the night in Cornell’s Lily Delianedis (Blake) and UConn’s leading goal scorer Jada Habisch (Buffalo). Another former Ms. Hockey winner was present in the draft as well as the Boston Fleet selected St. Louis Park native and Breck graduate Olivia Mobley (Minnesota Duluth) at 18th overall. Mobley’s UMD teammate Hannah Baskin (Minnetonka) was then subsequently selected by the Toronto Sceptres at 43rd overall. 

Only five of the 48 athletes did not play in the NCAA in 2024-25. Four came from professional leagues overseas (two from the SDHL in Sweden and two from Russia) while the final selection of the draft was Vancouver choosing Chanreet Bassi of the University of British Columbia (USports). Bassi would become the first skater of South Asian descent to be drafted into the PWHL. 

Out of all the athletes drafted on Tuesday night, the most skaters came from the province of Ontario - with eight claiming the region as their home. Michigan had the second-highest number of athletes selected with seven and Minnesota was third with six. In addition to those statistics, eight total U.S. states were represented on stage at the event alongside six Canadian provinces and four other international countries. (Czechia, Sweden, Finland, and Russia). 30 of the 48 total draftees are forwards, 13 are defenders, and five are goaltenders.

A few trades happened throughout the night as well and star athletes like defender Ella Shelton were dealt. Without getting into too many of the trade details - Shelton will now suit up for the Toronto Sceptres instead of the New York Sirens in 2025-26, while other players will also be donning new colors like netminder Kristin Campbell (Toronto -> Vancouver), and forwards Abby Roque (New York -> Montreal) and Kristin O’Neill (Montreal -> New York).

11 total athletes from Minnesota schools were drafted, including three from St. Cloud State, three from Minnesota and five from Minnesota Duluth. Bemidji State, St. Thomas and Minnesota State did not have any skaters selected. 

View the full results of the draft below.