The Canadian Women’s Hockey League draft was this afternoon, and both the Markham Thunder and Toronto Furies arrived at the MasterCard Centre with team needs to fill. Markham is down three defenders from last year’s roster, two to centralization (Laura Fortino, Jocelyne Larocque) and one who left for the NWHL (Sarah Edney). Toronto also needs help on defense, with Erin Ambrose and Renata Fast centralized, but unlike Markham they’re dealing with an especially large gap at forward. Not only did Kelly Terry retire, and Jenelle Kohanchuk and Michela Cava sign with MODO Hockey in Sweden, but team captain and offensive dynamo Natalie Spooner is centralizing so she can terrorize some American goalies this year instead.
2017 CWHL Draft recap: Who did Toronto and Markham select?
