2015–16 Buffalo Beauts season

2015–16 Buffalo Beauts
Division	3rd Founding Four
League	3rd NWHL
2015–16 record	5–9–4
Home record	2–6–1
Road record	3–3–3
Goals for	56
Goals against	66
Team information
General Manager	Linda Mroz
Coach	Shelley Looney
Captain	Emily Pfalzer
Alternate captains	Shelby Bram Meghan Duggan
Arena	HarborCenter
Team leaders
Goals	Kelley Steadman (13)
Assists	Meghan Duggan (10) Megan Bozek Emily Pfalzer
Points	Kelley Steadman (20)
Penalties in minutes	Devon Skeats (26) Hailey Browne
Wins	Brianne McLaughlin (4)
Goals against average	Amanda Makela (2.79)
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The 2015–16 Buffalo Beauts season will be the first in franchise history. The club is scheduled to participate in the National Women's Hockey League (2015) inaugural season.^[1]

Regular season

Standings

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: NWHL
y – Clinched division.

Game log

2015–16 Schedule[2] # Date Time Visitor Score Home Location Record Points 1 Oct 11 3:30 PM Boston Pride 4–1 Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 0–1–0 0 2 Oct 18 3:30 PM Connecticut Whale 5–2 Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 0–2–0 0 3 Oct 25 3:30 PM Boston Pride 5–3 Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 0–3–0 0 4 Nov 15 3:30 PM Connecticut Whale 3–2 Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 0–4–0 0 5 Nov 22 3:30 PM Connecticut Whale 7–6 SO Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 0–4–1 1 6 Nov 29 7:00 PM Buffalo Beauts 3–1 New York Riveters Aviator Sports & Events Center 1–4–1 3 7 Dec 5 7:30 PM Buffalo Beauts 6–7 Boston Pride Bright Hockey Center 1–5–1 3 8 Dec 6 4:30 PM Buffalo Beauts 2–3 SO Connecticut Whale Chelsea Piers 1–5–2 4 9 Dec 20 3:00 PM Buffalo Beauts 0–1 Boston Pride Bright Hockey Center 1–6–2 4 10 Dec 27 3:30 PM New York Riveters 7–3 Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 1–7–2 4 11 Jan 3 3:00 PM Buffalo Beauts 4–3 OT Boston Pride Bright Hockey Center 2–7–2 6 12 Jan 10 6:00 PM Buffalo Beauts 3–5 Connecticut Whale Chelsea Piers 2–8–2 6 13 Jan 17 7:00 PM Buffalo Beauts 6–5 SO New York Riveters Aviator Sports & Events Center 3–8–2 8 14 Jan 31 3:30 PM New York Riveters 2–4 Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 4–8–2 10 15 Feb 7 12:00 PM Buffalo Beauts 2–3 OT Connecticut Whale Chelsea Piers 4–8–3 11 16 Feb 14 2:00 PM Buffalo Beauts 3–4 SO New York Riveters Aviator Sports & Events Center 4–8–4 12 17 Feb 21 3:30 PM New York Riveters 1–5 Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 5–8–4 14 18 Feb 28 3:30 PM Boston Pride 3–2 Buffalo Beauts HarborCenter 5–9–4 14

Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = OT/SO Loss

Playoffs

Game log

2016 Isobel Cup Playoffs
Semifinals vs. Connecticut Whale; Buffalo Beauts won series 2–0 # Date Time Visitor Score Home Location Record 1 Mar 4 7:10 PM Buffalo Beauts 0–3 Connecticut Whale Chelsea Piers 0–1 2 Mar 5 7:30 PM Buffalo Beauts 4–1 Connecticut Whale Chelsea Piers 1–1 3 Mar 6 6:00 PM Buffalo Beauts 4–3 Connecticut Whale Chelsea Piers 2–1
Finals vs. Boston Pride # Date Time Visitor Score Home Location Record 1 Mar 11 7:30 PM Buffalo Beauts – Boston Pride Prudential Center (Practice Facility) – 2 Mar 12 7:30 PM Buffalo Beauts – Boston Pride Prudential Center (Practice Facility) – 3 Mar 13 1:30 PM Buffalo Beauts – Boston Pride Prudential Center (Practice Facility) –
Legend:           = If needed           = Win           = Loss           = Playoff series win

Statistics

Updated as of games played through March 6, 2016

Skaters

Regular Season[3] Player GP G A Pts PIM Steadman, KelleyKelley Steadman 13 13 7 20 16 Kunichika, KourtneyKourtney Kunichika 18 9 8 17 4 Duggan, MeghanMeghan Duggan 15 6 10 16 14 Skeats, DevonDevon Skeats 15 9 5 14 26 Bozek, MeganMegan Bozek 16 3 10 13 13 Pfalzer, EmilyEmily Pfalzer 17 2 10 12 6 Browne, HaileyHailey Browne 18 5 7 12 26 Bram, ShelbyShelby Bram 16 4 6 10 0 Mcdonald, KellyKelly Mcdonald 17 0 9 9 8 Zach, ErinErin Zach 14 1 4 5 4 Williams, HayleyHayley Williams 17 1 4 5 14 McGowan, HannahHannah McGowan 18 1 2 3 4 Harrington, PaigePaige Harrington 18 0 3 3 12 Rafter, TatianaTatiana Rafter 17 2 1 3 12 Fickel, JessicaJessica Fickel 15 0 2 2 4 Grigg, LindsayLindsay Grigg 15 0 2 2 6 Cellino, AnnemarieAnnemarie Cellino 9 0 1 1 0 Carnes, CourtneyCourtney Carnes 9 0 0 0 0 Giamo, MaggieMaggie Giamo 9 0 0 0 4

Playoffs[4] Player GP G A Pts PIM Skeats, DevonDevon Skeats 3 2 1 3 0 Bozek, MeganMegan Bozek 3 3 0 3 4 Browne, HaileyHailey Browne 3 2 0 2 6 Steadman, KelleyKelley Steadman 2 1 1 2 4 Mcdonald, KellyKelly Mcdonald 3 0 2 2 4 Pfalzer, EmilyEmily Pfalzer 3 0 1 1 2 Kunichika, KourtneyKourtney Kunichika 3 0 1 1 2 Grigg, LindsayLindsay Grigg 3 0 1 1 6 Duggan, MeghanMeghan Duggan 1 0 1 1 2 Bram, ShelbyShelby Bram 3 0 1 1 0 Cellino, AnnemarieAnnemarie Cellino 1 0 0 0 0 Carnes, CourtneyCourtney Carnes 1 0 0 0 0 Zach, ErinErin Zach 3 0 0 0 0 McGowan, HannahHannah McGowan 3 0 0 0 2 Williams, HayleyHayley Williams 1 0 0 0 0 Fickel, JessicaJessica Fickel 3 0 0 0 0 Harrington, PaigePaige Harrington 3 0 0 0 2 Rafter, TatianaTatiana Rafter 3 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[3]

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
McLaughlin, BrianneBrianne McLaughlin	14	721:59	4	6	2	41	3.41	443	0.907	0	0
Makela, AmandaAmanda Makela	6	322:52	1	2	2	15	2.79	165	0.909	0	0
Sass, KimberlyKimberly Sass	2	90:30	1	1	0	7	4.64	51	0.863	0	0

Playoffs^[4]

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
McLaughlin, BrianneBrianne McLaughlin	3	177:15	2	1	0	6	2.03	85	0.929	0	0

Roster

Updated January 27, 2016^[5][6]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
9		Bozek, MeganMegan Bozek	D	R	24	2015	Buffalo Grove, Illinois
13		Bram, ShelbyShelby Bram (A)	F	L	22	2015	Winnipeg, Manitoba
24		Browne, HaileyHailey Browne	F	L	22	2015	Oakville, Ontario
10		Duggan, MeghanMeghan Duggan (A)	F	R	28	2015	Danvers, Massachusetts
6		Fickel, JessicaJessica Fickel	F			2015	Fort Erie, Ontario
23		Grigg, LindsayLindsay Grigg	D		22	2015	Oakville, Ontario
2		Harrington, PaigePaige Harrington	D	L	22	2015	Mansfield, Massachusetts
36		Kunichika, KourtneyKourtney Kunichika	F	R	24	2015	Fullerton, California
34		Makela, AmandaAmanda Makela	G	L	22	2015	Thunder Bay, Ontario
14		McDonald, KellyKelly McDonald	D			2015	Ancaster, Ontario
12		McGowan, HannahHannah McGowan	F	L	23	2015	Redford, Michigan
29		McLaughlin, BrianneBrianne McLaughlin	G	L	28	2015	Sheffield, Ohio
7		Pfalzer, EmilyEmily Pfalzer (C)	D	R	22	2015	Getzville, New York
43		Rafter, TatianaTatiana Rafter	F	L		2015	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1		Sass, KimberlyKimberly Sass	G	L		2015	East Amherst, New York
21		Skeats, DevonDevon Skeats	F	L		2015	Whitby, Ontario
77		Williams, HayleyHayley Williams	F	L	25	2015	Crete, Illinois
20		Zach, ErinErin Zach	F	L	24	2015	Elmira, Ontario

Awards and honors

NWHL Player of the Week

• Kelley Steadman – Nov 23, 2015
• Devon Skeats – Nov 30, 2015
• Megan Bozek – Jan 3, 2016
• Brianne McLaughlin – Jan 17, 2016
• Kelley Steadman – Jan 31, 2016

NWHL 1st All-Star Game selection

• Megan Bozek (Team Pfalzer)
• Shelby Bram (Team Knight)
• Meghan Duggan (Team Pfalzer)
• Brianne McLaughlin (Team Knight)
• Devon Skeats (Team Pfalzer)
• Hayley Williams (Team Knight)

Transactions

Signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Brianne McLaughlin[7]	July 1, 2015	$22,000
Devon Skeats[8]	July 9, 2015	$15,000
Erin Zach[8]	July 9, 2015	$13,000
Hailey Browne[9]	August 6, 2015	$15,000
Kimberly Sass[9]	August 6, 2015	$10,000
Shelby Bram[10]	August 7, 2015	$15,000
Tatiana Rafter[10]	August 7, 2015	$15,000
Paige Harrington[11]	August 11, 2015	$10,000
Hayley Williams[11]	August 11, 2015	$13,000
Amanda Makela[12]	August 11, 2015	$15,000
Kourtney Kunichika[13]	August 15, 2015	$10,000
Jessica Fickel[14]	August 17, 2015	$15,000
Hannah McGowan[15]	August 18, 2015	$10,000
Lindsay Grigg[16]	July 13, 2015	$13,000
Kelly McDonald[16]	July 13, 2015	$13,000
Emily Pfalzer[17]	September 24, 2015	$21,000
Megan Bozek[18]	September 25, 2015	$22,500
Meghan Duggan[19]	September 25, 2015	$22,500

Draft

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

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	4	Courtney Burke	D	United States	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
2	8	Sarah Lefort	F	Canada	Boston University (HEA)
3	12	Amanda Leveille	G	Canada	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
4	16	Emily Janiga	F	United States	Mercyhurst College (CHA)
5	20	Jenna Dingeldein	F	Canada	Mercyhurst College (CHA)

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