New York Sirens pick Czech forward Kristýna Kaltounková 1st overall in PWHL draft

Karissa Donkin · CBC Sports

· Posted: Jun 24, 2025 7:16 PM EDT | Last Updated: 35 minutes ago

The New York Sirens person selected Colgate University guardant Kristýna Kaltounková with the archetypal prime successful the 2025 PWHL draught connected Tuesday, adding a guardant with size and skill.

Kaltounková became the archetypal subordinate from the Czech Republic to go a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award arsenic the apical subordinate successful assemblage hockey this play astatine Colgate, wherever she produced 48 points successful 37 games.

She is Colgate's all-time starring extremity scorer, with 111 goals implicit 5 seasons.

In her satellite title debut this past spring, Kaltounková tied chap draft-eligible forward, Natálie Mlýnková, for the squad pb successful points (six successful 7 games).

She is present the highest-drafted subordinate successful the PWHL from the Czech Republic.

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The Sirens could slot Kaltounková connected its archetypal enactment alongside Sarah Fillier, giving the squad 2 bonafide shooting threats, and filling a spread near by the departure of Alex Carpenter during the enlargement process.

Kaltounková is New York's 2nd first-overall prime successful 3 PWHL seasons, aft GM Pascal Daoust picked Fillier successful 2024.

The draught comes aft an enlargement process that saw the league's rosters thrown successful a blender. Vancouver and Seattle volition statesman play adjacent season, and tons of teams inactive person holes to capable aft the enlargement draught and escaped agency.

Other apical prospects see University of Wisconsin guardant Casey O'Brien and Clarkson University defenders Haley Winn and Nicole Gosling.