PWHL Montreal's Poulin, Desbiens, Stacey, Ambrose to join NHL all-star event
They and 20 other PWHL players will compete in a 20-minute game Feb. 1 in Toronto.
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TORONTO — Montreal forwards Marie-Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey, goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens, and defender Erin Ambrose are among 24 players named Monday to the NHL all-star festival’s three-on-three tournament.
The 24 players from the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s six teams will compete in a 20-minute game Feb. 1 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto to kick off the three-day NHL all-star break.
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The 12 players on each roster for the Canadian Tire PWHL 3-on-3 Showcase have won a combined 146 Olympic and 46 world championship medals, the NHL said Monday.
PWHL adviser Cassie Campbell-Pascall will be behind the bench of Team King, while New Jersey Devils director of players development Meghan Duggan will oversee Team Kloss.
Sarah Nurse, Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield and Taylor Heise are among other players named to the teams, which were named in honour of PWHL advisory board members Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss, who championed the creation of the women’s pro league.
The players were chosen by the PWHL and include 17 of the 18 inaugural free-agent signings and seven of the first 12 players selected in the draft.
New York captain and defender Micah Zandee-Hart is unable to participate due to injury.
PWHL 3-on-3 Showcase Rosters
TEAM KING
- Savannah Harmon, Ottawa, defence
- Megan Keller, Boston, defence
- Ella Shelton, New York, defence
- Lee Stecklein, Minnesota, defence
- Kendall Coyne Schofield, Minnesota, forward
- Hilary Knight, Boston, forward
- Alina Muller, Boston, forward
- Kelly Pannek, Minnesota, forward
- Marie-Phillip Poulin, Montreal, forward
- Blayre Turnbull, Toronto, forward
- Ann-Renée Desbiens, Montreal, goalie
- Aerin Frankel, Boston, goalie
TEAM KLOSS
- Erin Ambrose, Montreal, defence
- Renata Fast, Toronto, defence
- Jocelyne Larocque, Toronto, defence
- Alex Carpenter, New York, forward
- Emily Clark, Ottawa, forward
- Taylor Heise, Minnesota, forward
- Brianne Jenner, Ottawa, forward
- Sarah Nurse, Toronto, forward
- Abby Roque, New York, forward
- Laura Stacey, Montreal, forward
- Nicole Hensley, Minnesota, goalie
- Emerance Maschmeyer, Ottawa, goalie
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