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MEET THE SIX

2 TAYLOR WOODS FORWARD 26 YEARS OLD FROM MORDEN, MB

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. 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.

11 BREANNE WILSON-BENNETT

FORWARD 24 YEARS OLD FROM MARKHAM, ON 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.

6 SARAH STEELE

DEFENCE 25 YEARS OLD FROM STARTFORD, PEI

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

9 MACKENZIE MACNEIL FORWARD 24 YEARS OLD FROM RICHMOND HILL, ON

IIHF U-18 World Championship in 2013.

13 MIKYLA GRANT-MENTIS

FORWARD 22 YEARS OLD FROM BRAMPTON, ON

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.

19 BROOKE BOQUIST FORWARD 24 YEARS OLD FROM THUNDER BAY, ON

Boquist spent last season with Leksands IF, leading the team in goals with 14, and the 2018-19 season with MODO Hockey. In 41 SDHL games over two seasons, the centre had 25 goals and 24 assists for 49 points. From 2014-18, Boquist played at Providence, where she was the team’s second-leading scorer in her junior and senior seasons. For her career with the Friars, she had 49G and 42A for 91 points in 139 games. Before college, Boquist played at Shattuck-St. Mary’s in Minnesota, winning the national championship in 2013.

22 NATALIE MARCUZZI

FORWARD 22 YEARS OLD FROM THORNHILL, ON Marcuzzi was selected in the fourth-round of the 2020 NWHL Draft. She played at Robert Morris University and helped lead the Colonials to three straight regularseason titles from 2017-19 and four consecutive trips to the CHA Championship game, winning the title in 2017. An assistant captain as a senior, Marcuzzi appeared in all 36 games in 2019-20 and registered 7G and 8A for 15 points.

20 KRISTEN BARBARA

DEFENCE 28 YEARS OLD FROM MOUNT HOPE, ON

The 28-year-old defender from Mount Hope, Ontario won the Clarkson Cup with the Markham Thunder in 2018. After her collegiate career at York University, Barbara played three seasons in the CWHL, where she totalled 7G and 12A for 19 points in 58 games.

24 SARAH-EVE COUTU GODBOUT

FORWARD 23 YEARS OLD FROM ROUYN-NORANDA, QC Coutu Godbout played at Quinnipiac from 2017-2020 and was the team’s leading goal scorer and second in points last season, with 16 goals and 10 assists for 26 points in 36 games. She was also a member of Team Canada when they won the silver medal at the U-18 IIHF World Championship in 2015.

21 AMY CURLEW

FORWARD 22 YEARS OLD FROM GOOSE BAY, NFLD

Curlew was the eighth-overall pick in the 2020 NWHL Draft. From 2016-2020, she was a standout forward at Cornell. In her senior season of 2019-20, Curlew had 9G and 13A for 22 points and was +30 in 32 games. Prior to Cornell, she played for the Oakville Hornets of the PWHL, and played for Team Newfoundland and Labrador, serving as an assistant captain at the 2015 Canada Winter

Games.

25 EMMA GRECO

DEFENCE 25 YEARS OLD FROM BURLINGTON, ON

The defender from Burlington, Ontario played for the Toronto Furies in the CWHL’s final season. After her college career at Quinnipiac, Greco played in the 2017-18 NWHL season with the Connecticut Whale.

27 SHIANN DARKANGELO FORWARD 27 YEARS OLD FROM ROYAL OAK, MI

As a member of the U.S. National Team, Darkangelo won a gold medal in 2016 at the IIHF World Championship and competed in two Four Nations Cups. Before playing in the CWHL for Toronto and Kunlun, the Michigan native was a very popular player in the NWHL with Buffalo and Connecticut. Darkangelo played collegiately at Syracuse and Quinnipiac and won gold with the U.S. National Team at the U-18 World Championship in 2011.

44 LINDSAY EASTWOOD

DEFENCE 23 YEARS OLD FROM OTTAWA, ON In 2019-20 at Syracuse, where she was named First Team All-CHA, Eastwood shared the team lead in points (28) and was first in assists (20) in 36 games. She captained Syracuse in 2019 to the first CHA Tournament title in program history and earned selection to the All-Tournament Team. In 2020, Eastwood was named the recipient of the prestigious Doris R. Soladay Award, given to one female and one male student-athlete at Syracuse for community involvement and “a history of positively influencing their peers personally, academically, and athletically.”

29 ELAINE CHULI

GOALIE 26 YEARS OLD FROM WATERFORD, ON

The 26-year-old goaltender from Waterford, Ontario played in the CWHL for the Toronto Furies and Vanke Rays. The No. 1 goaltender at the University of Connecticut for each of her four years at college, Chuli was a member of gold medal-winning Team Canada at the U-18 World Championships in 2012.

67 EMMA WOODS

FORWARD 25 YEARS OLD FROM BURFORD, ON Woods has already carved out a magnificent hockey career that has taken her from All-ECAC honors and the captaincy at Quinnipiac University to the CWHL’s teams in China and last season with Leksands IF in the SDHL. She is a player who has shown she’s capable as a forward and a defender. She was selected 14th overall by Buffalo in the 2016 NWHL Draft while she was leading the way at Quinnipiac. With Leksands IF in 2019-20, Woods had 10G and 19A for 29 points in 35 games.

34 SAMANTHA RIDGEWELL

GOALIE 24 YEARS OLD FROM OUTLOOK, SK

Ridgewell was the No. 1 goaltender last season for Djurgardens IF and had a 2.03 GAA and .920 save percentage over 22 games. She had an exceptional college career at Merrimack, where, as a senior in 2018-19, she had a school-record five shutouts, and her 1.89 GAA and her save percentage was a Hockey East-leading .938. Ridgewell, who was runner-up for Hockey East’s goaltender of the year award, developed with the Notre Dame Hounds

and Saskatoon Stars prior to college.

91 JENNA MCPARLAND

FORWARD 28 YEARS OLD FROM SCHREIBER, ON

McParland is an outstanding all-zone forward from the 2018 Clarkson Cup champion Markham Thunder of the CWHL. In Game 2 of the semifinals that year, McParland opened the scoring with three straight goals to lead Markham to a 4-3 victory over Montreal. In 141 games at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, she had 5G and 66A for 116 points. McParland developed playing for the Toronto Aeros of the PWHL and was a member of Team Canada at the U-18 World Championship in 2010.

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