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Buffalo Beauts

2018–19 NWHL season
Buffalo Beauts.png
City Buffalo, New York
League National Women's Hockey League
Founded 2015
Home arena HarborCenter
Colors Blue, black, silver, white
                   
Owner(s) Pegula Sports and Entertainment
General manager Nik Fattey
Head coach
Ric Seiling and Craig Muni
Captain Corinne Buie
Media 716 Sports Podcast / WBNY
The Buffalo News
NWHL Cross Ice Pass (On YouTube)
Website Official Website
Championships
Playoff championships 2016–17

The Buffalo Beauts are a professional women's ice hockey team based in the city of Buffalo, New York. The team was established in 2015 as one of the four founding franchises of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). They play at HarborCenter[1] which is across the street from and connected to KeyBank Center, the home of the NHL's Buffalo Sabres. The Beauts are owned by Terry and Kim Pegula, who purchased the club in 2017.


The team has advanced to the Isobel Cup Finals in the NWHL's first three seasons, winning in 2016–17.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Season-by-season records


  • 3 Team


    • 3.1 Current roster




  • 4 Draft history


    • 4.1 NWHL Draft




  • 5 Franchise milestones


  • 6 Media


  • 7 Awards and honors


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





History





Brianne McLaughlin celebrating after winning the 2017 Isobel Cup


The Beauts held their first-ever summer free agent camp on May 23 and May 24, 2015.[2] In July 2015, the Beauts signed free agent and 2-time Team USA Olympic goaltender Brianne McLaughlin, making her the first player in franchise history to sign a contract with the franchise.[3]


The team made its debut at home on October 11, 2015 in a 4–1 loss versus the Boston Pride. During a 5–3 home loss against the Boston Pride on October 25, 2015, Brianne McLaughlin allowed three goals by Brianna Decker, resulting in the first hat trick in NWHL history.


The Beauts would finish the regular season third out of four teams, beating out the New York Riveters. In the semi-finals of the inaugural Isobel Cup championships, the Beauts faced off against the Connecticut Whale. The Connecticut had a perfect record against the Beauts in the regular season. The Beauts would go on to upset the Whale by winning the last two games, going on to face the Boston Pride in the finals. There, they would drop two games in succession and finish second in the playoffs.


On October 7, 2016, Beauts forward Harrison Browne came out as a transgender man and thus became the first openly transgender athlete in professional American team sports.[4] That same year the Beauts won the 2016–17 Isobel Cup Championship in an upset win over the defending champion Boston Pride. This was Buffalo's first professional hockey championship since the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League won the 1969–70 Calder Cup.


The Beauts would sign three superstars from the CWHL's Brampton Thunder on August 31, 2017 signing Jess Jones, along with Sarah Edney and Rebecca Vint.[5]


On December 21, 2017, Pegula Sports and Entertainment, owners of the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres and HarborCenter, announced it had purchased the Beauts. This made the Beauts the first team in the NWHL not owned by the league and the first professional women's hockey team in North America to be owned by the same organization of its market's NHL team.[6]


On June 27, 2018, the Beauts signed Team Canada goaltender Shannon Szabados. Szabados had previously only played professional hockey on men's leagues such as the Southern Professional Hockey League and is the first woman to record a shutout in men's league.[7]



Season-by-season records























































Season GP W L T OTL SOL Pts GF GA Playoffs
2015–16 18 5 9 0 4 0 14 57 69 Lost Isobel Cup Championship to Boston Pride
2016–17 17 6 10 1 4 0 11 60 77
Won Isobel Cup Championship over Boston Pride
2017–18 16 12 4 — 0 — 24 51 41 Lost Isobel Cup Championship to Metropolitan Riveters


Team



Current roster


Updated August 20, 2018[8]






















































































































































































































#
Nat
 Player
Pos
S/G
 Age
 Acquired
 Birthplace

7001950000000000000♠95
Canada
Taylor Accursi
F

23

Ancaster, Ontario

7000800000000000000♠8
Canada
Kelly Babstock
F
 L
26
2015
Mississauga, Ontario

7001200000000000000♠20
United States
Blake Bolden
D

27

Euclid, Ohio

7001230000000000000♠23
United States
Corinne Buie
F

26

Edina, Minnesota

7001170000000000000♠17
United States
Jordyn Burns
D

26

Chanhassen, Minnesota

7001240000000000000♠24
United States
Dani Cameranesi
F

23

Plymouth, Minnesota

7001100000000000000♠10
Canada
Sarah Casorso
D

29

Kelowna, British Columbia

7001110000000000000♠11
United States
Lisa Chesson
D

32

Plainfield, Illinois

7001340000000000000♠34
United States
Julia DiTondo
G

24

Kenmore, New York

7001160000000000000♠16
United States
Maddie Elia
F

23

Lewiston, New York

7001250000000000000♠25
United States
Jacquie Greco
D

27

Buffalo, New York

7001290000000000000♠29
United States
Nicole Hensley
G

24

Littleton, Colorado

7001120000000000000♠12
United States
Savannah Harmon
D

23

Downers Grove, Illinois

7001180000000000000♠18
United States
Juliana Iafallo
F

22

Eden, New York

7000400000000000000♠4
United States
Emily Janiga
F

24

East Aurora, New York

7001270000000000000♠27
United States
Jordan Juron
F

24

Latham, New York

7000700000000000000♠7
United States
Emily Pfalzer
D

25

Buffalo, New York

7001140000000000000♠14
United States
Hayley Scamurra
F

23

Williamsville, New York

7001400000000000000♠40
Canada
Shannon Szabados
G
 L
32
2018
Edmonton, Alberta

7001130000000000000♠13
United States
Annika Zalewski
F

22

New Hartford, New York


Draft history


Courtney Burke from the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey program became the first player in franchise history to be selected in the inaugural 2015 NWHL Draft.[9] Raised in the state capital of Albany, New York, Burke was also the first defensewoman selected in NWHL Draft history.



NWHL Draft


Main article: 2015 NWHL Draft

The following are the Beauts' selections from the 2015 NWHL Draft of college players in their junior year held on June 20, 2015. Note: The team has not announced any contract signings from this list to date. A player who is drafted but does not sign with the organization that selected her, may enter free-agency after completing her senior year.













































# Player Position Nationality
College
4 Courtney Burke Defense
 United States
 Univ of Wisconsin
8 Sarah Lefort Forward
 Canada
 Boston University
12 Amanda Leveille Goalie
 Canada
 Univ of Minnesota
16 Emily Janiga Forward
 United States
 Mercyhurst
20 Jenna Dingeldein Forward
 Canada
 Mercyhurst

[10]



Franchise milestones


See also: List of Buffalo Beauts records
































Milestone Player
Date
First goal Kelley Steadman October 11, 2015
First win Brianne McLaughlin November 29, 2015
First Isobel Cup goal Shelby Bram March 11, 2016
First Championship MVP Brianne McLaughlin March 19, 2017
First Shutout Amanda Leveille January 27, 2018


Media


In local Media the Buffalo Beauts are covered by The Buffalo News and home games are broadcast live by 716 Sports Podcast and simulcast on radio by WBNY, the noncommercial student radio station of Buffalo State College. With the Pegulas' purchase of the team, the company's broadcast partners, radio giant Entercom and television service MSG Western New York, would have default rights to future Beauts contests.



Awards and honors



  • Megan Bozek, Buffalo Beauts, 2017 NWHL Defensive Player of the Year Award


References





  1. ^ http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2015/04/16/buffalo-beauts-to-play-at-harborcenter.html


  2. ^ http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2015/05/22/buffalo-beauts-hold-first-summer-training-camp.html


  3. ^ "Buffalo Beauts sign goaltender Brianne McLaughlin – Sports". The Buffalo News. 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2016-10-09..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  4. ^ "NWHL player Harrison Browne comes out as a transgender man". ESPN. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2016-10-07.


  5. ^ "SCORING MACHINE JESS JONES IS A BEAUT". www.nwhl.zone. 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2017-09-20.


  6. ^ Amy Moritz (December 21, 2017). "Pegulas add the Buffalo Beauts to their hockey holdings". The Buffalo News. Retrieved December 21, 2017.


  7. ^ "Shannon Szabados signs with Buffalo Beauts". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 2018-06-28.


  8. ^ "Buffalo Beauts 2018–19 Regular Season Roster". www.nwhl.zone. Retrieved August 20, 2018.


  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-07-08.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-07-08.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)




External links






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