Kendra Fisher

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Kendra Fisher
Born (1979-10-20) October 20, 1979 (age 42)
Kincardine, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NWHL
CWHL team		 Toronto Aeros
Vaughan Flames (2009-10)
Toronto Furies (2010-11)
Playing career 1998–present
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Inline World Championships
Gold medal – first place
Silver medal – second place
Gold medal – first place
Silver medal – second place

Kendra Fisher is a women's ice hockey goaltender who has competed for the Canada women's national inline hockey team, having participated at four FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships.[1] In addition, Fisher also competed in women's ice hockey with the first NWHL, followed by a stint in the CWHL, including with the Toronto Furies in their inaugural season.

Playing career[]

Ice hockey[]

Fisher was the first female player in the history of the Grey-Bruce Highlanders Minor "AAA" program during the 1995-96 season.

She competed in the Esso Women's Nationals in 2002, 2004 and 2005, respectively. At the 2005 tournament, she was part of the Host Ontario team that played in Sarnia, Ontario.[2] In the first game of said tournament, she posted a shutout in a 15-0 victory over Alberta. Despite a third-place finish in Pool A, Fisher was part of the gold medal winning team in the tournament.[3] During the 2009-10 season, Fisher competed for the Vaughan Flames. One of the highlights of her season was a 4-1 victory over the Mississauga Chiefs on December 13, 2009.[4] The following season, she was selected ninth overall in the 2010 CWHL Draft by the Toronto Furies. She would compete for the club in their inaugural season of 2010-11, sharing goaltending duties with Sami Jo Small.

Inline hockey[]

In the gold medal game at the 2016 World Inline Hockey Championships, Fisher gained the start in net for Canada, a 3-1 final against the United States.[5]

Career stats[]

This is an incomplete list

Esso Women’s Nationals[]

Year Event GP MIN GA SO GAA W L T Sv %
2004 Esso Women's Nationals 2 40 4 1 2.00 2 0 0 .938

[6]

Awards and honours[]

  • Top Goaltender, 2002 Esso Women's Nationals[7]

Personal[]

Fisher was invited to a tryout for the Canadian national women's ice hockey team in 1999. Unfortunately, a case of anxiety disorder prevented her from finishing the tryout camp. [8]

Fisher now speaks publicly to various school boards to promote greater awareness on mental health. She shares her story on her personal social media accounts as a means of helping others to cope with their own mental health woes. In 2015, Kendra revealed in an interview that she was gay.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Team Canada Women Roster History" (PDF). canadainline.com. n.d. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  2. ^ "The Official Website of Hockey Canada".
  3. ^ "The Official Website of Hockey Canada".
  4. ^ "Mississauga Breaking News - Mississauga's Online Newspaper".
  5. ^ "Canada Wins World Inline Hockey". canadainline.com. 2016-06-19. Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  6. ^ "2004 Esso Women's Nationals". Hockey Canada. n.d. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  7. ^ "The Official Website of Hockey Canada".
  8. ^ "Anxiety disorders: a mental illness on the rise". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  9. ^ "Hockey player Kendra Fisher comes out: 'Stereotypes of women's sports are keeping lesbians in the closet'". SB Nation. 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
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