2013 CWHL Draft

2013 CWHL Draft August, 2013 Jessica Wong 2012 2014 The 2013 CWHL Draft was held in August 2013. Jessica Wong became the first visible minority selected with the first pick overall. Wong was also part of another unique piece of draft history. Her teammate from the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, Katie Wilson, was picked second overall. It marked the first time that two NCAA teammates were selected first and second overall. In addition, Blake Bolden became the first ever African American picked in the first round of said draft. Georgia Moore, a member of the Australian national women's team became the first Australian born player selected in the draft. Along with Julie Paetsch, both had experience competing in women's tackle football in the Western Women's Canadian Football League. Moore spent one season with the Okotoks Lady Outlaws, while Paetsch enjoyed multiple seasons with the Saskatoon Valkyries. It marked the first time that two WWCFL players were selected in the CWHL Draft. Of note, Delayne Brian was the first goaltender selected in the draft. Top 25 picks # Player Position Team College 1 Jessica Wonghttp://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/u18-alums-highlight-cwhl-draft-picks Four first-round picks lead U18 Nationals alumnae selected in CWHL Draft Forward Calgary Inferno Minnesota-Duluth 2 Katie Wilson Forward Toronto Furies Minnesota-Duluth 3 Jess Jones Forward Brampton Thunder Mercyhurst 4 Lauriane Rougeau Defense Montreal Stars Cornell 5 Blake Bolden Defense Boston Blades Boston College 6 Delayne Brian Goaltender Calgary Wayne StateRobert Morris 7 Holly Carrie-Mattimoe Forward Toronto Syracuse 8 Danielle Skirrow Forward Brampton Clarkson 9 Catherine Herron Goaltender Montreal Montreal Carabins 10 Jillian Dempsey Forward Boston Harvard 11 Peggy Wakeham Defense Calgary Vermont 12 Sasha Nanji Defense Toronto Dartmouth 13 Danielle Boudreau Defense Brampton Clarkson 14 Camille Dumais Forward Montreal Dartmouth 15 Casey Pickett Forward Boston Northeastern 16 Danielle Stone Forward Calgary Saskatchewan 17 Jessica Vella Forward Toronto Providence 18 Becky Conroy Forward Brampton Queen's Golden Gaels 19 Casandra Dupuis Forward Montreal Montreal Carabins 20 Jill Cardella Boston Boston University 21 Reagan Fischer Forward Calgary Dartmouth 22 Alyssa Baldin Forward Toronto Windsor Lancers 23 Kelly Hart Brampton 24 Emilie Bocchia Forward Montreal Concordia 25 Brittany Ott Goaltender Boston Maine Draft picks by team = Indicates IIHF Div. 1 Competitor = Indicates former NCAA player = Indicates former CIS player Calgary Round # Player Nationality College1 1 Jessica Wong Minnesota-Duluth 2 6 Delayne Brian Robert Morris3 11 Peggy Wakeham Vermont4 16 Danielle Stone Saskatchewan5 21 Reagan Fischer Dartmouth6 26 Jessica O'Grady Carleton7 31 Taryn Peacock 8 36 Tegan Schroeder 9 41 Jacquie Pierri Brown10 46 Julie Paetsch Saskatchewan11 51 Alannah Jensen Mount Royal12 56 Rhianna Kurio Union13 61 Georgia Moore Strathmore (WWHL)14 63 Carling Wright Boston Round # Player Nationality College1 5 Blake Bolden Boston College 2 10 Jillian Dempsey Harvard 3 15 Casey Pickett Northeastern4 20 Jill Cardella Boston University5 25 Brittany Ott Maine6 30 Rachel Llanes Northeastern7 35 Kelly Cooke 8 40 Kiira Dosdall Colgate9 45 Alissa Fromkin Boston University10 50 Maggie Taverna 11 55 Dru Burns Boston College12 60 Ashley Cottrell 13 62 Christie Jensen 14 64 Shannon Mahoney Boston University15 65 Emma Rambo 16 66 Becca Koppel 17 67 Ding Xiaolin Chinese national women's team18 68 Zoe Zisis Brampton Round # Player Nationality College1 3 Jess Jones Mercyhurst Lakers2 8 Danielle Skirrow Clarkson3 13 Danielle Boudreau Clarkson4 18 Becky Conroy 5 23 Kelly Hart 8 28 Ashley Pendleton Mercyhurst9 43 Sonja van der Bliek RPI10 48 Sarah Stephens Barrie (PWHL)11 53 Jamie Miller Quinnipiac Montreal Round # Player Nationality College1 4 Lauriane Rougeau Cornell2 9 Catherine Herron Montreal Carabins3 14 Camille Dumais Dartmouth4 19 Casandra Dupuis Montreal Carabins5 24 Emilie Bocchia Concordia6 29 Meghan Corley-Byrne Mount Allison7 34 Fannie Desforges Ottawa8 39 Nathalie Dery 9 44 Laurie Proulx-Duperré Concordia10 49 Melanie Fournier Dawson College (CEGEP)11 54 Jessica Caputo Toronto Round # Player Nationality College1 2 Katie Wilson Minnesota-Duluth 2 7 Holly Carrie-Mattimoe Syracuse 3 12 Sasha Nanji Dartmouth4 17 Jessica Vella Providence5 22 Alyssa Baldin Windsor9 42 Maggie Giamo SUNY Cortland10 47 Lauren Sullivan Elmira11 52 Kristy Garrow St. Francis Xavier References 2013 CWHL Draft Draft