Issue 02
November 2026
An elite female athlete agency

The Scouting Report

Client wins, agent moves, and the state of women's sports, for the people backing our roster.

Presented by NOVABY BIRD JUICE

Thirty-seven Cook Stark clients are on PWHL training camp rosters this fall, spread across all 12 teams. Camps open November 18 and the puck drops on Season 4 on December 5. Before any of that, Sandra Abstreiter starts in goal for Germany at the Women's World Championship in Denmark. Here's everything our athletes have going on this month, presented by NOVA by Bird Juice.

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The Countdown

Five weeks to opening night

  1. Nov 6–16
    Women's World Championship

    Herning and Esbjerg, Denmark. Abstreiter starts for Germany, and three more clients are in the mix for Czechia and Finland.

  2. Nov 18
    Training camps open

    All 12 teams open camp the week the Worlds end. Montréal's practices start Nov 19 at Verdun Auditorium.

  3. Nov 22–30
    Preseason scrimmages

    Two per team. Most run Nov 22–25; San Jose and Seattle close the preseason against each other Nov 29–30.

  4. Dec 5
    Opening night on Hockey Night in Canada

    Montréal hosts PWHL Hamilton at Place Bell, the first women's game ever featured on CBC's Hockey Night in Canada. We're giving away a pair of tickets. Hamilton's camp roster includes four of our clients: Abstreiter, Brooke Campbell, Olivia Muhn, and Megan Woodworth.

  5. Dec 6
    First all-expansion matchup

    Las Vegas hosts Detroit at T-Mobile Arena. Kendall Butze and Malia Schneider are in Vegas camp; Sena Catterall, Kyla Josifovic, and Michelle Pasiechnyk are in Detroit's.

Later this season: All-Star Game, March 7 at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto. Final regular-season game, April 18.

Ink on the Deal

Five new contracts since our last issue

Four rookies from the 2026 PWHL Draft and a goaltender heading home to Vancouver. With Mariah Keopple's deal in San Jose from Issue 01, 17 of our clients go into camp already signed for 2026-27.

Leah SteckerDefense · Penn State
Boston Fleet
3 yrsthrough 2028-29
Kendall ButzeDefense · Penn State
PWHL Las Vegas
2 yrsthrough 2027-28
Lily ShannonForward · Northeastern
PWHL San Jose
2 yrssigned Sep 23
McKenna Van GelderForward · Cornell
PWHL San Jose
2 yrssigned Sep 23
Katie DeSaGoaltender
Vancouver Goldeneyes
1 yr2026-27

Shannon and Van Gelder signed together, so San Jose gets two of our rookies on the same day. They join Keopple, plus Rhea Hicks in camp, for four Cook Stark clients on the expansion team's first roster battle.

Camp Tracker

Thirty-seven clients, twelve camps

Every Cook Stark athlete on a 2026-27 PWHL training camp roster, from the clubs' October 7 announcements.

37clients in camp
17already signed
152026 draft picks
12of 12 teams
Signed for 2026-27Competing for a contract★ 2026 draft pick

Minnesota Frost 5

  • Brooke Becker
  • Lara Beecher ★
  • Tova Henderson ★
  • Hope Walinski
  • Clara Yuhn

Vancouver Goldeneyes 5

  • Katie Chan
  • Katie DeSa ★
  • Laura Fuoco
  • Juliana Constantinople ★
  • Kimberly Newell

PWHL Hamilton 4

  • Sandra Abstreiter
  • Brooke Campbell
  • Olivia Muhn
  • Megan Woodworth ★

PWHL San Jose 4

  • Mariah Keopple
  • Lily Shannon ★
  • McKenna Van Gelder ★
  • Rhea Hicks

Ottawa Charge 4

  • Brooke McQuigge
  • Kathryn Reilly
  • Victoria Mariano ★
  • Kaitlyn Ross

Toronto Sceptres 3

  • Emma Gentry
  • Jessica Kondas
  • Lauren Messier

Boston Fleet 3

  • Rylind MacKinnon
  • Leah Stecker ★
  • Jenna Goodwin ★

PWHL Detroit 3

  • Sena Catterall ★
  • Kyla Josifovic ★
  • Michelle Pasiechnyk

PWHL Las Vegas 2

  • Kendall Butze ★
  • Malia Schneider

New York Sirens 2

  • Callie Shanahan
  • Katelyn Roberts ★

Montréal Victoire 1

  • Megan Warrener

Seattle Torrent 1

  • Emerson Jarvis ★
Worlds Watch

From VR reps to Germany's crease

Sandra Abstreiter in her Team Germany jersey
Goaltender · Germany · Starter

Sandra Abstreiter

Last issue we covered how Abstreiter used Sense Arena VR through her pre-season prep and on flights to and from Team Germany camp. This month it pays off on the big stage: Germany named her its starting goaltender for the Worlds, with Lisa Hemmerle and Chiara Schultes behind her. When the tournament ends she heads straight to PWHL Hamilton's camp.

Germany, Group A · Esbjerg

Nov 7vs. Austria
Nov 8vs. USA
Nov 10vs. Czechia
Nov 11vs. Switzerland

Also in the mix

Named to their countries' final pre-Worlds tune-up, the Euro Hockey Tour stop in Södertälje, Sweden, Oct 28–31. Final rosters are due before Nov 6.

Klára PeslarováCzechia · G · Brynäs IF
Noora TulusFinland · Brynäs IF
Krista ParkkonenFinland · Färjestad BK

If Peslarová gets the call for Czechia, November 10 could put two Cook Stark goaltenders at opposite ends of the same rink.

In the Community

$4,500 raised in Vancouver

$4,500+for the Alzheimer Society of B.C. and Yukon

PWHL players and prospects with Vancouver roots, including Cook Stark clients, came together for a community game and raised more than $4,500 for the Alzheimer Society of B.C. and Yukon. Great hockey for a cause close to home.

Watch the highlights →
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Sources The IX, PWHL opening weekend · The Hockey News, 2026-27 schedule · The Hockey News, all 12 camp rosters · PWHL team camp roster releases (Oct 7) · Boston Fleet, Stecker signing · PWHL Las Vegas, Butze signing · The Hockey News, Shannon & Van Gelder signings · Vancouver Goldeneyes, DeSa signing · Yahoo Sports, Germany's Worlds roster · The Hockey News, final Euro Hockey Tour rosters · Leijonat, Finland tune-up roster · Comoody Media, Vancouver charity game