Lauren Kelly (ice hockey)

Lauren Kelly (born May 2, 1996) is an American ice hockey defender, currently playing with the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).

Lauren Kelly
Born (1996-05-02) May 2, 1996
Watertown, Massachusetts, United States
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
NWHL team Boston Pride
Played for Northeastern Huskies
Playing career 2014present

Career

During high school, she played for The Winchendon School, serving as team captain in final year and becoming the school's first-ever female recipient of the Jason Ritchie Hockey Scholarship.[1][2]

From 2014 to 2018, she attended Northeastern University, scoring 64 points in 140 NCAA games.[3] She scored her first career collegiate goal against Mercyhurst on the 17th of October 2014, starting a three-game scoring streak. She notched a career-high 21 points in 36 games in her senior year, being named a WHEA Second-Team All-Star and a New England Hockey Writers' Division I All-Star.[4]

She was drafted 16th overall by the Boston Pride in the 2017 NWHL Draft.[5][6] After graduating, she would sign her first professional contract with the team.[7] She put up three points in sixteen games in her rookie NWHL season.[8]

Her production jumped during the 2019-20 season, up to 12 points in 23 games, as the Pride went almost undefeated during the regular season and made it to the Isobel Cup finals before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[9]

Career statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2014–15Northeastern UniversityNCAA 34761310 -----
2015–16Northeastern UniversityNCAA 364162020 -----
2016–17Northeastern UniversityNCAA 37281028 -----
2017–18Northeastern UniversityNCAA 331292132 -----
2018–19Boston Pride NWHL 161236 -----
2019–20Boston Pride NWHL 232101225 10110
2020–21Boston PrideNWHL
NWHL totals 393121531 10110
Source[10]

References

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