Former Utica College women’s hockey player Megan Myers (Las Vegas, NV/LA Selects) was selected as the No. 2 pick in the 12th round of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) draft on Tuesday night. Myers was the 47th overall pick by the Boston Blades.
The CWHL was created in May of 2007 and features a five team league, including the Boston Blades, the Brampton Thunder, the Calgary Inferno, the Montreal Stars and the Toronto Furies.
Myers, who is the first player in program-history to be drafted into the CWHL, was a 2013 CCM All-American and a three-time ECAC West First Team All-Conference selection. She led the Pioneers in scoring in each of her four seasons and graduated ranked second all-time in career scoring at UC with 143 points in 104 games. She tied Pioneer Hall of Famer Deana Wiegand ’07 for first on the College’s all-time goal scoring list with 74 goals. Over the course of the last four years she posted 15 game-winning goals and helped guide UC to 56 victories. Originally from Las Vegas, Nevada, Megan graduated from UC with a degree in Therapeutic Recreation.
Myers will join several Team USA players on the Boston Blades, including Jenny Potter, Monique Lamoureux and Brianna Decker. Also drafted by the Blades were Cornell graduate Alyssa Gagliardi, Boston University’s Kaleigh Fratkin, Yale’s Bray Ketchum, Brown’s Nicole Stock and Princeton’s Denna Laing, to name a few.
Utica College assistant coach Tanis Lamoureux, a recent graduate of Elmira College and an All-American hockey player, was the 12th overall pick in the draft by the Toronto Furies.
Other notable NCAA Division III draft picks included All-American goalie Sydney Aveson (Plattsburgh), Laurel Hill (St. Norbert), Rebecca Mosher (St. Mary’s) and Denise Cardello (Castleton).CW
