Name Kelly Babstock Positions Forward | ||
NCAA
NWHL team Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey
Connecticut Whale | ||
The kelly babstock documentary by nicole connery and ayah galal
Kelly Babstock (born August 2, 1992) is a Canadian-born women's ice hockey player. She grew up in Mississauga, Ontario and is a full status Native North American with family roots in Wikwemikong, Ontario. Of note, she played her NCAA ice hockey with the Quinnipiac Bobcats. Upon graduation, she signed with the NWHL's Connecticut Whale as a free agent. On October 11, 2015, she became the first Canadian-born player to score a goal in an NWHL regular season game.
Contents
- The kelly babstock documentary by nicole connery and ayah galal
- NWHL Player Safety Kelly Babstock
- Before NCAA
- NCAA
- NWHL
- Awards and honors
- References
NWHL Player Safety: Kelly Babstock
Before NCAA
Babstock attended Port Credit Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario. On her high school hockey team, she was the leading scorer for three years and men's field lacrosse leading scorer for one year.
Babstock's junior career was played with the Toronto Jr. Aeros of the Provincial Women's Hockey League. She helped the team win the gold medal and League Cup during the 2009-2010 season, registering 25 goals and 35 assists during the regular season, and nine goals and four assists during playoffs.
NCAA
Kelly Babstock was a member of the Quinnipiac Women's Ice Hockey Team from 2010-2014. She made her mark on college hockey in her freshman season, recording 59 points in 37 games. Over four seasons with Quinnipiac, Babstock registered a total of 95 goals and 108 assists, for a total of 203 points.
On November 12 and 13, 2010, Kelly Babstock made Quinnipiac hockey history as she accounted for six of the seven goals scored over the weekend. Babstock registered back to back hat tricks against ECAC opponents (No. 10 ranked Harvard and Dartmouth). In addition, she is the first skater in Quinnipiac history to record two hat tricks in one season. As of November 14, Babstock led the team and the entire NCAA in goals (13) and points (27).
Versus the Brown Bears on Friday, December 3, 2010, Kelly Babstock became Quinnipiac's all-time leader in goals scored in a season by netting her 16th goal of the season. Babstock's nation leading sixth game-winning goal against Yale on Saturday, Dec. 4 was part of a Bobcats 3-1 win.
With a second period goal versus the Colgate Raiders on November 19, 2011, Kelly Babstock of the Quinnipiac Bobcats became the program's all-time leading scorer. In just her second season, Babstock surpassed Vicki Graham, who finished with 73 career points, after the 2006-07 season. Babstock reached the milestone in her 50th career game.
Kelly Babstock led all skaters in points at the 2011 Nutmeg Classic with four (one goal, three assists). With the two assists in the championship game, Babstock earned the 39 and 40 assists of her career, surpassing Caitlin Peters as the all-time assist leader in Bobcats history. Breann Frykas scored the game-winning goal as the Bobcats bested the Robert Morris Colonials by a 3-2 tally. The victory in the Nutmeg Classic was also the 200th career victory of head coach Rick Seeley.
After four outstanding years with the Quinnipaic Women's Hockey Team, Babstock joined the Quinnipiac Women's Lacrosse program as a senior. She played in ten games (four starts), and finished the season with 21 points (14 goals, seven assists). With this record at the end of the season, she was ranked 2nd on the team in points. She was named to the MAAC All-Rookie Team in 2014
NWHL
Competing in the Connecticut Whale's inaugural game on October 11, 2015, Babstock scored a goal in the third period of a 4-1 win against the New York Riveters. Assisted by Kelli Stack, Babstock became the first Canadian-born player to score a goal in NWHL regular season play. Babstock was selected to play in the 2017 All-Star Game as a media pick. Playing for Team Steadman, Babstock scored a goal at the 2nd NWHL All-Star Game, the only Canadian to do so.