Posts About "Kelley Steadman"
Steadman Retires On Top
July 24th, 2017 On July 6 Isobel Cup champion Kelley Steadman retired from the NWHL to return to her alma mater Mercyhurst as an assistant coach. Steadman, who just turned 27-years-old on July 17, is a two-time gold medalist with USA Hockey (2011, 2013) and was an All-Star in each of her two seasons with the Buffalo Beauts. “As much as I love...
Anya Battaglino - Growing the NWHL One Day at a Time
February 9th, 2017 While there are millions of hockey fans internationally, there is a clear disconnect with fans of the NHL and the various other leagues around the world. Leagues like the KHL in Russia, Liiga in Finland and the SHL in Sweden, among others, boast some of the best talents in the entire world. Still, it's not hard to understand why most NHL...
Kelley Steadman is 1st Practice Squad Player to Get NWHL Contract
May 5th, 2016 The Buffalo Beauts have signed star forward Kelley Steadman, the team announced Wednesday. They have agreed on a one-year pact worth $15,000. Last season, Steadman was a practice squad player for the Beauts in part due to commitments at Robert Morris University where she was a graduate assistant. She nonetheless lead the NWHL in...
Buffalo Beauts Believe Despite Game 1 Loss
March 12th, 2016 The first-ever Isobel Cup Final game had a bit of everything — lead changes, power play goals, clutch saves and a thrilling end to a remarkably contested game. Thrilling of course, unless you are a member of the Buffalo Beauts that is. Tied 3-3 in overtime a Buffalo skater was penalized for covering the puck in the crease with her...
Boston Pride Take Game 1 Amid Controversy
March 12th, 2016 The NWHL’s first-ever Isobel Cup Final match may have been one of the league's most exciting games of the year. It was highlighted by major momentum shifts, star players doing starry things, great goaltending, a late-game rally, overtime and a controversial penalty shot. Boston Pride In Control The Pride controlled large swaths of...
3 Reasons the Buffalo Beauts Could Win the Isobel Cup
March 11th, 2016 The first Isobel Cup Final is set to start Friday with a three-game series between the Boston Pride and the underdog Buffalo Beauts at the Prudential Center ion Newark, NJ. It was taken as a foregone conclusion by many that the Pride would face the Connecticut Whale in a championship meeting between the league's two best regular...
Steadman Scores Way to NWHL Player of the Week
February 2nd, 2016 The National Women's Hockey League announced Buffalo Beauts forward, Kelley Steadman, as their week 15 "Player of the Week". Steadman has just come off of two weeks of phenomenal play. The honor of MVP of the NWHL's Inaugural All-Star game was given to Steadman after scoring two goals in the game. The first goal was scored on...
Best NWHL Stats This Week: Goals Gallore
November 23rd, 2015 Our weekly look through the best NWHL stats of the last week. Emily Pfalzer Posts Five Emily Pfalzer put up five assists in Sunday's game. That's a NWHL record for most points and most assists in a single game. Coming into the weekend, Hilary Knight led the NWHL in assists with five. That's a massive night for Pfalzer, who...
Local Hero Pfalzer Named Beauts Captain
November 11th, 2015 As we enter the second month of the inaugural NWHL season, the Buffalo Beauts announced today that they’ve designated their captains. Wearing the ‘C’ will be Buffalo’s own Emily Pfalzer, who is just returning from a championship run with Team USA in the Four Nations Cup held in Sweden from Nov. 4 to Nov. 8. Team USA captain...
NWHL Weekend Recap: Offenses Explode
October 18th, 2015 Week two of the inaugural season of the NWHL has come and gone, and two teams are still looking for their first victories of the season. On Sunday afternoon, the Buffalo Beauts took on the Connecticut Whale in the second game of their five-game home stand to open the season. The Whale opened the scoring 4:10 into the opening period on...
Fans Leave Beauts in Awe
October 11th, 2015 As members of the Buffalo Beauts and Boston Pride took the ice for warm ups on Sunday afternoon, none of the players had any idea what to expect from the crowd at HARBORCENTER in downtown Buffalo. How many people would be in the stands? Would they be excited? Would they cheer? What they got was an atmosphere that rivaled any other...
