Get to Know the 2024 PWHL Boston Players

The Professional Women’s Hockey League is in full swing, and Boston is appropriately home to one of the league’s original six teams.

PWHL Boston’s 15 forwards, eight defenders, and three goaltenders are among the best of the best in women’s ice hockey – one of the perks of a six-team league. The majority of these players’ careers to date are jam-packed with enough impressive stats and accolades to write individual profiles. But, for now, here’s a taste of what PWHL Boston’s roster has to offer for the 2024 season.

PWHL Boston Forwards

#9 – Sophie Shirley

Sophie Shirley is a 24-year-old right-handed shooter from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The former member of the Boston Pride of the Premier Hockey League (PHF) won a National Championship with the NCAA’s Wisconsin Badgers in 2019. In 178 games in her college hockey career, Shirley netted 81 goals and distributed 107 assists for 188 points. Shirley earned silver medals with the Canadian National U18 team at the 2016 and 2017 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championships. She played one season in the CWHL and, with the Calgary Inferno, recorded eight goals and 11 assists in 26 games en route to being named rookie of the year.

#11 – Alina Müller

Alina Müller is a 25-year-old left-handed shooter from Winterthur, Switzerland. At the 2014 Sochi Olympics, she became the youngest player in Olympic history to win a medal at the competition, helping the Swiss National Team capture bronze. She led the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic tournament in scoring, tallying up 10 points in six games.

Müller continued building a name for herself at Northeastern University, where she owns the program’s records for points (254), assists (156), and game-winning goals (28) in 159 games played.

#12 – Taylor Wenczkowski

Taylor Wenczkowski is a 26-year-old right-handed shooter from Rochester, New Hampshire. She tallied 11 goals and 14 assists in 51 regular season games for the Boston Pride across three seasons – one as part of the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) and the other two with the PHF. In four seasons at the University of New Hampshire, Wenczkowski potted 42 goals and 40 assists in 148 games, serving as captain her senior year.

#16 – Amanda Pelkey

Amanda Pelkey is a 30-year-old right-handed shooter from Montpelier, Vermont. She won the Isobel Cup in 2016 with the Pride and was alternate captain of the Metropolitan…