Chelsea Laden

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Chelsea Laden
Born (1992-09-12) September 12, 1992 (age 29)
Lakeville, Minnesota, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for (2009-2011)
Quinnipiac Bobcats (2011-2015)
Connecticut Whale (2015-2016)
New York Riveters (2015-2016)
Playing career 2011–2016

Chelsea Laden (born September 12, 1992) is an American television creator and retired ice hockey goaltender, who played with the Connecticut Whale and New York Riveters of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). Her brother Dakota Laden is a documentary filmmaker.

Playing career[]

During her teenage years, she played ice hockey for Lakeville South High School in Lakeville, Minnesota, serving as team captain twice and earning all-state MVP honours four times.[1]

From 2011 to 2015, she played NCAA Division I women's ice hockey with the Quinnipiac Bobcats of ECAC Hockey, serving as the starting goaltender of the women's hockey programme in her junior and senior seasons.[2] As a freshman, she was named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week for the week of November 29, 2011, and notched her first career collegiate shutout in a 3–0 victory over Syracuse in January 2012. She was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Month in October 2013 and was a three-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team selection.[3][4]

After graduating from Quinnipiac, she was ready to end her ice hockey career due to a lack of viable opportunities in the sport.[5] However, when the PHF (then NWHL) was founded that summer by Dani Rylan, she was able to sign her first professional contract, worth $14,000, with the Connecticut Whale.[6] She made her PHF debut in late October 2015, backstopping four third-period penalty kills in a victory over the Buffalo Beauts, the first away victory in Whale franchise history.[7] She then missed several months of the season dealing with a finger injury.[8] In February 2016, she became part of the first-ever trade in PHF history, being traded to the New York Riveters in exchange for .[9]

Television career[]

In 2019, she began starring in a Travel Channel original paranormal television show called Destination Fear along with her brother, Dakota Laden, and friends Tanner Wiseman and Alex Schroeder.[10] The show follows the group of self-proclaimed 'paranormal explorers' as they travel to reportedly haunted and paranormal hotspots across the United States and then one of the team members sleeps solo overnight at each haunted location and record their experiences.[11] The Ladens and Wiseman had previously produced a similarly-themed documentary called in 2016. The documentary was shown in Theatres at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota on October 29, 2016.[12]

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Sports Paws Guest Q30 Television
2016 Herself Crew member
2019–present Destination Fear Herself Crew member
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest With Dakota Laden
2020 The Jason Show Guest With Dakota Laden
2020 Darkness Radio Minnesota - Paranormal Talk Radio Guest With Dakota Laden
2020 Up Close - Para-Normal Guest With Destination Fear
2020 Rich Sports Talk: From Hockey to Haunts Guest
2020 Shock Docs: This is Halloween Herself With Destination Fear
2020 Paranormal Pastime: Optometry student explores haunted places for Travel Channel show Herself WCTV
2021 Comic-Con: Wonder Women - Superstars of Paranormal Guest panellist With Amy Bruni
Katrina Weidman
Cindy Kaza
2021 Comic-Con: Tales From Route 666 Guest panellist With Destination Fear
2021 The Jason Show Guest With Destination Fear
2021 Rich Sports Talk Guest Halloween special

Personal life[]

Laden was born on September 12, 1992, in Lakeville, Minnesota to Rob and Polly Laden. She has four siblings, an older sister Mykenna, and younger siblings Dakota, Tavian, and Isabella. Her boyfriend is Jake Rancic. Brought together to pursue their academics degree, Chelsea and Jake met as fellow students of Illinois College of Optometry.

Laden has a bachelor's degree and master's degree in pre-medical sciences from Quinnipiac University and is studying optometry at Illinois College of Optometry.[13][14][15]

References[]

  1. ^ "2014-15 Women's Ice Hockey: #78 Chelsea Laden". Quinnipiac University Athletics. Retrieved January 2, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Chelsea Laden, Quinnipiac women's hockey team shutting out opposition". New Haven Register. February 28, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Williams, Doug (January 21, 2015). "Kaz Watch: Chelsea Laden Smothers the Opposition". Patty Kazmaier Award. Retrieved January 2, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ McFadden, Kenisha (November 14, 2014). "Defense goes far beyond goaltending for Quinnipiac women's hockey". Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network. Retrieved January 2, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Niesen, Joan (October 27, 2015). "Hopeful signs in NWHL's first season". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 2, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Altavilla, John (January 9, 2016). "Women's Pro Hockey League Has Believers; Connecticut Whale In First Place". Hartford Courant. Retrieved January 2, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Staffieri, Mark (October 27, 2015). "Chelsea Laden Victorious in Her NWHL Debut with Connecticut Whale". Women's Hockey Life. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  8. ^ Murphy, Mike (February 17, 2016). "Exclusive Interview with Chelsea Laden of the New York Riveters". Blueshirt Banter. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  9. ^ Staffieri, Mark (February 25, 2016). "Historic Trade Provides Change of Venue for Chelsea Laden". Women's Hockey Life. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  10. ^ "Meet the 'Destination Fear' Team". Travel Channel. Retrieved January 2, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Justin, Neal (October 25, 2019). "Lakeville natives turn their obsession with haunted houses into TV series". Star Tribune. Retrieved January 2, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "Destination Fear: Chelsea Laden '15 Set to Star in New Show for Travel Channel". Quinnipiac University Athletics. October 24, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Woodley, Kevin (October 21, 2016). "Goaltenders pass the eye test". National Hockey League. Retrieved January 2, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Kaplan, Katie (October 27, 2020). "Paranormal pastime: Optometry student explores haunted places for Travel Channel show". WCTV. Retrieved January 2, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "A Day in the Life". Illinois College of Optometry (Video journal). Retrieved January 2, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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