After finishing her four years at the University of Wisconsin, Knight played in the CWHL and NWHL and represented Team USA in three Olympic games before landing in Boston last season.  Head Coach Courtney Birchard-Kessel will look to her for experience and leadership in the dressing room and to mentor the younger players.  At 35 years old, Knight won’t be expected to score at the rate she did earlier in her career, but the veteran forward can still put the puck in the net and will be looking to build on her six tallies from a year ago.

Frenkel was the clear No.1 last season starting 18 regular-season games and all 8 playoff games.  The Fleet will once again lean heavily on Frankel and count on her to log a lot of minutes.  Over the course of five seasons at Northeastern University and one with Boston, Frankel has never had a goals-against-average above 2.00. 

It will be interesting to see if Fleet’s first-round pick will be able to make an immediate impact, especially in the offensive zone.  Bilka is coming off a solid season at Ohio State scoring 22 goals in 39 games.  Fleet General Manager Danielle Marmer was clearly looking to add some scoring in this year’s draft and Bilka will be primed to fill that role.