2016–17 Boston Pride season

The 2016–17 Boston Pride season was the second in franchise history.

2016–17 Boston Pride
League	1st NWHL
2016–17 record	16–1–0
Goals for	73
Goals against	29
Team information
General manager	Hayley Moore
Coach	Bobby Jay
Assistant coach	Dave Jensen, Lauren McAuliffe
Arena	Warrior Ice Arena
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Offseason

During the offseason the Pride moved the Warrior Ice Arena which is also the home to the Boston Bruins from the Bright-Landry Hockey Center where they won the 2016 Isobel Championship.^[1] Newly acquired Alex Carpenter signed with the Boston Pride for a one-year, $19,500 contract, making her the highest paid player of the 2015 NWHL Draft class.^[2]

Regular season

Game log

2016–17 Regular Season game log: 16–1–0, 32 points (Home: 9–0–0; Road: 7–1–0)^[3] # Date Time Visitor Score Home Location Record Points 1 Oct 7 7:30 PM Boston Pride 4–1 Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 1–0–0 2 2 Oct 8 7:30 PM New York Riveters 3–6 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 2–0–0 4 3 Oct 15 6:30 PM Buffalo Beauts 1–2 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 3–0–0 6 4 Oct 22 6:30 PM New York Riveters 1–5 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 4–0–0 8 5 Nov 12 6:30 PM Connecticut Whale 0–3 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 5–0–0 10 6 Nov 20 3:30 PM Boston Pride 5–0 Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 6–0–0 12 7 Dec 3 7:30 PM Connecticut Whale 2–5 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 7–0–0 14 8 Dec 4 4:00 PM Boston Pride 3–2 (SO) New York Riveters Prudential Center Practice Facility 8–0–0 16 9 Jan 15 3:30 PM Boston Pride 4–0 Connecticut Whale Northford Ice Pavilion 9–0–0 18 10 Jan 21 6:00 PM Boston Pride 2–1 New York Riveters Prudential Center Practice Facility 10–0–0 20 11 Jan 27 7:30 PM Boston Pride 8–4 Connecticut Whale Northford Ice Pavilion 11–0–0 22 12 Feb 4 7:30 PM Connecticut Whale 2–5 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 12–0–0 24 13 Feb 18 6:30 PM Buffalo Beauts 1–3 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 13–0–0 26 14 Feb 24 7:30 PM Boston Pride 5–4 Connecticut Whale Northford Ice Pavilion 14–0–0 28 15 Mar 4 6:30 PM New York Riveters 3–4 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 15–0–0 30 16 Mar 5 5:30 PM Buffalo Beauts 1–7 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena 16–0–0 32 17 Mar 12 4:00 PM Boston Pride 2–3 New York Riveters Prudential Center Practice Facility 16–1–0 32

Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2016–17 Playoff game log (Record: 1–1–0)^[3] # Date Time Visitor Score Home Location 1 Mar 16 7:30 PM Connecticut Whale 2–8 Boston Pride Warrior Ice Arena^[4] 2 Mar 19 6:00 PM Buffalo Beauts 3–2 Boston Pride Tsongas Arena^[5]

Win   Loss

Roster

Updated July 18, 2016^[6][7]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
22		Kacey Bellamy	D	L	29	2015	Westfield, Massachusetts
5		Lexi Bender	D	R	23	2015	Snohomish, Washington
10		Blake Bolden	D	R	26	2015	Euclid, Ohio
25		Alexandra Carpenter	F	L	22	2016	North Reading, Massachusetts
14		Brianna Decker (C)	C	R	25	2015	Dousman, Wisconsin
3		Jillian Dempsey	F	L	26	2015	Winthrop, Massachusetts
10		Meghan Duggan	F	R	29	2016	Danvers, Massachusetts
15		Emily Field	F	L	23	2015	Littleton, Massachusetts
2		Alyssa Gagliardi	D	L	24	2015	Raleigh, North Carolina
44		Zoe Hickel	RW	R	24	2015	Anchorage, Alaska
21		Hilary Knight (C)	RW	R	27	2015	Palo Alto, California
91		Rachel Llanes	F	R	25	2015	San Jose, California
19		Gigi Marvin	D	R	30	2015	Warroad, Minnesota
29		Brittany Ott	G	L	26	2015	St. Clair Shores, Michigan
16		Amanda Pelkey	RW	R	23	2015	Montpelier, Vermont
30		Lauren Slebodnick	G	L	24	2015	Manchester, New Hampshire
11		Jordan Smelker	F	L	24	2015	Anchorage, Alaska

Transactions

Trades

April 28, 2016 (2016-04-28)^[8]

To New York Riveters Miye D'Oench

To Boston Pride Alexandra Carpenter

Free agents

Player	Acquired from	Date	Contract terms
Lexi Bender^[9]	Boston College	May 2, 2016	1 year/$10,000

Signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Jordan Smelker^[10]	April 20, 2016	1 year/$14,000
Jillian Dempsey^[11]	April 26, 2016	1 year/$13,000
Alyssa Gagliardi^[12]	April 27, 2016	1 year/$14,000
Lexi Bender^[13]	May 2, 2016	1 year/$10,000
Blake Bolden^[14]	May 23, 2016	1 year/$14,000
Brittany Ott^[15]	May 31, 2016	1 year/$18,000
Lauren Slebodnick^[16]	July 19, 2016	1 year/$10,000
Emily Field^[17]	July 29, 2016	1 year/$11,000
Rachel Llanes^[17]	July 29, 2016	1 year/$12,000
Zoe Hickel^[18]	July 31, 2016	1 year/$16,000
Gigi Marvin^[18]	July 31, 2016	1 year/$20,000
Amanda Pelkey^[18]	July 31, 2016	1 year/$17,000
Hilary Knight^[19]	July 31, 2016	1 year/$20,000
Brianna Decker^[20]	July 31, 2016	1 year/$20,000
Meghan Duggan^[20]	July 31, 2016	1 year/$20,000
Kacey Bellamy^[20]	July 31, 2016	1 year/$20,000
Alexandra Carpenter^[21]	July 31, 2016	1 year/$19,000

Draft

Main article: 2016 NWHL Draft

The following were the Pride selections in the 2016 NWHL Draft on June 18, 2016.

#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
4	Ann Renee Desbiens	G	Canada	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
8	Sarah Nurse	F	Canada	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
12	Ashley Brykaliuk	F	Canada	University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
16	Halli Krzyzaniak	D	Canada	University of North Dakota (ECAC)
20	Lara Stalder	F	Switzerland	University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)

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