PWHL teams expand player protection lists during expansion: Who is still available?

The next batch of players protected from the PWHL’s multi-phase expansion roster-building process has been announced.

During Phase 3, which ended on Friday, the league’s eight existing teams were permitted to protect three additional players from the rest of the six-phase process, bringing their total protected list to six players. Any free agents needed to be signed to be protected in this window.

All four expansion teams — Detroit, Hamilton, Las Vegas and San Jose — were also permitted to sign up to three more players to their inaugural rosters over the three-day signing window.

The next step comes Sunday (at noon ET), when the expansion teams can continue filling out their rosters to 10 players.

Here’s who will be protected when Phase 4 begins.

Montreal Victoire

Maggie Flaherty (D)

Kati Tabin (D)

Lina Ljungblom (F)

Already protected: Marie-Philip Poulin (F), Laura Stacey (F) and Ann-Renée Desbiens (G)

Key players available: Abby Roque (F), Jessica DiGirolamo (D), Amanda Boulier (D), Natálie Mlýnková (F), Catherine Dubois (F)

Toronto Sceptres

Kali Flanagan (D)

Natalie Spooner (F)

Emma Gentry (F)

Already protected: Renata Fast (D), Raygan Kirk (G) and Ella Shelton (D)

Key players available: Blayre Turnbull (F), Emma Maltais (F), Allie Munroe (D), Clara Van Wieren (F), Elaine Chuli (G)

Vancouver Goldeneyes

Jenn Gardiner (F)

Izzy Daniel (F)

Hannah Miller

Already protected: Sophie Jaques (D), Emerance Maschmeyer (G) and Sarah Nurse (F)

Key players available: Ashton Bell (D), Tereza Vanišová (F), Abby Boreen (F), Nina Jobst-Smith (D), Gabby Rosenthal (F)

Ottawa Charge

Gabbie Hughes (F)

Fanuza Kadirova (F)

Sarah Wozniewicz (F)

Already protected: Rebecca Leslie (F), Gwyneth Philips (G) and Ronja Savolainen (D)

Key players available: Michela Cava (F), Emma Greco (D), Brooke McQuigge (F), Kateřina Mrázová (F), Peyton Hemp (F)

Boston Fleet

Susanna Tapani (F)

Abby Newhook (F)

Shay Maloney (F)

Already protected: Aerin Frankel (G), Megan Keller (D) and Haley Winn (D)

Key players available: Jessie Eldridge (F), Jamie Lee Rattray (F), Ella Huber (F), Daniela Pejšová (D), Liz Schepers (F)

Minnesota Frost

Grace Zumwinkle (F)

Lee Stecklein (D)

Sidney Morin (D)

Already protected: Taylor Heise (F), Kelly Pannek (F), Maddie Rooney (G)

Key players available: Kendall Coyne Schofield (F), Natalie Buchbinder (D), Abby Hustler (F), Katy Knoll (F), Klára Hymlárová (F)

New York Sirens

Jaime Bourbonnais (D)

Maja Nylén Persson (D)

Micah Zandee-Hart (D)

Already protected: Sarah Fillier (F), Kristýna Kaltounková (F) and Casey O’Brien (F)

Key players available: Paetyn Levis (F), Elle Hartje (F), Allyson Simpson (D), Denisa Křížová (F), Emmy Fecteau (F)

Seattle Torrent

Julia Gosling (F)

Danielle Serdachny (F)

Mikyla Grant-Mentis (F)

Already protected: Alex Carpenter (F), Hannah Murphy (G) and Anna Wilgren (D)

Key players available: Aneta Tejralová (D), Lexie Adzija (F), Jenna Buglioni (F), Theresa Schafzahl (F), Emily Brown (D)

This article originally appeared in The Athletic.

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