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R1 - Pick 10
5’8” - Left Handed Defense
Captain at Cornell University
Fleet: Dwyer completed a standout four-year career at Cornell University, appearing in 134 games and producing 76 points (18 goals, 58 assists) from the blue line. A team captain as a senior in 2025-26, the Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, native recorded 20 points in 33 games and earned First Team All-Ivy honors for the second time in her collegiate career. Dwyer was a consistent two-way presence throughout her time with the Big Red, helping lead one of the nation’s top defensive programs while contributing offensively in every season. Internationally, she attended Team USA evaluation and collegiate camps and represented the United States in the Collegiate Series. Her collegiate résumé also includes multiple Ivy League championships and ECAC Hockey postseason success.
Jocks Next Gen: She played on both the Power Play and Penalty Kill for Cornell. Her coach called her a great leader, humble, driven, strong, and athletic. He is also quoted as saying that “She will love it in the PWHL because she’s big, strong, and she wants to play more physically than the college game would allow at times”. He also said he had to hold her back from the physicality and aggressive nature sometimes in the collegiate game.
The Sideline Snapshot: Watching some highlights, she uses her size wisely. When defending the breakout she always has her head on a swivel and when the puck is on her side, she is within a stick length from the puck at all times. She is clearly not afraid to put herself between the puck and the net. Offensively she can find her spot to create chances from the point, but looks to be very responsible picking her chance rather than just throwing it on net.
What to be excited for: The physical game her coach had to “rein in” - gets turned loose with the Fleet. She sounds like she will slide in perfectly to a similar role as Keller and Winn, while using their mentorship to develop those skills further. That physicality could quickly make her a fan favorite in Boston, and add more notes to her game than we have already seen.
R3 - Pick 27
5’9” - Right Handed Defense
Alternate Captain - Penn State
Has played all 5 positions through her career, drafted as a Right Handed Defender.
Morristown-Beard School: During her time with the Crimson, Stecker helped lead MBS to the inaugural New Jersey Girls Ice Hockey State Championship in 2020 and four consecutive Prep Championships. She earned First Team All-State honors and was named the 2020 NJ.com Girls Ice Hockey Player of the Year after recording 16 goals and 20 assists as a sophomore. In the state championship game at Prudential Center, she scored twice to help secure a 3-0 victory and became the scorer of the first goal in a girls ice hockey state final in New Jersey history.
Penn State: While at Penn State, Leah scored 57 points in 152 games. Her senior season she put up 20 points in 39 games. She played on both the powerplay and the penalty kill clearly showing the trust her coach has in her. Each season she progressively put up more shots, with 57 shots in her final year at Penn. She also blocked more shots each season, 83 total blocked shots, with 32 blocks this season. Stecker helped lead Penn State to their first ever Frozen Four losing to eventual champion Wisconsin Badgers in a 4-3 Overtime.
What to be excited for: Watching Leah running play in Boston. She's another piece of the puzzle for a blue line built to create offense while still being a group nobody wants to play against physically. Keller and Winn already give that group scoring touch from the back end, but Stecker adds a different dimension. On the power play, she plays more like a fourth forward than a traditional point option, while still staying defensively sound. That kind of flexibility could open up looks the Fleet's power play hasn't had access to, especially compared to the more rigid, set-piece structure it's leaned on.
R4 - Pick 46
5’10” - Right Handed Forward
Alt Captain - North Eastern
Played three years of AAA hockey in the Alberta Female Hockey League, four years at Clarkson, and two years at Northeastern. In her most recent season, she posted 14 points (7 goals, 7 assists) in a year where Northeastern fell to Ohio State in the Frozen Four semifinals.
Watching Jaden, it's clear she loves to work as close to the opposing net as possible — the majority of her goals this season came from less than two feet out. She uses her size to screen the goalie's view and plant herself as an immovable force in front of the net. She's also listed as a defensive forward, though that's hard to confirm from highlight reels alone rather than full games. The one full game I watched — the semifinal — showed Northeastern outmatched as a team.
What to be excited for: It'll be great to add a player who isn't afraid to put her body on the line for goals. Looking back at last season, we could use someone to take away the goalie's eyes and make life difficult in front of the net. She's taller than or equal in height to every starting goalie in the league except Schroeder in Seattle. Hoping she can take a page from Saulnier's game and add some extra grit and become a true Boston hockey player.
R5 - Pick 58
5’5” - Left Handed Forward
Frölunda HC
Jenna played four years at Clarkson before heading to the SDHL, Swedish Women’s Professional League, to suit up for Frölunda HC this past season (Same league as Kelly Babstock and Klára Peslarová). She put up 71 points in 157 games at Clarkson, and in her senior season she played on both the power play and the penalty kill, even scoring two shorthanded goals (what will be jailbreaks!). Her coach described her as one of the fastest players in Clarkson history.
With Frölunda this season, she scored 9 goals and added 4 assists in 26 regular season games, then continued to produce with 3 assists across Frölunda's 12-game playoff run. In interviews, she spoke about how much her game had to change to match the physical play of the Swedish league - her first season in a league that allowed hitting. Judging by her numbers, she transitioned well to the new style.
What to be excited for: Speed. We've had speed on the team before, but Jenna brings a different confidence to her game, creating breakaways rather than just hoping to find space, and when she carries the puck, she isn't thinking pass-first. That's not to say she's selfish; she plays with the smarts to find the best chances for the team to score. Having played a year of professional hockey, I think she can help shift our offense toward more movement, rather than the stagnant play we've fallen into in previous seasons.
Jenna is also close friends with Winn and grew up playing hockey with Bogden, from their teen years right up through today. That kind of built-in chemistry with two players already in the mix for Boston is the kind of thing that can shorten an adjustment period.
R6 - Pick 70
5’9” - Right Handed Defense
Alt Captain - Boston University
Maeve played four years at Boston University wrapping up her collegiate career as an assistant captain and a two-time Hockey East Defender of the Week, production that trended the right direction as her role expanded. Growing production from three assists as a freshman to a career-high nine points as a senior, with 29 blocked shots in each of her final two seasons.
Honestly, it was hard to find full games from Maeve’s tenure at BU online. I watched several highlights, but you only see goals for either team in those highlights and not much of the build up to see who created those plays or the faults in them.
That being said, Maeve comes off as a steadfast defender, who has stepped up in some big moments. Her biggest games coming during the Beanpot and Friendship Series assists against Harvard, a multi-assist night in the 2025 Hockey East Championship, a plus rating in nearly every big matchup she faced. She blocks shots at a high rate and doesn't force plays she can't finish.
What to be excited for: Confident, stay-at-home defense. In a blue line filled with women who can play all aspects of the game, Maeve will be a fantastic anchoring partner for any of them. At time of writing, the Fleet have four defenders signed (Keller, Winn, MacKinnon, Boulier), and with Dwyer and Stecker also expected to sign, that leaves one final roster spot before the season starts - for Maeve or someone else. That would make her a bottom-pairing defender on our roster. I expect Maeve will be a bubble player with the potential for three different outcomes: she either signs and plays some games throughout the season, becomes a reserve if no one else offers her a contract, or opts not to play in the league this season.
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