2015–16 New York Riveters season

The 2015–16 New York Riveters season was the first in franchise history and the National Women's Hockey League's inaugural season.

Offseason

Spring free agent camp During May 2015, all four teams held player evaluation camps for free agents. The list of players that attended the Riveters evaluation camp on May 23 and 24 were split into Team Red and Team White. Team Red Number Player Position Nationality Previous Team 2 Chelsae VanGlahn Forward Plattsburgh State 3 Syliva Xistris Forward Colby Mules women's ice hockey 6 Kayla McDonagh Forward St. Thomas 7 Erika Lawler Forward Boston Blades8 Hayley Williams Forward Miami University (Ohio) 9 Nicole Giannino Forward Holy Cross Crusaders women's ice hockey 10 Lindsay Grigg Forward/Defense RIT Tigers women's ice hockey 11 Elena Orlando Forward/Defense Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey13 Ashley Johnston Defense Union Dutchwomen ice hockey14 Brianne Mahoney Defense Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey15 Madison Marzario Defense RPI Engineers women's ice hockey 30 Heather Rossi Goaltender Penn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey

Team White Number Player Position Nationality Previous Team 1 Zoe Zisis Goaltender Boston Blades 2 Morgan Fritz-Ward Forward Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey 4 Cherie Stewart Forward Manahattanville 5 Samantha Weinberg Forward Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey 6 Kristen Levesque Forward Rhode Island University 7 Hailey Browne Forward Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey 8 Denise Cardello Forward Castleton State 9 Taylor Holze Forward Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey 10 Taylor Mahoney Forward RPI Engineers women's ice hockey 11 Celeste Brown Forward RIT Tigers women's ice hockey12 Courtney Flynn Defense Manhattanville College13 Maggie Joyce Defense New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey 14 Erica Kromm Defense Calgary Inferno 15 Navraj Raj Defense Western Mustangs women's ice hockey

Regular season

News and notes Meghan Fardelmann scored the first hat trick in Riveters history in a December 27 match against the Buffalo Beauts. On December 31, 2015, Fardelman was one of two Riveters players (including Bray Ketchum) that were loaned to the Boston Pride. The two donned the Pride jerseys for one day and participated in the 2015 Women's Winter Classic, the first outdoor professional women's hockey game.

Standings

Game log

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || October 11 || @ Connecticut Whale || 1–4 || || Fujimoto || Chelsea Piers CT || 0–1–0 || 0 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || October 18 || Boston Pride || 7–1 || || Lundberg || Aviator Sports and Events Center || 0–2–0 || 0 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || October 25 || Connecticut Whale || 3–1 || || Fujimoto || Aviator Sports and Events Center || 0–3–0 || 0 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 || November 15 || Boston Pride || 2–3 || || Fujimoto || Aviator Sports and Events Center || 1–3–0 || 2 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 || November 22 || @ Boston Pride || 3–2 || || Fujimoto || Bright Hockey Center || 2–3–0 || 4 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 || November 29 || Buffalo Beauts || 3–1 || || Fujimoto || Aviator Sports and Events Center || 2–4–0 || 4 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || December 6 || @ Boston Pride || 1–4 || || Scrivens || Bright Hockey Center || 2–5–0 || 4 || |- style="background:#fff;" | 8 || December 13 || Connecticut Whale || 4–3 || SO || Scrivens || Aviator Sports and Events Center || 2–5–1 || 5 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 || December 27 || @ Buffalo Beauts || 7–3 || || Fujimoto || HarborCenter || 3–5–1 || 7 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || January 3 || Connecticut Whale || 6–1 || || Fujimoto || Aviator Sports and Events Center || 3–6–1 || 7 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || January 9 || @ Connecticut Whale || 3–4 || || Fujimoto || Ingalls Rink || 3–7–1 || 7 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || January 10 || @ Boston Pride || 1–8 || || Scrivens || Bright Hockey Center || 3–8–1 || 7 || |- style="background:#fff;" | 13 || January 17 || Buffalo Beauts || 6–5 || SO || Scrivens || Aviator Sports and Events Center || 3–8–2 || 8 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || January 31 || @ Buffalo Beauts || 2–4 || || Fujimoto || HarborCenter || 3–9–2 || 8 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 || February 6 || Boston Pride || 6–1 || || Laden || Aviator Sports and Events Center || 3–10–2 || 8 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 || February 14 || Buffalo Beauts || 3–4 || SO || Fujimoto || Aviator Sports and Events Center || 4–10–2 || 10 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 || February 21 || @ Buffalo Beauts || 1-5 || || Fujimoto || HarborCenter || 4–11–2 || 10 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 18 || February 28 || @ Connecticut Whale || 2-4 || || Laden || Chelsea Piers CT || 4–12–2 || 10 ||

Playoffs

Game log

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || Mar 4 || @ Boston Pride || 0–6 || || Scrivens || Raymond Bourque Arena || 0–1 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || Mar 5 || @ Boston Pride || 4–7 || || Fujimoto || Raymond Bourque Arena || 0–2 ||

Statistics Final

Skaters

Regular season Player 18 10 4 14 18 16 4 10 14 26 17 5 5 10 20 18 3 6 9 4 16 1 6 7 8 18 1 6 7 20 16 3 4 7 22 18 6 1 7 12 17 4 2 6 8 18 0 4 4 24 17 0 4 4 4 18 2 1 3 10 15 0 2 2 14 17 0 1 1 12 18 1 0 1 18 9 0 1 1 2 10 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 6 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 13 712:21 4 8 0 39 3.28 436 0.911 0 0 6 243:09 0 1 2 16 3.95 163 0.902 0 0 † 2 119:25 0 2 0 9 4.52 60 0.850 0 0 ‡ 1 28:56 0 0 0 4 8.29 32 0.875 0 0 0 00:00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 0 Playoffs Player 2 96:32 0 2 0 8 4.97 89 0.910 0 0 1 20:51 0 0 0 4 11.51 18 0.778 0 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Riveters. Stats reflect time with the Riveters only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Riveters only.

Roster Updated January 31, 2016

Awards and honors NWHL Player of the Week Nana Fujimoto – November 15, 2015 Meghan Fardelmann – December 29, 2015

NWHL 1st All-Star Game selection Morgan Fritz-Ward (Team Pfalzer – Fan Vote) Nana Fujimoto (Team Pfalzer) Madison Packer (Team Knight – Fan Vote) Janine Weber (Team Knight)

Transactions

Trades

To Connecticut Whale

Shenae Lundberg To New York Riveters

Chelsea Laden

Signings

Player Date Contract terms Janine Weber June 11, 2015 $19,500 Celeste Brown June 26, 2015 $15,000 Kiira Dosdall June 30, 2015 $13,500 Morgan Fritz-Ward June 30, 2015 $12,500 Beth Hanrahan July 10, 2015 $10,500 Madison Packer July 14, 2015 $15,000 Lyudmila Belyakova July 25, 2015 $20,000 Ashley Johnston July 26, 2015 $14,000 Shenae Lundberg July 26, 2015 $15,000 Nana Fujimoto July 27, 2015 $21,000 Elena Orlando July 31, 2015 $10,000 Meghan Fardelmann August 3, 2015 $20,000 Jenny Scrivens August 11, 2015 $10,000 Gabie Figueroa August 15, 2015 $10,000 Brooke Ammerman August 16, 2015 $16,500 Bray Ketchum August 17, 2015 $14,000 Erin Barley-Maloney August 18, 2015 $14,000 Sydney Kidd September 24, 2015 $15,000

Draft

The following were the Riveters selections in the 2015 NWHL Draft on June 20, 2015. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 1 Alexandra Carpenter F Boston College (HEA) 2 5 Haley Skarupa F Boston College (HEA) 3 9 Erin Ambrose D Clarkson University (ECAC) 4 13 Dana Trivigno F Boston College (HEA) 5 17 Kimberly Newell G Princeton University (ECAC)

References

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