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2015–16 Connecticut Whale (NWHL)
Division 2nd Founding Four
League 2nd NWHL
2015–16 record 13–5–0
Home record 6–3–0
Road record 7–2–0
Goals for 61
Goals against 51
 Team Information
General Manager George Speirs
(Interim)
Coach Heather Linstad
(Jan 29, 2016–Current)
Jake Mastel
(Start–Jan 29, 2016)
Captain Jessica Koizumi
Alternate captains Kaleigh Fratkin
Arena Chelsea Piers
Team Leaders
Goals Shiann Darkangelo (10)
Assists Kelli Stack (14)
Points Kelli Stack (22)
Kelly Babstock
Penalties in minutes Kaleigh Fratkin (40)
Wins Jaimie Leonoff (7)
Goals against average Shenae Lundberg (1.97)

The 2015-16 Connecticut Whale (NWHL) season will be the first in franchise history. The club participated 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.

Game log[]

Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = OT/SO Loss

Playoffs[]

Game log[]

2016 Isobel Cup Playoffs
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 OT GA GAA SA SV% SO PIM
Leonoff, JaimieJaimie Leonoff 10 567:15 7 3 0 28 2.96 438 0.936 0 0
Stock, NicoleNicole Stock 6 343:07 4 2 0 15 2.62 211 0.923 0 0
Laden, ChelseaChelsea Laden 1 60:00 1 0 0 2 2.00 32 0.938 0 0
Lundberg, ShenaeShenae Lundberg 2 122:08 1 0 0 0 1.97 50 0.920 0 0
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.


Awards and honors[]

NWHL Player of the Week
NWHL 1st All-Star Game selection

Transactions[]

Trades[]

January 27, 2016 (2016-01-27)[4] To New York Riveters

Chelsea Laden

To Connecticut Whale

Shenae Lundberg

Signings[]

Player Date Contract terms
Shiann Darkangelo[5] June 25, 2015 $17,000
Sam Faber[5] June 25, 2015 $13,500
Chelsea Laden[5] June 25, 2015 $14,000
Kaleigh Fratkin[6] July 1, 2015 $20,000
Jessica Koizumi[7] July 9, 2015 $20,500
Danielle Ward[7] July 9, 2015 $10,000
Micaela Long[8] July 17, 2015 $10,000
Nicole Stock[8] July 17, 2015 $10,000
Jaimie Leonoff[9] July 26, 2015 $10,000
Kelly Babstock[10] August 4, 2015 $18,000
Brittney Dougherty[11] August 13, 2015 $10,000
Shannon Doyle[11] August 13, 2015 $15,000
Yekaterina Smolentseva[12] August 15, 2015 $22,000
Molly Engstrom[13] August 18, 2015 $12,000
Lindsay Berman[14] September 24, 2015 $15,000
Jordan Brickner[14] September 24, 2015 $10,000
Alyssa Wohlfeiler[14] September 24, 2015 $10,000
Kelli Stack[15] September 24, 2015 $25,000

Other[]

Name Date Details
Harry Rosenholtz[16] December 24, 2015 Resigned as General Manager
George Speirs[16] December 24, 2015 Named as interim General Manager
Jake Mastel[17] January 29, 2016 Resigned as Head Coach
Heather Linstad[17] January 29, 2016 Named as Head Coach
Lisa Giovanelli[17] 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.[18]

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

References[]


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