2016–17 NWHL season
| 2016–17 NWHL season | |
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| League | National Women's Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Boston Pride |
| Season MVP | Brianna Decker |
| Top scorer | Brianna Decker |
| MVP | Brianne McLaughlin |
| Isobel Cup | |
| Champions | Buffalo Beauts |
| Runners-up | Boston Pride |
The 2016–17 NWHL season is the second season of operation of the National Women's Hockey League.
All four teams from the inaugural season returned for this season: the Buffalo Beauts, Boston Pride, New York Riveters and Connecticut Whale.
During the off-season the Connecticut Whale moved to Northford Ice Pavilion in North Branford, Connecticut and the defending champion Boston Pride moved to the new Warrior Ice Arena in the Boston neighborhood of Brighton.
On August 1, 2016, it was announced that the New York Riveters moved to the Barnabas Health Hockey House in Newark, New Jersey, situated within the Prudential Center. The facility was the site of the first-ever Isobel Cup Finals and shall be the site of the Riveters' home games during the 2016–17 New York Riveters season.
With the changes in arenas, it left the Buffalo Beauts, playing their second season at HarborCenter, as the sole team not to change arenas.
The 2016 NWHL Draft took place on June 18, 2016 and it was the second in league history. Defender Kelsey Koelzer of Princeton was selected first overall by the New York Riveters.
The 2nd NWHL All-Star Game was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the first NWHL game to be played outside of its four markets. Amanda Kessel and Kelley Steadman were named as All-Star captains. Kessel would go on to score the first hat trick in NWHL All-Star history.
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