#Emma Söderberg

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Meg and Hil look so smug 😂

[grantmentis]

PWHL Boston Walter Cup Final Photos by Meghan Murphy

[chelseajackarmy]

PWHL Boston

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New Whale alert!!!!!!

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pwhl boston & minnesota reminders/primer:

today’s game is 7:00pm EST and it will be boston’s home opener!

the game will be broadcasted through nesn, bally sports, and tsn. if none of these are available in your area, all games will be streamed live from the pwhl youtube

here are jersey colors if you dont already know them:

basic team info:

boston — captain: hilary knight (#21) | alternate captains: jamie lee rattray (#47), megan keller (#5) | goalies: aerin frankel (#31), cami kronish (#35), emma söderberg (#30) | full roster

minnesota — captain: kendall coyne schofield (#26) | alternate captains: lee stecklein (#2), kelly pannek (#12) | goalies: lauren bench, nicole hensley (#29), amanda leveille (#28), maddie rooney (#35) | full roster

watch the game!!! lb if youre feeling it! its gonna be great 🤞

rb if you want for more exposure !

[chirpingfromthebox]

The status of PWHL Boston's roster after the draft

The Draftees:

Hannah Bilka - F

Shay Maloney - F

Ilona Markova - F

Daniela Pejšová - F

Sydney Bard - D

Hadley Harmetz - D

Under Contract:

Loren Gabel - F

Taylor Girard - F

Hilary Knight - F

Alina Müller - F

Jamie Lee Rattray - F

Theresa Schafzahl - F

Susanna Tapani - F

Jessica Digirolamo - D

Megan Keller - D

Aerin Frankel - G

Emma Söderberg - G

Currently Free Agents:

Lexie Adjiza - F

Kelly Babstock - F

Hannah Brandt - F

Nicole Kosta - F

Gigi Marvin - F

Amanda Pelkey - F

Sophie Shirley - F

Taylor Wenczkowski - F

Emily Brown - D

Abby Cook - D

Kaleigh Fratkin - D

Sidney Morin - D

Cami Kronish - G

Total players you can have on your roster (not counting reserves): 23

Those currently under contract + the draftees = 17

Available spots left: 6

[the-physicality]

emma Söderberg!!!!!

[dodger-chan]

First ever PWHL finals start today!

But, legitimate problem here, I don't have a team.

For the first round of the playoffs I managed to pick teams to root for with a combination of upsets are funny and choosing the most American goalie. But now that Boston and Minnesota have both won their series I have until five pm to choose who to root for. And I'm stuck.

Upsets are funny: Both of these teams were supposed to lose last round. Minnesota started the season strong and fell off. Boston started weak and finished hot. Minnesota reverse swept the best team in the league, but only after they lost their best forward. Boston's sweep relied on an otherworldly goaltending performance. I'm not sure who the underdog is.

Most American goalie: Maddie Rooney was the team USA starter for our last Olympic gold medal. Aerin Frankel is the current starter for the US national team. Minnesota's backup (Nicole Hensley) is also American while Boston's (Emma Söderberg) is Swedish but if either team uses their backup in this series, something has gone horribly wrong.

Uniform colors:

It feels weird going into a final as a neutral fan.

[waggle100]

Your Post Draft Boston PWHL team - not positionally sound beyond F/D/G because none of these draft reports want to give full positions even though I know they were specifying while I was watching

Forwards

Hilary Knight Alina Müller Loren Gabel Theresa Schafzahl Jamie Lee Rattray Hannah Brandt Jessica DiGirolamo Taylor Girard Sophie Shirley Tatum Skaggs Shiann Darkangelo

Defense

Sophie Jaques Megan Keller Emily Brown Emma Buckles Jess Healey

Goalies

Aerin Frankel Emma Söderberg 

Overall I love the Goalie position and I think there is a nice mix of youth and experience throughout the forwards and defense. I will try to do some additional research and give thoughts later this week

[pwhl-mybeloved]

BOSTON

Forwards 
Brandt, Hannah (November 27 SAGITTARIUS)
Darkangelo, Shiann (November 28 SAGITTARIUS)
Gabel, Loren (July 24 LEO)
Girard, Taylor (July 17 CANCER)
Knight, Hilary (July 12 CANCER)
Kosta, Nicole (February 27 PISCES)
Marvin, Gigi (March 7 PISCES)
Müller, Alina (March 12 PISCES)
Pelkey, Amanda (May 29 GEMINI)
Rattray, Jamie Lee (September 30 LIBRA)
Schafzahl, Theresa (April 12 ARIES)
Shirley, Sophie (June 30 CANCER)
Wenczkowski, Taylor (September 25 LIBRA)

Defenders 
Brown, Emily (December 30 CAPRICORN)
DiGirolamo, Jessica (February 13 AQUARIUS)
Fratkin, Kaleigh (March 24 ARIES)
Healey, Jess (October 14 LIBRA)
Jaques, Sophie (October 16 LIBRA)
Keller, Megan (May 1 TAURUS)
Morin, Sidney (June 6 GEMINI)

Goaltenders

Frankel, Aerin (May 24 GEMINI)

Kronish, Cami (February 24 PISCES)

Söderberg, Emma (February 18 AQUARIUS)

(This has been very hastily done on my phone so please correct if you see issues on the roster/dates/etc. Roster sourced from this site which is a lil older so may not be current, I haven’t double checked!!)

[werewolfbneimitzvah]

For real though someone had better buy Emma Söderberg something nice. Saved 51 shots out of 54, what the fuck

[grantmentis]

PWHL Boston at warm ups • January 20, 2024

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2023-24 Signing News, Rumors, etc.

June 29 update: WELL NEVER FUCKING MIND, APPARENTLY

(I'm going to link this post in my pinned post and update it whenever there's something new to add!)

Players under contract:

Allie Munroe (D) - signed a two-year contract during the 2022 off-season (and renegotiated her salary prior to 2023-24)

Kennedy Marchment (F) - signed a two-year contract during the 2022 off-season (and renegotiated her salary prior to 2023-24)

Taylor Girard (F) - signed a two-year contract during the 2022 off-season (and renegotiated her salary prior to 2023-24)

Tori Howran (D) - signed a two-year contract during the 2022 off-season (renegotiated a new two-year contract prior to 2023-24)

Melissa Samoskevich (F) - signed a one-year contract during the 2022 off-season but was mentioned as being under a two-year contract in the press release for the Bellamy signing. Samo was subsequently confirmed by Melissa Burgess to have extended her previous contract into a two-year deal.

Kacey Bellamy (D) - signing announced on April 20, 2023

Kendall Cornine (F) - signing announced on May 18, 2023 (previously reported to be a possibility by Dan Rice in his April 26 Around the Rink in the PHF [AtR] podcast/Twitter Spaces)

Emma Söderberg (G) - signing announced on May 23 (two-year contract)

Maude Poulin-Labelle (D) - signing announced on May 31

Janka Hlinka (F) - re-signing announced June 12

Justine Reyes (F) - re-signing announced June 13

Sandra Abstreiter (G) - signing announced July 15

Players rumored to be signing with the Whale:

Michela Cava (F)

Emma Greco (D)

As reported by Dan Rice in the June 21 AtR episode: "I believe [the Whale is] going to sign, if they haven't already signed, Michela Cava, who was the MVP of the playoffs . . . as well as defender Emma Greco, who previously played in Connecticut and played the last couple of seasons with Toronto. I believe they're both gonna end up in Connecticut. . . . If they're not signed already, it's pretty close to and I think it's gonna end up happening."

Possibly Mariah Fujimagari (G)???!!!???!!! (I 💖 Fuji)

Per Dan R. on June 21: "I heard Fuji might be back, possibly as a third goalie with Connecticut, don't know."

Players from the 2022-23 roster who are rumored not to be returning:

Dan Rice reported in his April 17 Twitter Spaces conversation with Allie Morse that he has heard that Meeri Räisänen (G) might not return. He specifically said, "I think Connecticut would probably look for another goaltender, but I don't know that for a fact--just kind of reading what I've seen and what I've heard." In the same conversation, Dan mentioned that some players may be unable to balance next season's increased time commitment with their jobs/education and specifically cited Janine Weber (F) and Lenka Serdar (F) as players who might not come back due to their other commitments (nothing definite, though). [WhalePropaganda note: Lenka has been participating in Whale-related activities this spring, so maybe she'll be sticking around?]

[A further WhalePropaganda note: based on the fact that Söderberg and Abstreiter have been signed, Meeri's definitely gone and we just don't know where she's going. My guess is that she'll be staying in Europe—she seemed really upset that she couldn't bring her dog with her when she came to the US :( ]

Abbie Ives (G) - Here's what Dan R. said in the May 16 AtR: "I still think there's a chance, from everything that I've heard . . . that if those two goaltenders [Söderberg and Abstreiter] sign in Connecticut, like, I wouldn't be surprised if Abbie's also there as well, like, again, teams carry three goaltenders. It's not easy, it's probably not ideal, but you want to have depth, and they went through last year where they had two goaltenders that split the time, so you never know, injuries can happen. But I've also heard that Abbie Ives might be a possibility in Buffalo— that's another team that I've heard that she's been speaking to."

On June 21, however, he said that Fuji is a possibility for the Whale's third goalie, which may eliminate that as a possibility for Abbie.

Players from the 2022-23 roster who are definitely not returning:

Shannon Turner (D) - retired :(

Emma Keenan (D) - signed with Montreal Force (officially announced May 12, previously reported by Ian Kennedy and Dan Rice)

Kateřina Mrázová (F) - (probable departure previously reported by Dan Rice) signing with the Rivs announced June 2

Caitrin Lonergan (F) - (prev. reported by multiple sources) signing with Boston announced June 2

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pwhl boston & ottawa reminders/primer:

today’s game will be at 6:00pm EST at the Tsongas Center.

if women’s hockey happens to be your second priority, or you’re worried about missing your nhl affiliate’s game, have no fear! the ottawa senators will not be playing tonight. the boston bruins will be playing at 9:00pm EST. the last pwhl boston game lasted about 2.5 hours, so you can watch the pwhl game and the bruins game!

the game will be broadcasted through nesn and tsn. if these aren’t available in your area, all games will be streamed live from the pwhl youtube

here are the jersey colors if you don’t already know them:

basic team info:

boston — captain: hilary knight (#21) | alternate captains: jamie lee rattray (#47), megan keller (#5) | goalies: aerin frankel (#31), cami kronish (#35), emma söderberg (#30) | full roster

ottawa — captain: brianne jenner (#19) | alternate captains: emily clark (#26), jincy roese (#33) | goalies: sandra abstreiter (#30), emerance maschmeyer (#38), rachel mcquigge (#34) | full roster

both boston and ottawa lost their last game 3-2, so this should be an interesting game! watch the game!!! lb if youre feeling it! its gonna be great 🤞

rb if you want for more exposure !

update:

the game has been postponed. as of right now, the new date has not yet been announced.