Taya Currie becomes the first woman drafted into the OHL.

A historic moment for this young lady.

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Taya Currie becomes the first woman drafted into the OHL.
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A young lady has made hockey history at just 16 years of age and no doubt she will be the talk of the town in the Ontario Hockey League for at least several days to come.

Goaltender Taya Currie has just become the first woman ever drafted into the OHL when, on Saturday, the Sarnia Sting organization drafted her 267th overall. Currie has spent her formative years in the sport playing for the Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs AAA boys team and was a highly rated goaltending prospect coming into the draft, this in spite of the fact that she may opt not to play in the OHL.

Currie has already expressed interest in going the route of the NCAA, a path that her older sister Tristan has previously followed, which is a route that would become closed to her should she choose to continue her career in the OHL. Obviously the allure of playing with her sister is no doubt something that would appeal to both Currie and her family moving forward, so although she has been drafted I suspect that this is the road she will travel in the future.

There have been some fans that have been quick to toute her as a potential prospect for the National Hockey League and while I can certainly understand the excitement given her incredible accomplishments early on in her career, I do think that is very unlikely. The NHL has gradually moved more and more towards larger goaltenders in front of the net, for obvious reasons, and Currie is simply not that style of goalie. At 5'7 tall and 143 lbs in weight she relies much more on her speed and athleticism to make saves in front of the net and is unlikely to be able to bulk up to the size of the modern day NHL goaltender.

That being said there should be a ton of excitement around her future, especially for fans in Canada, as it seems very likely that we will be hearing her name mentioned in the future when it comes to international women's hockey competitions. The fact that Currie has been able to keep up at a competitive level with boys her age all the way through the U16 bracket speaks highly of her skill as a goaltender and no doubt she will continue to refine those skills regardless of where she chooses to play at the next stage of her career.

Here are some highlights from her career thus far:


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