Draft:Abigail Levy

Abigail "Abbey" Levy (born April 2, 2000) is an ice hockey goaltender for PWHL New York of the Professional Women's Hockey League. She was recruited to and played ice hockey in high school at Shattuck-St. Mary's in Minnesota, where she was a three-time USA Hockey Youth National Champion. She played college ice hockey at Minnesota State and Boston College (BC). In 2020-21 with BC her .944 save percentage was 6th in the nation. In 2021-22 with BC her .932 save percentage was first in the nation among goaltenders who made at least 30 saves per game, and her 1,143 saves led the nation. In 2022-23 with BC she posted a .947 save percentage (2nd in the nation), and had a 1.77 goals against average (10th in the nation). She played as a member of the US women's national ice hockey team in the 2023 International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship, winning a gold medal.

Early life
Levy is the daughter of Margaret and Justin Lloyd Levy, and is Jewish. She was born in Nyack, New York, and her hometown is Congers, New York. She is 6' 1" and weighs 150 pounds, and catches and shoots left-handed. She was recruited to and played ice hockey in high school at Shattuck-St. Mary's in Faribault, Minnesota, where Levy was a three-time USA Hockey Youth National Champion.  In 2018 she was named Most Athletic Female at Shattuck-St. Mary's.  She also played basketball, in which she was two-time first team all-conference.

Minnesota State Mavericks
In 2018-19 Levy played as a freshman goaltender at Minnesota State for the Mavericks. She started 34 games (9-18-7), and tied for the most shutouts in a single season at Minnesota State with five. She had a 2.35 goals-against average, and a .924 save percentage. She was named Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Goaltender of the Month three times, and was named to the All-WCHA Second Team and to the All-WCHA Rookie Team.

In 2019-20 she played as a sophomore at Minnesota State. She appeared in 22 games with 20 starts (5-12-3). She had a 2.97 goals-against average, a .903 save percentage, and three shutouts. She was named a WCHA Scholar Athlete, was named to the WCHA All-Academic Team, and participated in the 2019 USA Hockey Women’s Winter Training camp and the 2019 National Festival.

Boston College Eagles
In 2020-21 she transferred to Boston College and played for the Eagles as a junior in 11 games, starting 10 of them (6-4-0). She had a 1.77 goals against average (11th in the nation), a .944 save percentage (6th in the nation), and two shutouts.

In 2021-22 she played as a senior at Boston College. She started 33 of BC’s 34 games (18-14-1) on the year to finish fifth overall in the country in wins, posted a .932 save percentage (11th in the nation, and first among goaltenders who made at least 30 saves per game) and 2.52 goals against average, and led the nation with 1,143 saves (a BC single-season record). She made 810 saves in Hockey East play, third-most all-time in a single season by a Hockey East goaltender. She was named The Heights’ 2021–22 Female Athlete of the Year. She was invited to U.S. Women's National Team High Performance Goaltending Camp. She was a semifinalist for the 2022 National Goaltender of the Year Award. She won the Bertagna Award, as the Beanpot Tournament’s top goaltender.

In 2022-23 she played as a graduate student at Boston College. She was an alternate captain, and started 30 games (16-13-1). She posted a .947 save percentage (2nd in the nation, and a single-season program record), had a 1.77 goals against average (3rd in Hockey East, 1st among goaltenders making more than 25 saves per game and 10th in the nation), and had five shutouts. She led Hockey East in saves (687) and saves per game (31.23), becoming the first goaltender in the 21-year Hockey East history to have a save percentage above .945 and a goals against average below 1.75 while making at least 30 saves per game. She participated in the USA Hockey Women’s National Festival, was selected for the U.S. Collegiate Select Team and played in a three-game series against Canada, was a 2023 National Goalie of the Year Award Semifinalist, was a Hockey East Second Team All-Star, was named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team, received a Hockey East Three-Stars Award, and was runner-up for Hockey East Goaltender of the Year.

Finished her three-year Boston College career with the program records for save percentage (.940) and saves per game (31.96), while her .947 save percentage in 2022-23 set the single-season program record.

She graduated with an Applied Psychology & Human Development major in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development in May 2022. She is pursuing a master's degree. She received the Schiller Family Women's Hockey Scholarship.

International career
She played as a member of the U.S. Collegiate Select Team in the 2022 Collegiate Series against Canada. She also played as a member of the US women's national ice hockey team in the 2023 International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship, winning a gold medal.

Professional career
In September 2023, Levy was drafted 14th by PWHL New York in the inaugural Professional Women's Hockey League draft. In November 2023, Levy was signed to a one-year contract by PWHL New York.