PWHL Hamilton signs Nelli Laitinen to three-year contract

Oct 5, 2026, 4:47 PM ET|Comments (0)

from Daily Faceoff, by Tyler Kuehl,

On Monday, PWHL Hamilton announced that the team has signed defender Nelli Laitinen to a three-year contract, which will carry through the 2028-29 season.

Laitinen entered this year’s draft as one of the premier prospects on the back end, having established herself as a physical yet mobile defender, both in her time playing for the Finnish national team as well as at the University of Minnesota. The 24-year-old was Hamilton’s first-ever draft pick this past June, as she was taken sixth overall.

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