Kelty Apperson
| Kelty Apperson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
September 26, 1994 New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| SDHL team | SDE Hockey | ||
| Played for |
Calgary Inferno St. Thomas University | ||
| National team |
 Canada | ||
| Playing career | 2017–present | ||
Kelty Apperson is a Canadian ice hockey forward currently playing with SDE Hockey in the SDHL. She won the Clarkson Cup with the Calgary Inferno in 2019.
Career
Apperson served as captain for St. Thomas University in Fredericton, being named Atlantic University Sport MVP in 2016.[1][2]
After graduating from university, she signed her first professional contract with the Calgary Inferno in the CWHL. She would score 6 points in 25 games in her second CWHL, as the club won the Clarkson Cup.[3]
After the CWHL collapsed in May 2019, Apperson joined the ForTheGame movement.[4] 8 days later, she became the first ForTheGame player to sign an overseas contract when she signed with SDE Hockey in Sweden.[5][6] She would score 18 points in 36 in her first season with SDE, serving as an assistant captain as the club made the SDHL playoffs for the first in history.
International
Apperson represented Team Canada at the 2017 Winter Universiade, scoring seven points in five games as the country won a silver medal.[7][8]
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2017–18 | Calgary Inferno | CWHL | 28 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Calgary Inferno | CWHL | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | SDE Hockey | SDHL | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| SDHL totals | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| CWHL totals | 53 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
References
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kelty-apperson-developmental-camp-1.3698989
- ^ Cole, Billy. "Apperson, Blinn named Athletes of the Year". The Aquinian.
- ^ "Första spelaren till SDHL efter nedläggningen i Kanada". SVT Sport. May 10, 2019.
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/women-hockey-walkout-1.5135361
- ^ Foster, Meredith (May 18, 2019). "Q&A with Kelty Apperson of SDE". The Ice Garden.
- ^ "SDE: Kelty Apperson". SDHL.se.
- ^ http://wuni2017.sportresult.com/fisu/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=28th%20Winter%20Universiade.pdf
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/kelty-apperson-universiade-kazakhstan-1.3960209
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database