A record four former Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) student-athletes have been selected at the 2025 Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) Draft.
Three former CSSHL student-athletes were selected at both the 2023 and 2024 PWHL Drafts, giving the CSSHL a total of six women selected.
10 former CSSHL student-athletes have been drafted to the PWHL, while 15 having played in the league.
The 6 round draft saw 48 total players selected by the 8 PWHL teams on Tuesday, June 24th.
Round | Overall | Student-Athlete | CSSHL Team | PWHL Team | Position |
2 | 9 | Anne Cherkowski | Pursuit of Excellence | New York Sirens | F |
3 | 19 | Nina Jobst-Smith | Okanagan Hockey Academy | PWHL Vancouver | D |
3 | 21 | Sarah Wozniewicz | Edge School | Ottawa Charge | F |
6 | 48 | Chanreet Bassi | Delta Hockey Academy/Pursuit of Excellence | PWHL Vancouver | F |
Cherkowski is the all-time leader in regular season goals (85) points (165) among all CSSHL Female student-athletes. The Coldstream, BC forward spent four seasons with the Pursuit of Excellence (POE, now RHA Kelowna) before heading to the NCAA with the University of Minnesota in 2020/21. She would spend the following four seasons with Clarkson University, ending her NCAA career with 147 points in 168 games.
Jobst-Smith joined OHA for the 2019/20 season where she recorded 15 points in 21 games. The defenseman has represented Germany at 5 World Championships despite being just 23 years old. She would play the last four NCAA seasons for the University of Minnesota-Duluth, including captaining the team this past season, finishing with 67 points in 172 games.
Wozniewicz, the 2019/20 CSSHL Female U18 Prep MVP and CSSHL Western Champion, played three seasons for Edge School recording 94 points in 53 games. The Cochrane, AB forward joined the University of Wisconsin in 2021/22, finishing her four year NCAA career with 71 points in 154 games while winning two NCAA Championships.
Bassi became the first South Asian player drafted into the PWHL and only the second selected directly out of U SPORTS, following Emmy Fecteau who was selected by the New York Sirens last year. The Kelowna, BC product spent two seasons in the CSSHL with Delta and POE before joining UBC for 5 seasons. In 127 U SPORTS games she tallied 116 points while being named a First Team All-Star in 2023/24.