2016–17 Boston Pride season

The 2016–17 Boston Pride season was the second in franchise history.

Offseason During the offseason the Pride moved the Warrior Ice Arena which is also the home to the Boston Bruins from the Bright-Landry Hockey Center where they won the 2016 Isobel Championship. Newly acquired Alex Carpenter signed with the Boston Pride for a one-year, $19,500 contract, making her the highest paid player of the 2015 NWHL Draft class.

Regular season

Game log

|- bgcolor="#cfc" | 1 || Oct 7 || 7:30 PM || Boston Pride || 4–1 || Buffalo Beauts || HarborCenter || 1–0–0 || 2 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 2 || Oct 8 || 7:30 PM || New York Riveters || 3–6 || Boston Pride || Warrior Ice Arena ||2–0–0 || 4 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 3 || Oct 15 || 6:30 PM || Buffalo Beauts || 1–2 || Boston Pride || Warrior Ice Arena || 3–0–0 || 6 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 4 || Oct 22 || 6:30 PM || New York Riveters ||1–5 || Boston Pride || Warrior Ice Arena || 4–0–0 || 8 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 5 || Nov 12 || 6:30 PM || Connecticut Whale || 0–3 || Boston Pride || Warrior Ice Arena || 5–0–0 || 10 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 6 || Nov 20 || 3:30 PM || Boston Pride || 5–0 || Buffalo Beauts || HarborCenter || 6–0–0 || 12 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 7 || Dec 3 || 7:30 PM || Connecticut Whale || 2–5 || Boston Pride || Warrior Ice Arena || 7–0–0 || 14 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 8 || Dec 4 || 4:00 PM || Boston Pride || 3–2 (SO) || New York Riveters || Prudential Center Practice Facility || 8–0–0 || 16 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 9 || Jan 15 || 3:30 PM || Boston Pride || 4–0 || Connecticut Whale || Northford Ice Pavilion || 9–0–0 || 18 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 10 || Jan 21 || 6:00 PM || Boston Pride || 2–1 || New York Riveters || Prudential Center Practice Facility || 10–0–0 || 20 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 11 || Jan 27 || 7:30 PM || Boston Pride || 8–4 || Connecticut Whale || Northford Ice Pavilion || 11–0–0 || 22 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 12 || Feb 4 || 7:30 PM || Connecticut Whale || 2–5 || Boston Pride || Warrior Ice Arena || 12–0–0 || 24 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 13 || Feb 18 || 6:30 PM || Buffalo Beauts || 1–3 || Boston Pride || Warrior Ice Arena || 13–0–0 || 26 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 14 || Feb 24 || 7:30 PM || Boston Pride || 5–4 || Connecticut Whale || Northford Ice Pavilion || 14–0–0 || 28 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 15 || Mar 4 || 6:30 PM || New York Riveters || 3–4 || Boston Pride || Warrior Ice Arena || 15–0–0 || 30 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 16 || Mar 5 || 5:30 PM || Buffalo Beauts || 1–7 || Boston Pride || Warrior Ice Arena || 16–0–0 || 32 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 17 || Mar 12 || 4:00 PM || Boston Pride || 2–3 || New York Riveters || Prudential Center Practice Facility || 16–1–0 || 32

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Playoffs

|- bgcolor="#cfc" | 1 || Mar 16 || 7:30 PM || Connecticut Whale || 2–8 || Boston Pride || Warrior Ice Arena |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 2 || Mar 19 || 6:00 PM || Buffalo Beauts || 3–2 || Boston Pride || Tsongas Arena

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Roster Updated July 18, 2016

Transactions Trades

To New York Riveters

Miye D'Oench To Boston Pride

Alex Carpenter

Free agents Player Acquired from Date Contract terms Lexi Bender Boston College May 2, 2016 1 year/$10,000

Signings

Player Date Contract terms Jordan Smelker April 20, 2016 1 year/$14,000 Jillian Dempsey April 26, 2016 1 year/$13,000 Alyssa Gagliardi April 27, 2016 1 year/$14,000 Lexi Bender May 2, 2016 1 year/$10,000 Blake Bolden May 23, 2016 1 year/$14,000 Brittany Ott May 31, 2016 1 year/$18,000 Lauren Slebodnick July 19, 2016 1 year/$10,000 Emily Field July 29, 2016 1 year/$11,000 Rachel Llanes July 29, 2016 1 year/$12,000 Zoe Hickel July 31, 2016 1 year/$16,000 Gigi Marvin July 31, 2016 1 year/$20,000 Amanda Pelkey July 31, 2016 1 year/$17,000 Hilary Knight July 31, 2016 1 year/$20,000 Brianna Decker July 31, 2016 1 year/$20,000 Meghan Duggan July 31, 2016 1 year/$20,000 Kacey Bellamy July 31, 2016 1 year/$20,000 Alex Carpenter July 31, 2016 1 year/$19,000

Draft

The following were the Pride selections in the 2016 NWHL Draft on June 18, 2016. # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 4 Ann Renee Desbiens G University of Wisconsin (WCHA) 8 Sarah Nurse F University of Wisconsin (WCHA) 12 Ashley Brykaliuk F University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA) 16 Halli Krzyzaniak D University of North Dakota (ECAC) 20 Lara Stalder F University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)

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