PLAYER BIOS
MEET THE SIX 2 TAYLOR WOODS
6 SARAH STEELE
FORWARD 26 YEARS OLD FROM MORDEN, MB
DEFENCE 25 YEARS OLD FROM STARTFORD, PEI
After an outstanding four years at Cornell – serving as an alternate captain in her senior season – Woods was a mainstay in the lineup of the Markham/Brampton Thunder of the CWHL starting in 2016. The Manitoba native won the Clarkson Cup with Markham in 2018. Woods was also a member of gold medal-winning Team Canada at the U-18 World Championships in 2012.
After a strong collegiate career at Boston University and three years in Europe, Steele joined the Six for their first NWHL season. She never missed a game in four years on the BU blueline, playing 151 games between 2013-2017 and was named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team in 2016 and 2017. Last season playing for KMH Budapest of the EWHL, Steele registered 4G and 13A for 17 points in 18 games. The native of P.E.I. won a gold medal with Team Canada at the IIHF U-18 World Championship in 2013.
9 MACKENZIE MACNEIL
11 BREANNE WILSON-BENNETT
13 MIKYLA GRANT-MENTIS
FORWARD 24 YEARS OLD FROM RICHMOND HILL, ON
FORWARD 24 YEARS OLD FROM MARKHAM, ON
FORWARD 22 YEARS OLD FROM BRAMPTON, ON
MacNeil played at the University of Vermont and one season in the CWHL before spending last season playing pro hockey in Denmark. She played 140 games for the UVM Catamounts, establishing herself as a strong defensive forward capable of chipping in with clutch goals. In her senior year, she earned Hockey East Player of the Week honors after her hat trick led Vermont to a victory over Ryerson. After her collegiate career, MacNeil played 25 games for the CWHL’s Toronto Furies in 2018-19 and had two goals and two assists.
As a senior at Colgate, Wilson-Bennett had 19G and 22A for 41 points in 41 games and was a dominating 64.5 percent in the faceoff circle. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament semifinal against Wisconsin, she scored three goals, including the game-winner at 16:03 of double-OT and was named to the All-NCAA Tournament Team. In 2018-19 with MODO Hockey in Sweden, she had 8G and 12A for 20 points in 21 games. Before college, Wilson-Bennett won gold medals with Team Canada at the U-18 World Championship and Team Ontario Red at the U-18 National Championship in 2014.
At Merrimack, Grant-Mentis is the program’s all-time leader in points (117) and assists (61), and she is second in goals (56). In 2019-20, she led the team with 20G and 13A for 33 points in 33 games and earned Hockey East Second Team All-Star honors. The 20 goals ranked tied for second in Hockey East and top ten in NCAA Division I. At the completion of her collegiate career, Grant-Mentis joined the Buffalo Beauts for the last two games in the 2019-20 regularseason and promptly earned Veda NWHL Player of the Week honours.
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