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DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Established veterans Hilary Knight and Marie-Philip Poulin helped deliver a post-Olympic boost to the Professional Women\u2019s Hockey League coming out of the Milan Cortina Games in February.<\/p>\n

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On Wednesday, it was the youngsters\u2019 turn to take the spotlight at the draft.<\/p>\n

In being selected first overall by the Vancouver Goldeneyes, U.S. national team and Wisconsin defender Caroline Harvey kicked off a parade of 14 2026 Olympians \u2014 five of them Americans \u2014 taking downtown Detroit\u2019s Fox Theater stage during the six-round event.<\/p>\n

The draft class was regarded as the league\u2019s deepest and most talented and was one of the reasons behind the PWHL adding four new markets, growing to 12 teams entering its fourth season. It\u2019s also why Harvey experienced nerves before finally hearing her name called.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s always this, you have no idea until you officially hear it,\u201d said Harvey, who kicked off the day being named the International Ice Hockey Federation\u2019s female player of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis draft class is just so deep and so many phenomenal players. Anyone could get picked at any time,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s just a surreal feeling, and I had no idea. I mean it could have been anyone. But I\u2019m grateful to have my name called.\u201d<\/p>\n

Draft features tears and cheers<\/h3>\n

The draft was held in one of the PWHL\u2019s new markets and featured its share of tears and cheers.<\/p>\n

Seated next to Harvey, Laila Edwards grew emotional while congratulating her longtime friend and teammate upon being selected.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt caught me off guard. After I gave her a hug I started crying, and I couldn\u2019t stop,\u201d said Edwards, who was chosen fourth by San Jose. The 22-year-old Edwards is from Cleveland, and became the first Black player selected in the first round of the PWHL draft.<\/p>\n

As for the cheers, they rang out any time Detroit or Knight \u2014 the expansion team\u2019s star addition \u2014 were mentioned. And the biggest roar in the packed theater was heard when Detroit finally made its first selection in the second round by choosing Switzerland Olympic goalie Andrea Brandli.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old Brandli\u2019s selection was key for Detroit, with GM Manon Rheaume \u2014 a former goalie \u2014 growing nervous because she had had yet to fill the position. <\/p>\n

As for the welcome she received, Rheaume said: \u201cI got like emotional walking there \u2026 And I think everybody felt it, every player that was getting drafted.\u201d<\/p>\n

This was the atmosphere the PWHL has become accustomed to generating while growing its brand in the wake of the Americans\u2019 thrilling 2-1 overtime win over Canada in the Olympic final. The win created a surge of attention for women\u2019s hockey in North America, with Knight and gold medal-clinching goal-scorer Megan Keller appearing on Saturday Night Live.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMilan was just one of those amazing things that keeps happening to us,\u201d PWHL executive board member Stan Kasten told The Associated Press. \u201cYou see what the city of Detroit is going to do for this team, right? We just think the more people that get exposed, the more fans we make.\u201d<\/p>\n

Americans fill top 5 selections<\/h3>\n

On Wednesday, Americans swept the top five picks and made up nine of 12 first-round selections, with the 23-year-old Harvey continuing to cement her reputation as her generation\u2019s most accomplished player.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s a two-time Olympian and was the tournament MVP in Milan. At Wisconsin, she won three NCAA titles and capped her four-year career winning the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as college hockey\u2019s MVP. <\/p>\n

From Pelham, New Hampshire, Harvey is the second American player to go No. 1 after Minnesota chose Taylor Heise in the league\u2019s inaugural draft in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s actually just at the start of her career, which is crazy, and she\u2019s coming in with all these accolades,\u201d Goldeneyes GM Cara Gardner Morey said, before emphasizing the priority PWHL teams place on defense. \u201cTo have one of the best ones in the country, in North America, probably in the world right now is pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellow U.S. Olympians followed with Minnesota forward Abbey Murphy chosen second by Seattle, Penn State forward Tessa Janecke going third to Las Vegas. After Edwards went fourth, Wisconsin forward Kirsten Simms rounded them out, going eighth to Toronto.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a little bittersweet,\u201d Simms said of watching many of her Badgers\u2019 teammates go their separate ways. \u201cI\u2019m just happy for all of them. They\u2019re unbelievable players and unbelievable people and so every team is super lucky. But, obviously, I\u2019m gonna miss them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finland national team defender Nelli Laitinen was the first European player selected, going No. 6 to Hamilton. The first Canadian selected was Ohio State defender Sara Swiderski, who went ninth overall to Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Overall, 31 Americans and 30 Canadians were among the 72 players selected with Finland having four.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas lands 3 of top 13 selections<\/h3>\n

Las Vegas finished having three picks among the top 13. Janecke was selected with the pick Las Vegas acquired in trading Knight to Detroit. Las Vegas then used its fifth pick to select Wisconsin\u2019s Lacey Eden, women\u2019s college hockey\u2019s leading scorer last season. The team then traded forward Abby Boreen back to Vancouver to acquire the Goldeneyes\u2019 first pick of the second round and select Princeton forward Issy Wunder.<\/p>\n

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___<\/p>\n

AP women\u2019s hockey: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/womens-hockey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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