Kelty Apperson

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Kelty Apperson
Born (1994-09-26) September 26, 1994 (age 27)
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 Tommies
National team  Canada
Playing career 2017–present

Kelty Apperson is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently playing with SDE Hockey of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She won the Clarkson Cup with the Calgary Inferno in 2019.

Career[]

Apperson served as captain for the St. Thomas (Canada) Tommies women's ice hockey program represting St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, a member of the Atlantic University Sport regional association of U Sports. She was named Atlantic University Sport MVP in 2016.[1][2] In her final season of university hockey, she was named to the Canadian roster that competed in Ice hockey at the 2017 Winter Universiade[3]

After graduating from university, she signed her first professional contract with the Calgary Inferno of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). She scored 6 points in 25 games in her second CWHL season, as the club won the Clarkson Cup.[4]

After the CWHL collapsed in May 2019, Apperson joined the ForTheGame movement.[5] Eight days later, she became the first ForTheGame player to sign an overseas contract when she signed with SDE Hockey in Sweden.[6][7] She scored 18 points in 36 in her first season with SDE, serving as an alternate captain as the club made the SDHL playoffs for the first in its history.

International[]

Apperson represented Team Canada at the 2017 Winter Universiade, scoring seven points in five games as the country won a silver medal.[8][9]

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

Awards and honors[]

  • 2015-16 Atlantic University Sport Most Valuable Player[10]
  • Atlantic University Sport First Team All-Star: 2015-16 and 2016-17[11]
  • 2016 and 2017 St. Thomas University Tommies Coastal Graphics Female Athlete of the Year[12]
  • Player of the Game: 2016 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Championship - March 18: McGill vs. St. Thomas[13]

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References[]

  1. ^ Drost, Philip (July 29, 2016). "St. Thomas hockey player invited to national development camp". CBC News. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  2. ^ Cole, Billy (April 2, 2017). "Apperson, Blinn named Athletes of the Year". The Aquinian. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "2017 Winter Universiade: Canadian women's hockey team announced". canadawest.org. October 7, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  4. ^ Gustafsson, Matilda (May 10, 2019). "Första spelaren till SDHL efter nedläggningen i Kanada". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  5. ^ Spencer, Donna (May 14, 2019). "Women's hockey walkout could prematurely end careers". CBC Sports. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  6. ^ Foster, Meredith (May 18, 2019). "Q&A with Kelty Apperson of SDE". The Ice Garden. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  7. ^ "SDE: Kelty Apperson". Svenska Damhockeyligan (in Swedish). August 22, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  8. ^ "Almaty 2017: 28th Winter Universiade – Record Book" (PDF). wuni2017.sportresult.com. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  9. ^ Drost, Philip (February 1, 2017). "Kelty Apperson experiencing Olympic-like hockey at Winter Universiade". CBC News. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  10. ^ "Tommies Among Top Players in Atlantic University Sport Women's Hockey". gotommies.ca. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  11. ^ Nathan DeLong (February 28, 2017). "Notebook: Tommies among women's hockey all-stars". theaquinian.net. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  12. ^ Nathan DeLong (April 2, 2017). "Apperson, Blinn named Athletes of the Year". theaquinian.net. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  13. ^ "Consolation 1 CIS women's hockey championship: St. Thomas upsets McGill to qualify for consolation final". presto-en.usports.ca. March 18, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2021.

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