2015–16 New York Riveters season

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2015–16 New York Riveters
League4th NWHL
2015–16 record4–12–2
Home record2–5–2
Road record2–7–0
Goals for40
Goals against76
Team information
General managerDani Rylan
CoachChad Wiseman
CaptainAshley Johnston
Alternate captainsMorgan Fritz-Ward
Madison Packer
ArenaAviator Sports and Events Center
Team leaders
GoalsBray Ketchum (10)
AssistsBrooke Ammerman (10)
PointsBray Ketchum (14)
Brooke Ammerman
Penalty minutesBrooke Ammerman (26)
WinsNana Fujimoto (4)
Goals against averageNana Fujimoto (3.28)
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The 2015–16 New York Riveters season was the first in franchise history and the National Women's Hockey League's inaugural season.

Offseason[edit]

Spring free agent camp[edit]

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[edit]

News and notes[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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: PHF
y – Clinched division

Game log[edit]

2015–16 Schedule[4]
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Record Points Gamesheet
1 October 11 @ Connecticut Whale 1–4 Fujimoto Chelsea Piers CT 0–1–0 0 [Game 1]
2 October 18 Boston Pride 7–1 Lundberg Aviator Sports and Events Center 0–2–0 0 [Game 2]
3 October 25 Connecticut Whale 3–1 Fujimoto Aviator Sports and Events Center 0–3–0 0 [Game 3]
4 November 15 Boston Pride 2–3 Fujimoto Aviator Sports and Events Center 1–3–0 2 [Game 4]
5 November 22 @ Boston Pride 3–2 Fujimoto Bright Hockey Center 2–3–0 4 [Game 5]
6 November 29 Buffalo Beauts 3–1 Fujimoto Aviator Sports and Events Center 2–4–0 4 [Game 6]
7 December 6 @ Boston Pride 1–4 Scrivens Bright Hockey Center 2–5–0 4 [Game 7]
8 December 13 Connecticut Whale 4–3 SO Scrivens Aviator Sports and Events Center 2–5–1 5 [Game 8]
9 December 27 @ Buffalo Beauts 7–3 Fujimoto HarborCenter 3–5–1 7 [Game 9]
10 January 3 Connecticut Whale 6–1 Fujimoto Aviator Sports and Events Center 3–6–1 7 [Game 10]
11 January 9 @ Connecticut Whale 3–4 Fujimoto Ingalls Rink 3–7–1 7 [Game 11]
12 January 10 @ Boston Pride 1–8 Scrivens Bright Hockey Center 3–8–1 7 [Game 12]
13 January 17 Buffalo Beauts 6–5 SO Scrivens Aviator Sports and Events Center 3–8–2 8 [Game 13]
14 January 31 @ Buffalo Beauts 2–4 Fujimoto HarborCenter 3–9–2 8 [Game 14]
15 February 6 Boston Pride 6–1 Laden Aviator Sports and Events Center 3–10–2 8 [Game 15]
16 February 14 Buffalo Beauts 3–4 SO Fujimoto Aviator Sports and Events Center 4–10–2 10 [Game 16]
17 February 21 @ Buffalo Beauts 1-5 Fujimoto HarborCenter 4–11–2 10 [Game 17]
18 February 28 @ Connecticut Whale 2-4 Laden Chelsea Piers CT 4–12–2 10 [Game 18]

  Win (2 points)   Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)   Loss (0 points)

Playoffs[edit]

Game log[edit]

2016 Isobel Cup Playoffs
Semifinals vs. Boston Pride; Boston won series 2–0
Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Record Gamesheet
1 Mar 4 @ Boston Pride 0–6 Scrivens Raymond Bourque Arena 0–1 [Game 19]
2 Mar 5 @ Boston Pride 4–7 Fujimoto Raymond Bourque Arena 0–2 [Game 20]

  Win   Loss

Statistics[edit]

Final

Skaters[edit]

Goaltenders[edit]

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[5]
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[edit]

Updated January 31, 2016[6][7]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
20 United States Brooke Ammerman F R 25 2015 Teaneck, New Jersey
22 United States Erin Barley-Maloney F/D L 27 2015 Raleigh, North Carolina
9 Russia Lyudmila Belyakova F L 21 2015 Moscow, Russia
24 United States Celeste Brown F R 23 2015 Great Falls, Montana
26 United States Kiira Dosdall D F 28 2015 Stanford, Connecticut
18 United States Meghan Fardelmann F R 28 2015 Lansing, Kansas
21 United States Gabie Figueroa D L 24 2015 Branchburg, New Jersey
35 United States Katie Fitzgerald G L 21 2016 Des Plaines, Illinois
13 Canada Kaleigh Fratkin D R 23 2016 Burnaby, British Columbia
11 United States Morgan Fritz-Ward (A) F R 22 2015 Mason City, Iowa
10 Canada Ashley Johnston (C) D L 23 2015 Burlington, Ontario
28 United States Amanda Kessel F R 24 2016 Madison, Wisconsin
17 United States Bray Ketchum F L 26 2016 Greenwich, Connecticut
8 Canada Sydney Kidd F L 23 2015 Sundridge, Ontario
78 United States Chelsea Laden G L 23 2016 Lakeville, Minnesota
32 Canada Jaimie Leonoff G L 23 2016 Montreal, Quebec
4 United States Elena Orlando D L 23 2015 San Jose, California
14 United States Madison Packer (A) F R 24 2015 Detroit, Michigan
12 Austria Janine Weber F L 24 2015 Innsbruck, Austria

Awards and honors[edit]

NWHL Player of the Week
  • Nana Fujimoto – November 15, 2015
  • Meghan Fardelmann – December 29, 2015
NWHL 1st All-Star Game selection

Transactions[edit]

Trades[edit]

January 27, 2016 (2016-01-27)[8] To Connecticut Whale

Shenae Lundberg

To New York Riveters

Chelsea Laden

Signings[edit]

Player Date Contract terms
Janine Weber[9] June 11, 2015 $19,500
Celeste Brown[10] June 26, 2015 $15,000
Kiira Dosdall[11] June 30, 2015 $13,500
Morgan Fritz-Ward[11] June 30, 2015 $12,500
Beth Hanrahan[12] July 10, 2015 $10,500
Madison Packer[13] July 14, 2015 $15,000
Lyudmila Belyakova[14] July 25, 2015 $20,000
Ashley Johnston[15] July 26, 2015 $14,000
Shenae Lundberg[15] July 26, 2015 $15,000
Nana Fujimoto[16] July 27, 2015 $21,000
Elena Orlando[17] July 31, 2015 $10,000
Meghan Fardelmann[18] August 3, 2015 $20,000
Jenny Scrivens[19] August 11, 2015 $10,000
Gabie Figueroa[20] August 15, 2015 $10,000
Brooke Ammerman[21] August 16, 2015 $16,500
Bray Ketchum[22] August 17, 2015 $14,000
Erin Barley-Maloney[23] August 18, 2015 $14,000
Sydney Kidd[24] September 24, 2015 $15,000

Draft[edit]

Main article: 2015 NWHL Draft

The following were the Riveters selections in the 2015 NWHL Draft on June 20, 2015.[25]

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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Games[edit]

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