Ella Shelton
Born (1998-01-19) January 19, 1998 (age 26)
Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
PWHL team
Former teams		 PWHL New York
  • Team Scotiabank
  • PWHPA Toronto
National team  Canada
Playing career 2013–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Canada
Gold medal – first place 2022 Denmark
Silver medal – second place 2023 Canada

Ella Shelton (born January 19, 1998) is a Canadian ice hockey player, alternate captain of PWHL New York of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), and member of the Canadian national team. She was drafted fourth overall in the 2023 PWHL Draft by New York.

Playing career

Shelton competed in the Provincial Women's Hockey League (Provincial WHL) with the London Jr. Devilettes club. In 2016, Shelton skated for Team Ontario's U18 provincial squad.

College

Her college ice hockey career was played with the Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey conference of the NCAA Division I from the 2016–17 season to the 2019–20 season. During her junior season, Shelton led the Golden Knights in shots blocked with 81. Additionally, she was named the assistant captain. She would follow it up with the honour of team captain in her senior season, one which saw her named as a finalist for the ECAC's Best Defenseman award.

Professional

After college, Shelton joined the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). She was affiliated with the Toronto hub during the 2020–21 PWHPA season and played with Team Scotiabank during the 2022–23 season.

On September 18, 2023, Shelton was selected in the first round, fourth overall by PWHL New York in the 2023 Draft of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).[1] On October 31, 2023, she signed a three-year contract with the team.[2] On December 21, 2023, Shelton and teammate Alex Carpenter were named the first alternate captains in team history.[3]

On January 1, 2024, against PWHL Toronto, Shelton scored the first goal in PWHL history.[4]

International play

Shelton was named to the Canadian contingent that participated at the Nation's Cup in Fussen, Germany, in January 2018, which saw her call fellow Clarkson Golden Knights Loren Gabel a teammate. Losing both games in the preliminary round, Canada defeated Germany by a 5-1 mark in the fifth-place game; Shelton would assist on a second period goal by Brooke Stacey.[5]

She was one of 28 players invited to Hockey Canada's Centralization Camp, which represents the selection process for the Canadian women's team that shall compete in Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[6] On January 11, 2022, Shelton was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[7][8][9]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2013–14 London Jr. Devilettes Prov. WHL 37 4 2 6 26 3 0 0 0 2
2014–15 London Jr. Devilettes Prov. WHL 37 7 14 21 40 3 0 0 0 14
2015–16 London Jr. Devilettes Prov. WHL 34 11 16 27 18 7 1 3 4 6
2016–17 Clarkson University NCAA 41 6 19 25 10 — — — — —
2017–18 Clarkson University NCAA 39 5 20 25 10 — — — — —
2018–19 Clarkson University NCAA 40 6 19 25 24 — — — — —
2019–20 Clarkson University NCAA 33 9 24 33 18 — — — — —
2020–21 Toronto PWHPA 4 2 3 5 2 — — — — —
2022–23 Team Scotiabank PWHPA 18 5 4 9 8 — — — — —
NCAA totals 153 26 82 108 76 — — — — —
PWHPA totals 22 7 7 14 10 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2021 Canada WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 1 2 3 4
2022 Canada OG 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 0 3 3 2
2022 Canada WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 2 7 9 0
2023 Canada WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 0 1 1 0
Senior totals 28 3 13 16 6

Awards and honours

Honors Year Ref
ECAC
Rookie of the Month (December) 2016
All-Academic Team 2017
2018
2019
Third-Team All-League 2017
All-Rookie Team 2017
All-Tournament Team 2017
2018
2019
Second-Team All-Star 2019
First Team All-Conference 2020 [10]
NCAA
USCHO.com All-Rookie Team 2017
Second Team ACHA All-American 2019
2020
Second Team All-USCHO.com 2020

References

  1. ^ Pyette, Ryan (September 19, 2023). "Ingersoll's Ella Shelton picked fourth overall in inaugural PWHL draft". The London Free Press. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  2. ^ @PWHL_NewYork (October 31, 2023). "It's New York or nowhere. 🗽 We have officially signed Team Canada Olympian Ella Shelton ( @ella_shelton11 ) to a three-year contract. Welcome to the City of Dreams!" (Tweet). Retrieved November 3, 2023 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ @PWHL_NewYork (December 21, 2023). "Meet the first-ever Captains of PWHL New York! 🫡 We are proud to announce defender Micah Zandee-Hart as our Captain and forward Alex Carpenter and defender Ella Shelton as our Alternate Captains!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "New York's Shelton scores first-ever PWHL goal". TSN.ca. January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  5. ^ "2018 Nations Cup: Game # 7 - Fifth Place FINAL". hockeycanada.ca. January 6, 2018. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "CANADA'S NATIONAL WOMEN'S TEAM UNVEILS OLYMPIC CENTRALIZATION ROSTER: 28 players to centralize in Calgary ahead of 2022 Olympic Winter Games". hockeycanada.ca. May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  7. ^ Awad, Brandi (January 11, 2022). "Team Canada's women's hockey roster revealed for Beijing 2022". Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  8. ^ "Canada's 2022 Olympic women's hockey team roster". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 11, 2022. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  9. ^ "2022 Olympic Winter Games (Women)". www.hockeycanada.ca/. Hockey Canada. January 11, 2022. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  10. ^ "ECAC Hockey Announces Women's All-League Selections". ecachockey.com. March 5, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.[permanent dead link]

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