The PWHL and the Montreal team have announced training camp details, with everything getting underway on November 15.
Thirty-two players, including 19 forwards, eight defenders, and five goaltenders will be attending camp for the Montreal team.
Some of the names invited are very familiar to Montreal women’s hockey fans. Mélodie Daoust, Catherine Dubois, Sarah Lefort, Brooke Stacey, Catherine Daoust, Brigitte Laganière, and Marie-Soleil Deschênes have all played professional hockey for one or two professional teams in Montreal.
Sarah Bujold, Hanna Bunton, Leah Lum, Alexandra Poznikoff, Marlène Boissonnault, and Blanka Skodova have all played professionally. The only true rookie invite out of college is defender Mariah Keopple, who played four years at Princeton.
The league also announced key dates and how the cutdown process will work.
First Waiver Window – November 30 to December 2:
Training Camp rosters must be reduced to a maximum of 27 players by Nov. 29, prior to the commencement of the first Waiver Window. The league will then inform teams of all eligible players for this Waiver Window, and teams may contact eligible players with the intent to offer them a contract.
Second Waiver Window – December 8 to December 10:
Prior to the commencement of the second Waiver Window, teams will provide the league with a final list of Training Camp releases for circulation to all teams. A team’s list of released players will include any undrafted player not offered a Standard Player Agreement by the club. Any Waiver eligible player may be contacted by teams and offered contracts ahead of the final roster deadline.
Waiver Eligibility:
Players who receive and decline a Standard Player Agreement offer while attending a team’s Training Camp are ineligible for the Waiver period. Drafted players who leave their team camp without getting cut or who don’t show up at their team camp are also ineligible for Waivers.
Player Reversion:
Drafted players who go unsigned or unclaimed during the Waiver period will revert to their original team’s protected list.
Teams must get down to 23 players by December 11. All players must be signed to contracts by that date. Each team must also have two reserve players signed by that date as well.
