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When the Edmonton Oilers hit the ice for development camp at Rogers Center on Tuesday, they’ll do something no other team in NHL history has ever done.
The Oilers named top women’s hockey players Abbey Murphy, Chloe Primerano, and Cailtin Kraemer to their camp roster, marking the first time female players will participate in the on-ice part of an NHL team’s development camp.
The Nashville Predators previously had Sydney Baldwin guest coach for them during their development camp in 2023 as part of the NHL Coaches Association's Female Coaches Development Program.
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Murphy will head to the PWHL after being drafted No. 2 overall by the Seattle Torrent after a decorated career at the University of Minnesota, where she left as the program’s all-time leading goal scorer (143).
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The 24-year-old forward had her best season last year as a graduate student, logging a career-high 40 goals and 66 points across 31 games. Murphy also won a gold medal for Team USA at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, and she boasts gold-medal wins at the 2025 and 2023 World Championships plus the 2020 and 2018 World U18 Championships.
Both Primerano and Kraemer are projected to be high draft picks in the 2028 PWHL draft.
Primerano, a 19-year-old defenseman, has flashed her scoring prowess in two seasons at Minnesota. She logged five goals and 31 points across 35 games as a freshman and 10 goals and 30 points in 34 games as a sophomore.
She won a silver medal at the 2025 Czechia World Championships and a gold during the World U18 Championships.
Kraemer, a 20-year-old forward, has also had two strong seasons with Minnesota, tallying 18 goals and 31 points in 39 games during her freshman year, and 15 goals and 30 points in 36 games in her sophomore season.
She won gold at the 2023 World U18 Championship and a bronze at the 2024 World U18 Championship.
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