The PWHL is coming to Detroit, with the league's draft kicking off the expansion celebration in the city.
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The 2026 PWHL Draft takes place on Wednesday, June 17, at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. The draft begins at 5 p.m. ET and will be televised locally on WJBK-TV (Ch. 20 in Detroit) and nationally on Scripps Sports, with streaming available on the PWHL YouTube channel.
The draft will feature four still-unnamed expansion teams: Hamilton, Las Vegas, San Jose and Detroit, which got the third overall pick in the draft. However, Detroit won't be picking in that slot after sending its first-round pick to Las Vegas in exchange for forward Hilary Knight.
Detroit's roster has reached 10 players, including Knight, Team USA member Hannah Bilka and Canadian star Daryl Watts, after Detroit sent recent signee Ella Huber, along with its third-round pick to Boston for the Fleet's second and third-rounders. Though Detroit does not have its first-round pick, it owns six picks in this draft, with two seconds, a third (from Boston), and its fourth, fifth and sixth-rounders intact.
Here's what else you need to know about the PWHL draft.
PWHL Draft time
- Date: Wednesday, June 17.
- Time: 5 p.m. ET.
- Location: Fox Theatre, Detroit.
PWHL Draft channel
- Time: 5 p.m. ET.
- Channel: WMYD-TV in Detroit, Scripps Sports nationally.
- Streaming:PWHL YouTube channel.
The 2026 PWHL Draft will air locally on Channel 20 and nationally on Scripps Sports. Detroit viewers with DirecTV won't have access to Channel 20 thanks to an ongoing dispute between Scripps and the provider, but the draft will be available for anyone to stream free on the league's YouTube channel.
PWHL Detroit draft picks
Detroit's PWHL team traded its first-round pick (No. 3 overall) to Las Vegas for forward Hilary Knight. Detroit still owns six picks in the draft, however.
- Round 2: No. 15 overall, No. 22 overall.
- Round 3: No. 34 (via Boston).
- Round 4: No. 39.
- Round 5: No. 51.
- Round 6: No. 63.
Complete 2026 PWHL Draft order
(2025-26 record – featuring wins, OT wins, OT losses and regulation losses – in parentheses)
- 1: Vancouver Goldeneyes (9-3-4-14).
- 2: Seattle Torrent (8-1-5-16)
- 3: PWHL Detroit (expansion)
- 4: PWHL Hamilton (expansion)
- 5: PWHL Las Vegas (expansion)
- 6: PWHL San Jose (expansion)
- 7: New York Sirens (9-3-3-15)
- 8: Toronto Sceptres (10-1-6-13).
- 9: Minnesota Frost (13-3-5-9).
- 10: Boston Fleet (16-5-4-5).
- 11: Ottawa Charge (9-8-1-12; runner-up).
- 12: Montreal Victoire (16-6-2-6; PWHL champions).
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