2015–16 Buffalo Beauts season

2015–16 Buffalo Beauts
Division 3rd Founding Four
League 3rd NWHL
2015–16 record 5–9–4
Home record 2–6–1
Road record 3–3–3
Goals for 56
Goals against 66
Team information
General Manager Linda Mroz
Coach Shelley Looney
Captain Emily Pfalzer
Alternate captains Shelby Bram
Meghan Duggan
Arena HarborCenter
Team leaders
Goals Kelley Steadman (13)
Assists Meghan Duggan (10)
Megan Bozek
Emily Pfalzer
Points Kelley Steadman (20)
Penalties in minutes Devon Skeats (26)
Hailey Browne
Wins Brianne McLaughlin (4)
Goals against average Amanda Makela (2.79)
< Incumbent 2016–17>

The 2015–16 Buffalo Beauts season will be the first in franchise history. The club is scheduled to participate in the National Women's Hockey League (2015) inaugural season.[1]

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

Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = OT/SO Loss

Playoffs

Game log

2016 Isobel Cup Playoffs
Legend:           = If needed           = Win           = Loss           = Playoff series win

Statistics

Updated as of games played through March 6, 2016

Skaters

Regular Season[3]
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Steadman, KelleyKelley Steadman 13 13 7 20 16
Kunichika, KourtneyKourtney Kunichika 18 9 8 17 4
Duggan, MeghanMeghan Duggan 15 6 10 16 14
Skeats, DevonDevon Skeats 15 9 5 14 26
Bozek, MeganMegan Bozek 16 3 10 13 13
Pfalzer, EmilyEmily Pfalzer 17 2 10 12 6
Browne, HaileyHailey Browne 18 5 7 12 26
Bram, ShelbyShelby Bram 16 4 6 10 0
Mcdonald, KellyKelly Mcdonald 17 0 9 9 8
Zach, ErinErin Zach 14 1 4 5 4
Williams, HayleyHayley Williams 17 1 4 5 14
McGowan, HannahHannah McGowan 18 1 2 3 4
Harrington, PaigePaige Harrington 18 0 3 3 12
Rafter, TatianaTatiana Rafter 17 2 1 3 12
Fickel, JessicaJessica Fickel 15 0 2 2 4
Grigg, LindsayLindsay Grigg 15 0 2 2 6
Cellino, AnnemarieAnnemarie Cellino 9 0 1 1 0
Carnes, CourtneyCourtney Carnes 9 0 0 0 0
Giamo, MaggieMaggie Giamo 9 0 0 0 4

Playoffs[4]
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Skeats, DevonDevon Skeats 3 2 1 3 0
Bozek, MeganMegan Bozek 3 3 0 3 4
Browne, HaileyHailey Browne 3 2 0 2 6
Steadman, KelleyKelley Steadman 2 1 1 2 4
Mcdonald, KellyKelly Mcdonald 3 0 2 2 4
Pfalzer, EmilyEmily Pfalzer 3 0 1 1 2
Kunichika, KourtneyKourtney Kunichika 3 0 1 1 2
Grigg, LindsayLindsay Grigg 3 0 1 1 6
Duggan, MeghanMeghan Duggan 1 0 1 1 2
Bram, ShelbyShelby Bram 3 0 1 1 0
Cellino, AnnemarieAnnemarie Cellino 1 0 0 0 0
Carnes, CourtneyCourtney Carnes 1 0 0 0 0
Zach, ErinErin Zach 3 0 0 0 0
McGowan, HannahHannah McGowan 3 0 0 0 2
Williams, HayleyHayley Williams 1 0 0 0 0
Fickel, JessicaJessica Fickel 3 0 0 0 0
Harrington, PaigePaige Harrington 3 0 0 0 2
Rafter, TatianaTatiana Rafter 3 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season[3]
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO PIM
McLaughlin, BrianneBrianne McLaughlin 14 721:59 4 6 2 41 3.41 443 0.907 0 0
Makela, AmandaAmanda Makela 6 322:52 1 2 2 15 2.79 165 0.909 0 0
Sass, KimberlyKimberly Sass 2 90:30 1 1 0 7 4.64 51 0.863 0 0
Playoffs[4]
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO PIM
McLaughlin, BrianneBrianne McLaughlin 3 177:15 2 1 0 6 2.03 85 0.929 0 0

Roster

Updated January 27, 2016[5][6]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
9 United States Bozek, MeganMegan Bozek D R 25 2015 Buffalo Grove, Illinois
13 Canada Bram, ShelbyShelby Bram (A) F L 23 2015 Winnipeg, Manitoba
24 Canada Browne, HarrisonHarrison Browne F L 23 2015 Oakville, Ontario
10 United States Duggan, MeghanMeghan Duggan (A) F R 29 2015 Danvers, Massachusetts
6 Canada Fickel, JessicaJessica Fickel F 2015 Fort Erie, Ontario
23 Canada Grigg, LindsayLindsay Grigg D 23 2015 Oakville, Ontario
2 United States Harrington, PaigePaige Harrington D L 23 2015 Mansfield, Massachusetts
36 United States Kunichika, KourtneyKourtney Kunichika F R 25 2015 Fullerton, California
34 Canada Makela, AmandaAmanda Makela G L 22 2015 Thunder Bay, Ontario
14 Canada McDonald, KellyKelly McDonald D 2015 Ancaster, Ontario
12 United States McGowan, HannahHannah McGowan F L 24 2015 Redford, Michigan
29 United States McLaughlin, BrianneBrianne McLaughlin G L 29 2015 Sheffield, Ohio
7 United States Pfalzer, EmilyEmily Pfalzer (C) D R 23 2015 Getzville, New York
43 Canada Rafter, TatianaTatiana Rafter F L 2015 Winnipeg, Manitoba
1 United States Sass, KimberlyKimberly Sass G L 2015 East Amherst, New York
21 Canada Skeats, DevonDevon Skeats F L 2015 Whitby, Ontario
77 United States Williams, HayleyHayley Williams F L 26 2015 Crete, Illinois
20 Canada Zach, ErinErin Zach F L 24 2015 Elmira, Ontario

Awards and honors

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

Transactions

Signings

Player Date Contract terms
Brianne McLaughlin[7] July 1, 2015 $22,000
Devon Skeats[8] July 9, 2015 $15,000
Erin Zach[8] July 9, 2015 $13,000
Hailey Browne[9] August 6, 2015 $15,000
Kimberly Sass[9] August 6, 2015 $10,000
Shelby Bram[10] August 7, 2015 $15,000
Tatiana Rafter[10] August 7, 2015 $15,000
Paige Harrington[11] August 11, 2015 $10,000
Hayley Williams[11] August 11, 2015 $13,000
Amanda Makela[12] August 11, 2015 $15,000
Kourtney Kunichika[13] August 15, 2015 $10,000
Jessica Fickel[14] August 17, 2015 $15,000
Hannah McGowan[15] August 18, 2015 $10,000
Lindsay Grigg[16] July 13, 2015 $13,000
Kelly McDonald[16] July 13, 2015 $13,000
Emily Pfalzer[17] September 24, 2015 $21,000
Megan Bozek[18] September 25, 2015 $22,500
Meghan Duggan[19] September 25, 2015 $22,500

Draft

Main article: 2015 NWHL Draft

The following were the Beauts selections in the 2015 NWHL Draft on June 20, 2015.[20]

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 4 Courtney Burke D  United States University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
2 8 Sarah Lefort F  Canada Boston University (HEA)
3 12 Amanda Leveille G  Canada University of Minnesota (WCHA)
4 16 Emily Janiga F  United States Mercyhurst College (CHA)
5 20 Jenna Dingeldein F  Canada Mercyhurst College (CHA)

References

  1. ↑ Wilczewski, William (October 2, 2015). "Beauts starting to gel after scrimmage, practices…and time on the links". The Sun. Hamburg. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ "National Womens Hockey League – 2015–16 Schedule – Buffalo Beauts". NWHL.
  3. 1 2 "National Womens Hockey League – 2015–16 – Buffalo Beauts". NWHL.
  4. 1 2 "National Womens Hockey League – 2015–16 – Buffalo Beauts". NWHL.
  5. ↑ "Beauts Roster | NWHL". NWHL.
  6. ↑ "Eliteprospects.com - Buffalo Beauts". Elite Prospects.
  7. ↑ "Two-Time Olympic Silver Medalist McLaughlin Signs with Buffalo". NWHL. July 1, 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Skeats and Zach Sign After Toronto Free Agent Camp". NWHL. July 9, 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Browne and Sass Head to Buffalo". NWHL. August 6, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Buffalo Adds Canadians Bram and Rafter". NWHL. August 7, 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Llanes, Williams, and Harrington Sign NWHL Contracts". NWHL. August 11, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Makela, Scrivens Sign with Buffalo, New York". NWHL. August 11, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Figueroa and Kunichika Join NWHL Teams". NWHL. August 15, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Ketchum, Fickel, and Fralick Join NWHL Teams". NWHL. August 17, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Barley-Maloney, McGowan Agree to Play in NWHL". NWHL. August 18, 2015.
  16. 1 2 "Grigg and McDonald, Beauts First Blue Liners". NWHL. July 13, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Boston College Standout Pfalzer Joins Buffalo". NWHL. September 24, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Olympic Silver Medalist Bozek Joins Beauts". NWHL. September 25, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Team USA Captain Duggan Joins Buffalo". NWHL. September 25, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Draft Live | NWHL". NWHL.
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