Becky Kellar-Duke

Rebecca "Becky" Kellar (born January 1, 1975) is a women's ice hockey player. She played for Burlington Barracudas in the Canadian Women's Hockey League.

Becky Kellar-Duke
Becky Kellar at Ottawa Senators games during the 2008/09 CWHL season
Born	(1975-01-01) January 1, 1975 (age 50) Hagersville, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Burlington Barracudas (CWHL) Brown University (NCAA)
National team	Canada
Playing career	1997–2010
Medal record Women's ice hockey Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City Tournament 2006 Torino Tournament 2010 Vancouver Tournament 1998 Nagano Tournament IIHF World Women's Championships 1999 Finland Tournament 2000 Canada Tournament 2001 United States Tournament 2004 Canada Tournament 2005 Sweden Tournament 2008 China Tournament 2009 Finland Tournament

Kellar played defence for the Canadian women's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She also participated in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano as well as the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.^[1] She was named to the Canadian team for the 2010 Winter Olympics and was one of four Canadian women to participate in all four Olympic tournaments along with Hayley Wickenheiser, Jennifer Botterill and Jayna Hefford.^[2] Kellar was the oldest player in the 2010 gold medal game. She was the first player on the Canadian national women's hockey team to have children.

Playing career

Kellar was born in Hagersville, Ontario, and played ringette as a child, before switching over to hockey. She competed for Team Ontario at the National Under 18 Championships in 1993. She led Team Ontario to the Gold Medal and was selected as the Most Valuable Player.^[3] Kellar played with the Beatrice Aeros in 1998 and participated in the championship game of the Esso Nationals, netting an assist.^[4]

She played for the Brown Bears women's ice hockey program at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island from 1993 to 1997 and has an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University.^[5] While at Brown, she played second base on the softball team. She was a First Team All-Ivy League selection at softball in 1995 and 1997.^[6] She was inducted into the Brown Athletics Hall of Fame in April 2005.^[7]

She later played for the Burlington Barracudas of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. In the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, she was voted the CWHL Top Defender and a CWHL Central All-Star. On September 14, 2010, Hockey Canada announced that Kellar, along with three other players retired from international hockey.^[8]

Kellar is married and lives in Burlington, Ontario. She welcomed her first son, Owen, on October 22, 2004, and her second son, Zachary, on January 25, 2007.

Career stats

Hockey Canada

Event	Games played	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
1998 Olympics	6	1	1	2	2
1999 Women's World Championships	5	1	0	1	6
2000 Women's World Championships	5	2	2	4	0
2001 Women's World Championships	5	1	2	3	2
2002 Olympics	5	0	1	1	6
2004 Women's World Championships	4	0	0	0	0
2005 Women's World Championships	5	0	2	2	4
2006 Olympics	5	0	1	1	2
2008 Women's World Championships	5	1	4	5	0
2009 Women's World Championships	5	0	0	0	4
2010 Olympics	5	0	3	3	6

Awards and honours

• CWHL Top Defender, 2007–08 and 2008–09
• CWHL First All-Star Team, 2008–09
• CWHL Central All-Stars, 2007–08
• 1996 ECAC All-Tournament team^[9]
• 1996 ECAC Honor Roll^[10]