{"id":349951,"date":"2026-06-06T22:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T22:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/349951\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T22:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T22:28:15","slug":"pwhl-san-jose-signs-anne-cherkowski-to-two-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/349951\/","title":{"rendered":"PWHL San Jose signs Anne Cherkowski to two-year contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">A young scorer is moving across the continent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">On Saturday, PWHL San Jose announced that the team has signed<a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thepwhl.com\/en\/teams\/san-jose\/news\/2026\/june\/06\/pwhl-san-jose-signs-anne-cherkowski-to-two-year-contract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" hreflang=\"en\"> forward Anne Cherkowski<\/a> to a two-year contract that will run through the 2027-28 season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Cherkowski is the third signing San Jose has made since the second phase of the expansion roster-building process began. On Friday night, the team broke through with the additions of goaltender <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/pwhl-san-jose-signs-corinne-schroeder-rory-guilday-two-year-contracts-pwhl-expansion-seattle-ottawa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corinne Schroeder and defender Rory Guilday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Cherkowski is coming off a decent rookie year with the New York Sirens. Originally drafted in the second round, ninth overall, <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/2025-pwhl-draft-picks-list-new-york-montreal-seattle-vancouver-toronto-minnesota-ottawa-boston\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">of the 2025 PWHL draft<\/a>, she entered the pro ranks with some expectations after a fruitful career at Clarkson University. However, on a Sirens team that was inconsistent at times, Cherkowski wasn\u2019t able to really find her groove in her first season. In 28 games, the Coldstream, B.C. native scored just two goals and seven assists for nine points, good for eighth on the team in scoring, with a plus\/minus of -11 while averaging 18:41 of ice time per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">New York general manager left Cherkowski <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/news\/pwhl-announces-protection-lists-phase-2-2026-expansion-process-boston-minnesota-hamilton-montreal-new-york-detroit-las-vegas-san-jose-toronto-seattle-vancouver-ottawa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exposed after protecting <\/a>forwards Kristyna Kaltounkova, Casey O\u2019Brien and Sarah Fillier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">The move from the East Coast to the West Coast might prove beneficial for the 23-year-old. She wasn\u2019t able to mesh well with her new team, and, like what we saw with Danielle Serdachny joining the Seattle Torrent last summer, she might just need a group to play with in order to find that scoring touch that made her one of the best in college hockey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">In her five years in the NCAA, including spending her freshman season at Minnesota, Cherkowski scored 60 goals and 87 assists for 147 points in 168 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">San Jose now has three of the five roster spots filled for Phase 2 of the Expansion Player Distribution Process. The second phase ends on June 8 at 1 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\"><a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/categories\/pwhl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more PWHL stories at DFO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young scorer is moving across the continent. 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