A total of 113 players representing nine countries were selected in the 2017 Canadian Women’s Hockey League draft on Aug. 20 and will join the Boston Blades, Calgary Inferno, Kunlun Red Star, Markham Thunder, Les Canadiennes de Montreal, Toronto Furies and Vanke Rays for the 2017-18 season.
Held at the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Doc Seaman Centre in Toronto, 59 former NCAA Division I and Division III players and one commit are now property of CWHL clubs.
| Round (Overall) | Player's Name | Position | College Team | CWHL Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (1) | Courtney Turner | F | Union | Boston Blades |
| 1 (2) | Kristyn Capizzano | F | Boston College | Toronto Furies |
| 1 (3) | Nicole Kosta | F | Quinnipiac | Markham Thunder |
| 1 (5) | Taryn Baumgardt | D | Quinnipiac | Calgary Inferno |
| 1 (6) | Noora Raty | G | Minnesota | Kunlun Red Star |
| 1 (7) | Cayley Mercer | F | Clarkson | Vanke Rays |
| 2 (8) | Robyn Chemago | G | Dartmouth | Boston Blades |
| 2 (9) | Brittany Zuback | F | Vermont | Toronto Furies |
| 2 (10) | Lindsay Grigg | D | RIT | Markham Thunder |
| 2 (12) | Kelly Murray | D | Cornell | Calgary Inferno |
| 2 (13) | Alex Carpenter | F | Boston College | Kunlun Red Star |
| 2 (14) | Elaine Chuli | G | Connecticut | Vanke Rays |
| 3 (17) | Cassie Clayton | F | RIT | Markham Thunder |
| 3 (19) | Sophie Shirley | F | Wisconsin (commit) | Calgary Inferno |
| 3 (20) | Shiann Darkangelo | F | Syracuse/Quinnipiac | Kunlun Red Star |
| 3 (21) | Brooke Webster | F | St. Lawrence | Vanke Rays |
| 4 (22) | Amie Varano | D | Sacred Heart | Boston Blades |
| 4 (23) | Shannon Stewart | F | Plattsburgh | Toronto Furies |
| 4 (27) | Stephanie Anderson | F | Bemidji State | Kunlun Red Star |
| 4 (28) | Hanna Bunton | F | Cornell | Vanke Rays |
| 5 (29) | Kaitlin Spurling | F | Harvard | Boston Blades |
| 5 (30) | Alexa Aramburu | F | Oswego | Toronto Furies |
| 5 (33) | Kayla Gardner | F | North Dakota | Calgary Inferno |
| 5 (34) | Zoe Hickel | F | Minnesota Duluth | Kunlun Red Star |
| 5 (35) | Emily Janiga | F | Mercyhurst | Vanke Rays |
| 6 (36) | Michelle Ng | F | St. Lawrence | Boston Blades |
| 6 (37) | Cassidy Delainey | F | Elmira | Toronto Furies |
| 6 (39) | Erin Hall | D | Holy Cross | Boston Blades |
| 6 (41) | Taylor Marchin | D | Yale | Kunlun Red Star |
| 6 (42) | Ashleigh Brykaliuk | F | Minnesota Duluth | Vanke Rays |
| 7 (43) | Meaghan Spurling | D | St. Anselm | Boston Blades |
| 7 (44) | Grace Klienbach | F | Neumann | Toronto Furies |
| 7 (46) | Kelly Kittredge | D | Brown | Boston Blades |
| 7 (47) | Lyndsay Kirkham | F | Lindenwood | Calgary Inferno |
| 7 (48) | Madison Woo | F | Brown | Kunlun Red Star |
| 7 (49) | Emma Woods | F | Quinnipiac | Vanke Rays |
| 8 (52) | Megan Delay | D | Plattsburgh | Markham Thunder |
| 8 (54) | Anissa Gamble | F | Robert Morris | Calgary Inferno |
| 8 (55) | Melanie Jue | D | Cornell | Kunlun Red Star |
| 9 (57) | Kristen Embrey | F | UMass Boston | Boston Blades |
| 9 (58) | Maeve Kehoe | F | Union | Toronto Furies |
| 9 (59) | Itsuki Baba | D | St. Scholastica | Markham Thunder |
| 9 (63) | Qian Zhao | D | Syracuse | Vanke Rays |
| 10 (64) | Erin Dwyer | F | St. Michael's | Boston Blades |
| 10 (70) | Rose Alleva | D | Princeton | Vanke Rays |
| 11 (71) | Alison Quinn | F | St. Anselm | Boston Blades |
| 11 (77) | Lauren Kelly | D | Dartmouth | Vanke Rays |
| 12 (79) | Brooke Gibson | G | Adrian | Toronto Furies |
| 12 (81) | Shayna Dominique | G | Canton | Les Canadiennes de Montreal |
| 13 (85) | Casey Stathopoulos | F | Sacred Heart | Boston Blades |
| 13 (86) | Nicole Magee | G | Sacred Heart | Toronto Furies |
| 14 (90) | Ashley Ryan | F | Elmira | Boston Blades |
| 15 (93) | Taryn Harris | D | Manhattanville | Boston Blades |
| 16 (96) | Rachel Vigliano | F | New England College | Boston Blades |
| 17 (99) | Megan Servaes | D | New England College | Boston Blades |
| 18 (102) | Gabby Crugnale | F | Univ. of New England | Boston Blades |
| 19 (105) | Casey Breese | F | St. Anselm | Boston Blades |
| 20 (108) | Elizabeth Aveson | F | UMass Boston | Boston Blades |
| 21 (111) | Cassandra Sherman | F | Southern Maine | Boston Blades |
| 22 (112) | Cassandra Dunne | D | Penn State | Boston Blades |
