Alumni in the pros 25-26

[sah67]

Malinski out of game 4 with an "upper body injury."

[VIEWfromK]

Nice new gig....

https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2026/05/devils-hire-braden-birch-as-assistant-general-manager.html#ref=home

[imafrshmn]

Brianne Jenner and Rory Guilday advanced to the PWHL championship series (Walter Cup) with Ottawa Charge after downing Jill Saulnier and the Boston Fleet in front of a healthy 13,000+ fans in 2OT in Ottawa.

[Chris '03]

Brianne Jenner and Rory Guilday advanced to the PWHL championship series (Walter Cup) with Ottawa Charge after downing Jill Saulnier and the Boston Fleet in front of a healthy 13,000+ fans in 2OT in Ottawa.

Montreal won last night and will host games one and two Thursday and Saturday.

PWHL draft list is also out and includes a couple familiar names: https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2026/may/12/2026-pwhl-draft-eligibility-list-features-record-number-of-player-declarations

League is expected to go from 8 to 12 teams next year. Detroit is official. Vegas and Hamilton strongly rumored to be announced shortly. Vegas probably today.

[Weder]

Brianne Jenner and Rory Guilday advanced to the PWHL championship series (Walter Cup) with Ottawa Charge after downing Jill Saulnier and the Boston Fleet in front of a healthy 13,000+ fans in 2OT in Ottawa.

Montreal won last night and will host games one and two Thursday and Saturday.

PWHL draft list is also out and includes a couple familiar names: https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2026/may/12/2026-pwhl-draft-eligibility-list-features-record-number-of-player-declarations

League is expected to go from 8 to 12 teams next year. Detroit is official. Vegas and Hamilton strongly rumored to be announced shortly. Vegas probably today.

Just did a quick scan:
Avi Adam
Georgia Schiff
Mckenna Van Gelder
Alexa Davis (played at St. Lawrence last season)
Grace Dwyer
Laura Fortino (played in Italy the past couple seasons)
Ashley Messier (played at Minnesota-Duluth last season)
Alyssa Regalado

EDIT: Vegas and Hamilton both announced today. Fortino is from Hamilton, so she may be hoping she winds up there.

[stereax]

Malinski still out

[stereax]

Malinski still out

Despite not playing, Malinski and the Avs advance to the WCF after coming back from an 0-3 deficit to win 4-3 in OT.

[Chris '03]

Rough night for Ottawa alumnae. Jenner missed an empty net with about ninety seconds to go. Montreal tied it with two seconds left. And won it in ot after a Guilday turnover.

[stereax]

Malinski still out

Despite not playing, Malinski and the Avs advance to the WCF after coming back from an 0-3 deficit to win 4-3 in OT.

They'll be facing the Golden Knights!

[ACM]

Not quite "alumni" or "pros", but it's on the ECAC's Instagram, so it's gotta be correct, right?

Great Britain in the IIHF World Championships.

[stereax]

McNally's final article for the Sun.

[scoop85]

McNally's final article for the Sun.

Terrific, as expected.

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McNally's final article for the Sun.

As expected, a solid piece and a tearjerker to boot!

[Chris H82]

McNally's final article for the Sun.

As expected, a solid piece and a tearjerker to boot!

When, not if, Jane goes to work somewhere as a paid writer on hockey, I vote that we note her articles in future "Alumni in the pros" threads. She'll be an alumni, and a professional writer, and a damn good one.

[Trotsky]

McNally's final article for the Sun.

It's an awful piece, but she is entitled to one stinker.

The best thing about McNally is she has never written a piece like this before and never will again.  While mawkish blowhards  and talentless typists like Dan Shaughnessy and Mitch Albom reel them out weekly over 40-year careers, McNally never takes the easy way or the cheap derpy angle when she writes a real column.  She's a great analyst and a compelling writer, and she is worth reading.

Hopefully she'll keep doing that, and there will be a market for it.  1% of sportswriting is worth more than monitor toilet paper, and her work is in that category over half the time.  I cannot think of another sportswriter, ever, who fits this description. 

She's allowed her victory lap; it probably felt icky writing it but the pigs expect, and monetize, their slop.  Now, go out into the world and make sports journalism more than just the lazy, cliche mixture of sports marketing and overheated soap opera it has been for a century.