CWHL Frozen Fantasy Draft recap with Wickenheiser's eyebrow-raising comment

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Game. On. Spooner, Terry, Fulton and #TeamWhite vs. Kessler, Suzuki, Bonello and #TeamBlack #CWHLASG16 pic.twitter.com/VB7j8tHRox
— Toronto Furies (@TorontoCWHL) January 23, 2016​

TORONTO, Ont. – The second inaugural CWHL All-Star weekend kicked off with a glitzy cocktail reception at the Toronto Hilton where fans could mingle among the CWHL All-Stars in attendance.
The party later moved into the ballroom for the Frozen Fantasy Draft. Julie Chu from Les Canadiennes de Montreal and Natalie Spooner of the Toronto Furies, acting as fan-selected captains, determined their starting lineup.
With Chu receiving the highest percentage of fan votes, she was afforded the opportunity to pick first. The captain selected league leading scorer, and Les Canadiennes teammate, Marie-Philip Poulin. After the announcement, Poulin joked, "I have to pay [Chu] a lot" for drafting her first overall.
As for Spooner's first pick, she went with Brianne Jenner of the Calgary Inferno. The forward is fourth in the CWHL in total points. When asked what it was going to take to beat the other team, she replied with a deadpan, "Headshots. Plenty of headshots."
Chu filled out the rest of her starting lineup with teammate, and hockey legend, Caroline Ouellette, Brampton Thunder defenseman Laura Fortino, Inferno forward Jillian Saulnier, and Furies goaltender Christina Kessler.*
Spooner followed up her first selection with Thunder forward Jamie-Lee Rattray, Boston Blades defenseman Tara Watchorn, Thunder defenseman Courtney Birchard, and Les Canadiennes goaltender Charline Labonte.
After the starters were selected, the captains picked from color coded sticks in a bucket labeled with each player's name to fill out their lineup.*It was a relatively quick process from that point on out.*
The only moment that took everyone back was that of Hayley Wickenheiser's comments following her drafting to Team Chu. Wickenheiser, who is technically a rookie in the CWHL this year, is a Canadian hockey legend and one of the most noticeable women in the game. She said, "We know here are two leagues and there should only be one, and this is the one."
The other league she is referencing is the NWHL. There is clearly no love lost between the two leagues. The two of them came together after much negotiation to put on the women's game at the Winter Classic, but that has been the most the two have worked together since the NWHL's inception. Wickenheiser was not available to the media following the fantasy draft.
The final two players left were Brampton's Candice Styles and Calgary's Elana Lovell. Porter Airlines, a sponsor of the CWHL, gave both women vouchers for roundtrip tickets to anywhere Porter Airlines flies. *
The women take to the ice on Saturday at 1:00pm ET in the Air Canada Centre for the All-Star Game. Sportsnet will offer the game on a tape delay at 3:00pm ET.
Here's the complete rosters with season stats:

TEAM CHU*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Player	POS	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PP	SH	GWG	*	*	*
Laura Fortino	D	Brampton Thunder	18	6	15	21	+8	10	8	1	1	*	*	*
Julie Chu (C)	D	Les Canadiennes de Montreal	10	2	6	8	+7	2	7	0	0	*	*	*
Cathy Chartand	D	Les Canadiennes de Montreal	16	1	11	12	+17	12	3	2	0	*	*	*
Laurianne Rougeau	D	Les Canadiennes de Montreal	14	1	6	7	+12	2	4	1	0	*	*	*
Michelle Bonello	D	Toronto Furies	20	0	2	2	-12	28	1	0	0	*	*	*
Sena Suzuki	D	Toronto Furies	18	1	5	6	-11	4	0	1	1	*	*	*
Kristina Brown	F	Boston Blades	18	2	0	2	-20	4	1	0	0	*	*	*
Jess Jones	F	Brampton Thunder	18	12	6	18	+11	22	3	0	3	*	*	*
Elana Lovell	F	Calgary Inferno	18	13	9	22	+13	8	6	0	2	*	*	*
Hayley Wickenheiser	F	Calgary Inferno	17	3	9	12	+12	8	2	1	0	*	*	*
Jillian Saulnier	F	Calgary Inferno	16	11	7	18	+9	14	5	1	3	*	*	*
Ann-Sophie Bettez	F	Les Canadiennes de Montreal	16	13	12	25	+21	6	7	1	3	*	*	*
Caroline Ouellette	F	Les Canadiennes de Montreal	16	8	9	17	+16	12	4	1	3	*	*	*
Kim Deschenes	F	Les Canadiennes de Montreal	16	9	12	21	+17	6	2	0	2	*	*	*
Marie-Philip Poulin	F	Les Canadiennes de Montreal	14	13	13	26	+13	8	7	2	4	*	*	*
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Player	POS	Team	GP	GS	Min	W	L	OTL	SOL	SO	GA	GAA	SV	SV%
Christina Kessler	G	Toronto Furies	16	16	928	3	11	0	1	1	51	3.30	488	0.905
Delayne Brian	G	Calgary Inferno	14	14	795	10	1	1	0	2	38	2.87	315	0.892

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TEAM SPOONER	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Player	POS	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PP	SH	GWG	*	*	*
Dru Burns	D	Boston Blades	17	0	2	2	-26	14	1	0	0	*	*	*
Tara Watchorn	D	Boston Blades	19	2	4	6	-30	20	3	0	0	*	*	*
Courtney Birchard	D	Brampton Thunder	18	2	13	15	+7	6	6	1	0	*	*	*
Jocelyn Larocque	D	Brampton Thunder	18	2	3	5	+7	24	0	0	0	*	*	*
Sarah Edney	D	Brampton Thunder	18	3	4	7	+8	8	3	0	1	*	*	*
Jacquie Pierri	D	Calgary Inferno	18	0	1	1	+14	14	0	0	0	*	*	*
Candice Styles	F	Brampton Thunder	18	6	8	14	+8	26	2	0	2	*	*	*
Jamie-Lee Rattray	F	Brampton Thunder	16	10	10	20	+5	16	5	1	1	*	*	*
Brianne Jenner	F	Calgary Inferno	18	8	15	23	+20	4	6	1	3	*	*	*
Brittany Esposito	F	Calgary Inferno	18	6	12	18	+12	2	8	0	1	*	*	*
Jessica Campbell	F	Calgary Inferno	16	10	10	20	+10	6	3	0	1	*	*	*
Katia Clement-Heydra	F	Les Canadiennes de Montreal	16	5	9	14	+15	2	0	0	0	*	*	*
Natalie Spooner (C)	F	Toronto Furies	18	16	9	25	-1	20	8	1	0	*	*	*
Emily Fulton	F	Toronto Furies	18	4	7	11	-6	10	2	0	0	*	*	*
Kelly Terry	F	Toronto Furies	12	2	4	6	-3	8	4	0	1	*	*	*
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Player	POS	Team	GP	GS	Min	W	L	OTL	SOL	SO	GA	GAA	SV	SV%
Genevieve Lacasse	G	Boston Blades	20	20	1203	1	19	0	0	0	87	4.34	934	0.915
Charline Labonte	G	Les Canadiennes de Montreal	12	11	660	10	1	0	0	4	14	1.27	189	0.931

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