2015–16 Connecticut Whale (NWHL) season

The 2015-16 Connecticut Whale (NWHL) season will be the first in franchise history. The club is scheduled to participate in the National Women's Hockey League (2015) inaugural season.

Offseason

On July 1, the Whale signed former BU Terriers blueliner and 2015 Clarkson Cup champion Kaleigh Fratkin to a contract, making her the first Canadian to sign an NWHL contract.

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	W%	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Boston Pride	18	14	3	1	0.806	75	39	+36	29
2	Connecticut Whale	18	13	5	0	0.722	61	51	+10	26
3	Buffalo Beauts	18	5	9	4	0.389	56	66	−10	14
4	New York Riveters	18	4	12	2	0.278	40	76	−36	10

Source: NWHL
y – Clinched division.

Game log

2015–16 Schedule^[1]

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

Playoffs

Game log

2016 Isobel Cup Playoffs

Semifinals vs. Buffalo Beauts; Buffalo Beauts won series 2–0

#	Date	Time	Visitor	Score	Home	Location	Record
1	Mar 4	7:10 PM	Buffalo Beauts	0–3	Connecticut Whale	Chelsea Piers	1–0
2	Mar 5	7:30 PM	Buffalo Beauts	4–1	Connecticut Whale	Chelsea Piers	1–1
3	Mar 6	6:00 PM	Buffalo Beauts	4–3	Connecticut Whale	Chelsea Piers	1–2

Legend: = Win = Loss

Statistics

Final

Skaters

Regular Season^[2]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Stack, KelliKelli Stack	17	8	14	22	24
Babstock, KellyKelly Babstock	18	9	13	22	24
Fratkin, KaleighKaleigh Fratkin	18	5	12	17	40
Darkangelo, ShiannShiann Darkangelo	13	10	3	13	0
Brickner, JordanJordan Brickner	18	0	12	12	2
Ward, DanielleDanielle Ward	18	5	5	10	24
Long, MicaelaMicaela Long	17	3	7	10	27
Smolentseva, YekaterinaYekaterina Smolentseva	14	3	5	8	2
Wohlfeiler, AlyssaAlyssa Wohlfeiler	18	3	4	7	20
Koizumi, JessicaJessica Koizumi	15	2	5	7	8
Faber, SamSam Faber	13	3	3	6	14
Dougherty, BrittanyBrittany Dougherty	17	1	4	5	14
Buesser, KateKate Buesser	12	3	2	5	2
Engstrom, MollyMolly Engstrom	15	3	2	5	21
Doyle, ShannonShannon Doyle	18	2	3	5	12
Berman, LindsayLindsay Berman	4	0	1	1	0
Tomimoto, TaraTara Tomimoto	13	1	0	1	6
Battaglino, AnyaAnya Battaglino	8	0	0	0	6
Pashkevitch, KatiaKatia Pashkevitch	1	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[3]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Babstock, KellyKelly Babstock	3	4	0	4	2
Buesser, KateKate Buesser	3	0	2	2	2
Stack, KelliKelli Stack	3	2	0	2	2
Long, MicaelaMicaela Long	3	0	2	2	2
Faber, SamSam Faber	3	1	1	2	2
Darkangelo, ShiannShiann Darkangelo	3	0	2	2	0
Ward, DanielleDanielle Ward	3	0	1	1	4
Koizumi, JessicaJessica Koizumi	3	0	1	1	0
Engstrom, MollyMolly Engstrom	3	0	1	1	2
Doyle, ShannonShannon Doyle	3	0	1	1	2
Wohlfeiler, AlyssaAlyssa Wohlfeiler	1	0	0	0	2
Battaglino, AnyaAnya Battaglino	1	0	0	0	2
Dougherty, BrittanyBrittany Dougherty	3	0	0	0	0
Brickner, JordanJordan Brickner	3	0	0	0	0
Fratkin, KaleighKaleigh Fratkin	3	0	0	0	6
Tomimoto, TaraTara Tomimoto	1	0	0	0	0
Smolentseva, YekaterinaYekaterina Smolentseva	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[2]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%
Leonoff, JaimieJaimie Leonoff	10	567:15	7	3	28	2.96	438	0.936
Stock, NicoleNicole Stock	6	343:07	4	2	15	2.62	211	0.923
Laden, ChelseaChelsea Laden^‡	1	60:00	1	0	2	2.00	32	0.938
Lundberg, ShenaeShenae Lundberg^†	2	122:08	1	0	0	1.97	50	0.920

Playoffs^[3]
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
Leonoff, JaimieJaimie Leonoff	2	118:56	1	1	0	3	1.51	57	0.947	1	0
Stock, NicoleNicole Stock	1	60:00	0	1	0	4	4.00	28	0.846	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Whale. Stats reflect time with the Whale only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Whale only.

Roster

Updated June 7, 2016^[4]^[5]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
8	CAN !	Babstock, KellyKelly Babstock	3.0 !F	L	24	2015	Mississauga, Ontario
10	USA !	Berman, LindsayLindsay Berman	2.0 !D	L	28	2015	Odenton, Maryland
26	USA !	Brickner, JordanJordan Brickner	2.0 !D	L	26	2015	Lake Forest, Illinois
19	USA !	Dougherty, BrittanyBrittany Dougherty	3.0 !F	L	25	2015	Chesterfield, Michigan
6	CAN !	Doyle, ShannonShannon Doyle	2.0 !D	R	24	2015	Baldwin, Ontario
9	USA !	Engstrom, MollyMolly Engstrom	2.0 !D	R	33	2015	Siren, Wisconsin
28	USA !	Faber, SamSam Faber	3.0 !F	R	29	2015	Mount Sinai, New York
56	USA !	Koizumi, JessicaJessica Koizumi (C)	3.0 !F	L	31	2015	Honolulu, Hawaii
78	USA !	Laden, ChelseaChelsea Laden	1.0 !G	L	26	2015	Lakeville, Minnesota
16	USA !	Long, MicaelaMicaela Long	3.0 !F	L		2015	South Boston, Massachusetts
17	RUS !	Smolentseva, YekaterinaYekaterina Smolentseva	3.0 !F	L	35	2015	Yekaterinburg, Russia
61	USA !	Stack, KelliKelli Stack	3.0 !F	R	28	2015	Brooklyn Heights, Ohio
24	USA !	Stock, NicoleNicole Stock	1.0 !G	R		2015	Buffalo Grove, Illinois
22	USA !	Ward, DanielleDanielle Ward	3.0 !F	R	27	2015	Lansing, Michigan
88	USA !	Wohlfeiler, AlyssaAlyssa Wohlfeiler	3.0 !F	R	27	2015	Saugus, California

Awards and honors

NWHL Player of the Week

Kelli Stack – October 11, 2015
Shiann Darkangelo – December 15, 2015
Danielle Ward - Jan 10, 2016
Molly Engstrom - Feb 7, 2016
Shenae Lundberg - Feb 28, 2016

NWHL 1st All-Star Game selection

Jordan Brickner (Team Knight)
Shiann Darkangelo (Team Pfalzer)
Kaleigh Fratkin (Team Knight)
Jaimie Leonoff (Team Knight)
Kelli Stack (Team Knight)

Transactions

Trades

January 27, 2016 (2016-01-27)^[6]	To New York Riveters Chelsea Laden	To Connecticut Whale Shenae Lundberg

Signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Shiann Darkangelo^[7]	June 25, 2015	$17,000
Sam Faber^[7]	June 25, 2015	$13,500
Chelsea Laden^[7]	June 25, 2015	$14,000
Kaleigh Fratkin^[8]	July 1, 2015	$20,000
Jessica Koizumi^[9]	July 9, 2015	$20,500
Danielle Ward^[9]	July 9, 2015	$10,000
Micaela Long^[10]	July 17, 2015	$10,000
Nicole Stock^[10]	July 17, 2015	$10,000
Jaimie Leonoff^[11]	July 26, 2015	$10,000
Kelly Babstock^[12]	August 4, 2015	$18,000
Brittney Dougherty^[13]	August 13, 2015	$10,000
Shannon Doyle^[13]	August 13, 2015	$15,000
Yekaterina Smolentseva^[14]	August 15, 2015	$22,000
Molly Engstrom^[15]	August 18, 2015	$12,000
Lindsay Berman^[16]	September 24, 2015	$15,000
Jordan Brickner^[16]	September 24, 2015	$10,000
Alyssa Wohlfeiler^[16]	September 24, 2015	$10,000
Kelli Stack^[17]	September 24, 2015	$25,000

Other

Name	Date	Details
Harry Rosenholtz^[18]	December 24, 2015	Resigned as General Manager
George Speirs^[18]	December 24, 2015	Named as interim General Manager
Jake Mastel^[19]	January 29, 2016	Resigned as Head Coach
Heather Linstad^[19]	January 29, 2016	Named as Head Coach
Lisa Giovanelli^[19]	January 29, 2016	Named as Assistant Coach

Draft

Main article: 2015 NWHL Draft

The following were the Whale’s selections in the 2015 NWHL Draft on June 20, 2015.^[20]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	2	Hannah Brandt	F	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
2	6	Michelle Picard	D	United States	Harvard University (ECAC)
3	10	Milica McMillen	D	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
4	14	Maryanne Menefee	F	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
5	18	Cassandra Poudrier	D	Canada	Cornell University (ECAC)

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1 2 "Whale Add Koizumi And Ward Ahead Of Inaugural Season". NWHL. July 9, 2015.
1 2 "NCAA Veterans Stock and Long Sign with Connecticut". NWHL. July 17, 2015.
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↑ "Prolific Forward Babstock Signs With Connecticut". NWHL. August 4, 2015.
1 2 "Doyle and Dougherty Sign With Connecticut". NWHL. August 13, 2015.
↑ "Legendary Olympian Smolentseva Joins the Whale". NWHL. August 15, 2015.
↑ "Two-Time Olympian Engstrom Agrees to Play in Connecticut". NWHL. August 18, 2015.
1 2 3 "Berman, Brickner, Kidd, Wohlfeiler Join NWHL". NWHL. September 24, 2015.
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1 2 "Whale GM Resigns" (PDF). NWHL. December 24, 2015.
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↑ "Draft Live | NWHL". NWHL.

National Women's Hockey League (2015)

Teams	Boston Pride Buffalo Beauts Connecticut Whale New York Riveters

Drafts	2015 2016

Transactions	2016 2017

Seasons	2015-16 2016-17

All Star Game	1st NWHL All-Star Game (2016)

Isobel Cup Champions	Boston Pride (2016)

Outdoor Classic	2016 Outdoor Women's Classic

2015–16 NWHL season

Boston Pride Buffalo Beauts Connecticut Whale New York Riveters

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