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.

2015–16 New York Riveters
League	4th NWHL
2015–16 record	4–12–2
Home record	2–5–2
Road record	2–7–0
Goals for	40
Goals against	76
Team information
General manager	Dani Rylan
Coach	Chad Wiseman
Captain	Ashley Johnston
Alternate captains	Morgan Fritz-Ward Madison Packer
Arena	Aviator Sports & Events Center
Team leaders
Goals	Bray Ketchum (10)
Assists	Brooke Ammerman (10)
Points	Bray Ketchum (14) Brooke Ammerman
Penalty minutes	Brooke Ammerman (26)
Wins	Nana Fujimoto (4)
Goals against average	Nana Fujimoto (3.28)

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	United States	Plattsburgh State
3	Syliva Xistris	Forward	United States	Colby Mules women's ice hockey
6	Kayla McDonagh	Forward	United States	St. Thomas
7	Erika Lawler	Forward	United States	Boston Blades
8	Hayley Williams	Forward	United States	Miami University (Ohio)
9	Nicole Giannino	Forward	United States	Holy Cross Crusaders women's ice hockey
10	Lindsay Grigg	Forward/Defense	Canada	RIT Tigers women's ice hockey
11	Elena Orlando	Forward/Defense	United States	Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey
13	Ashley Johnston	Defense	Canada	Union Dutchwomen ice hockey
14	Brianne Mahoney	Defense	United States	Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey
15	Madison Marzario	Defense	United States	RPI Engineers women's ice hockey
30	Heather Rossi	Goaltender	United States	Penn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey

Team White

Number	Player	Position	Nationality	Previous Team
1	Zoe Zisis	Goaltender	United States	Boston Blades
2	Morgan Fritz-Ward	Forward	United States	Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey
4	Cherie Stewart	Forward	United States	Manahattanville
5	Samantha Weinberg	Forward	United States	Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey
6	Kristen Levesque	Forward	United States	Rhode Island University
7	Hailey Browne	Forward	Canada	Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey
8	Denise Cardello	Forward	United States	Castleton State
9	Taylor Holze	Forward	United States	Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey
10	Taylor Mahoney	Forward	United States	RPI Engineers women's ice hockey
11	Celeste Brown	Forward	United States	RIT Tigers women's ice hockey
12	Courtney Flynn	Defense	United States	Manhattanville College
13	Maggie Joyce	Defense	United States	New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey
14	Erica Kromm	Defense	Canada	Calgary Inferno
15	Navraj Raj	Defense	Canada	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.[1]
• On December 31, 2015, Fardelman was one of two Riveters players (including Bray Ketchum) that were loaned to the Boston Pride.[2] 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.[3]

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

2015–16 Schedule[4] # Date Time Visitor Score Home Location Record Points 1 Oct 11 1:30 PM New York Riveters 1–4 Connecticut Whale Chelsea Piers 0–1–0 0 2 Oct 18 8:00 PM Boston Pride 7–1 New York Riveters Aviator Sports & Events Center 0–2–0 0 3 Oct 25 7:00 PM Connecticut Whale 3–1 New York Riveters Aviator Sports & Events Center 0–3–0 0 4 Nov 15 7:00 PM Boston Pride 2–3 New York Riveters Aviator Sports & Events Center 1–3–0 2 5 Nov 22 3:00 PM New York Riveters 3–2 Boston Pride Bright Hockey Center 2–3–0 4 6 Nov 29 7:00 PM Buffalo Beauts 3–1 New York Riveters Aviator Sports & Events Center 2–4–0 4 7 Dec 6 3:30 PM New York Riveters 1–4 Boston Pride Bright Hockey Center 2–5–0 4 8 Dec 13 6:30 PM Connecticut Whale 4–3 SO New York Riveters Aviator Sports & Events Center 2–5–1 5 9 Dec 27 3:30 PM New York Riveters 7–3 Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 3–5–1 7 10 Jan 3 7:00 PM Connecticut Whale 6–1 New York Riveters Aviator Sports & Events Center 3–6–1 7 11 Jan 9 7:30 PM New York Riveters 3–4 Connecticut Whale Ingalls Rink 3–7–1 7 12 Jan 10 3:00 PM New York Riveters 1–8 Boston Pride Bright Hockey Center 3–8–1 7 13 Jan 17 7:00 PM Buffalo Beauts 6–5 SO New York Riveters Aviator Sports & Events Center 3–8–2 8 14 Jan 31 3:30 PM New York Riveters 2–4 Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 3–9–2 8 15 Feb 6 6:00 PM Boston Pride 6–1 New York Riveters Aviator Sports & Events Center 3–10–2 8 16 Feb 14 2:00 PM Buffalo Beauts 3–4 SO New York Riveters Aviator Sports & Events Center 4–10–2 10 17 Feb 21 3:30 PM New York Riveters 1-5 Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 4–11–2 10 18 Feb 28 6:00 PM New York Riveters 2-4 Connecticut Whale Chelsea Piers 4–12–2 10

Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = OT/SO Loss

Playoffs

Game log

2016 Isobel Cup Playoffs
Semifinals vs. Boston Pride; Boston won series 2–0 # Date Time Visitor Score Home Location Record 1 Mar 4 7:00 PM New York Riveters 0–6 Boston Pride Raymond Bourque Arena 0–1 2 Mar 5 8:00 PM New York Riveters 4–7 Boston Pride Raymond Bourque Arena 0–2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss

Statistics

Final

Skaters

Regular Season[5] Player GP G A Pts PIM Bray Ketchum 18 10 4 14 18 Brooke Ammerman 16 4 10 14 26 Lyudmila Belyakova 17 5 5 10 20 Janine Weber 18 3 6 9 4 Ashley Johnston 16 1 6 7 8 Kira Dosdall 18 1 6 7 20 Madison Packer 16 3 4 7 22 Meghan Fardelmann 18 6 1 7 12 Morgan Fritz-Ward 17 4 2 6 8 Celeste Brown (ice hockey) 18 0 4 4 24 Sydney Kidd 17 0 4 4 4 Beth Hanrahan 18 2 1 3 10 Amber Moore 15 0 2 2 14 Elena Orlando 17 0 1 1 12 Gabie Figueroa 18 1 0 1 18 Taylor Holze 9 0 1 1 2 Cherie Stewart 10 0 0 0 0 Erin Barley-Maloney 6 0 0 0 0 Margot Scharfe 11 0 0 0 0

Playoffs[6] Player GP G A Pts PIM Beth Hanrahan 2 0 1 1 2 Brooke Ammerman 2 0 1 1 6 Celeste Brown (ice hockey) 2 1 0 1 4 Kira Dosdall 2 1 0 1 2 Lyudmila Belyakova 2 1 0 1 0 Madison Packer 2 1 0 1 4 Amber Moore 1 0 0 0 0 Ashley Johnston 2 0 0 0 0 Bray Ketchum 2 0 0 0 0 Cherie Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 Elena Orlando 2 0 0 0 4 Gabie Figueroa 2 0 0 0 4 Janine Weber 2 0 0 0 0 Meghan Fardelmann 2 0 0 0 2 Sydney Kidd 2 0 0 0 2 Taylor Holze 2 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season[5]

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
Nana Fujimoto	13	712:21	4	8	0	39	3.28	436	0.911	0	0
Jenny Scrivens	6	243:09	0	1	2	16	3.95	163	0.902	0	0
Chelsea Laden^†	2	119:25	0	2	0	9	4.52	60	0.850	0	0
Shenae Lundberg^‡	1	28:56	0	0	0	4	8.29	32	0.875	0	0
Corinne Boyles	0	00:00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.000	0	0

Playoffs[6]

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
Jenny Scrivens	2	96:32	0	2	0	8	4.97	89	0.910	0	0
Nana Fujimoto	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[7][8]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
20		Brooke Ammerman	F	R	25	2015	Teaneck, New Jersey
22		Erin Barley-Maloney	F/D	L	27	2015	Raleigh, North Carolina
9		Lyudmila Belyakova	F	L	21	2015	Moscow, Russia
24		Celeste Brown	F	R	23	2015	Great Falls, Montana
26		Kiira Dosdall	D	F	28	2015	Stanford, Connecticut
18		Meghan Fardelmann	F	R	28	2015	Lansing, Kansas
21		Gabie Figueroa	D	L	24	2015	Branchburg, New Jersey
35		Katie Fitzgerald	G	L	21	2016	Des Plaines, Illinois
13		Kaleigh Fratkin	D	R	23	2016	Burnaby, British Columbia
11		Morgan Fritz-Ward (A)	F	R	22	2015	Mason City, Iowa
10		Ashley Johnston (C)	D	L	23	2015	Burlington, Ontario
28		Amanda Kessel	F	R	24	2016	Madison, Wisconsin
17		Bray Ketchum	F	L	26	2016	Greenwich, Connecticut
8		Sydney Kidd	F	L	23	2015	Sundridge, Ontario
78		Chelsea Laden	G	L	23	2016	Lakeville, Minnesota
32		Jaimie Leonoff	G	L	23	2016	Montreal, Quebec
4		Elena Orlando	D	L	23	2015	San Jose, California
14		Madison Packer (A)	F	R	24	2015	Detroit, Michigan
12		Janine Weber	F	L	24	2015	Innsbruck, Austria

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

January 27, 2016[9]

To Connecticut Whale Shenae Lundberg

To New York Riveters Chelsea Laden

Signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Janine Weber[10]	June 11, 2015	$19,500
Celeste Brown[11]	June 26, 2015	$15,000
Kiira Dosdall[12]	June 30, 2015	$13,500
Morgan Fritz-Ward[12]	June 30, 2015	$12,500
Beth Hanrahan[13]	July 10, 2015	$10,500
Madison Packer[14]	July 14, 2015	$15,000
Lyudmila Belyakova[15]	July 25, 2015	$20,000
Ashley Johnston[16]	July 26, 2015	$14,000
Shenae Lundberg[16]	July 26, 2015	$15,000
Nana Fujimoto[17]	July 27, 2015	$21,000
Elena Orlando[18]	July 31, 2015	$10,000
Meghan Fardelmann[19]	August 3, 2015	$20,000
Jenny Scrivens[20]	August 11, 2015	$10,000
Gabie Figueroa[21]	August 15, 2015	$10,000
Brooke Ammerman[22]	August 16, 2015	$16,500
Bray Ketchum[23]	August 17, 2015	$14,000
Erin Barley-Maloney[24]	August 18, 2015	$14,000
Sydney Kidd[25]	September 24, 2015	$15,000

Draft

The following were the Riveters selections in the 2015 NWHL Draft on June 20, 2015.[26]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	1	Alexandra Carpenter	F	United States	Boston College (HEA)
2	5	Haley Skarupa	F	United States	Boston College (HEA)
3	9	Erin Ambrose	D	Canada	Clarkson University (ECAC)
4	13	Dana Trivigno	F	United States	Boston College (HEA)
5	17	Kimberly Newell	G	Canada	Princeton University (ECAC)

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