Loren Gabel
Loren Gabel | |||
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Born |
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | July 24, 1997||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | ||
Weight | 141 lb (64 kg; 10 st 1 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
ECAC team | Clarkson Golden Knights | ||
National team |
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Playing career | 2015–present | ||
Medal record |
Loren Gabel (born July 24, 1997) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player, formerly of the Clarkson Golden Knights. She made her debut for the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2018 4 Nations Cup.[1] In March 2019, she was the recipient of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.
Playing career[]
PWHL[]
In her second season of Provincial Women's Hockey League (PWHL) hockey, Gabel captured a silver medal with the Toronto Jr. Aeros at the 2014 Ontario Women's Hockey Association championships (Intermediate AA level). For the 2014–15 PWHL season, Gabel moved on to the Oakville Jr. Hornets, coached by Bradi Cochrane. Logging 37 points in the regular season, which ranked tenth in the PWHL, Gabel gained a bronze medal at the 2015 PWHL championships.
NCAA[]
Joining the Clarkson Golden Knights in 2015–16, Gabel captured the team's Rookie of the Year Award, while earning a place on the ECAC Conference All-Rookie Team. Reaching the NCAA Frozen Four, Gabel paced all Golden Knights freshmen in scoring, while ranking second in the NCAA for goals scored by a freshman.
Gabel's sophomore season with the Golden Knights culminated with an NCAA Frozen Four championship, as the Golden Knights defeated the Wisconsin Badgers in the finals. Named to the 2017 ECAC All-Tournament Team, Gabel would also tie for fifth overall nationally in regular season power play goals.
As a Junior (2017–18), Gabel was named a First-Team All-American, while finishing as a Top-3 Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, which was won by Daryl Watts. Also named the ECAC's Top Forward and Player of the Year,[2] Gabel would contribute towards the Golden Knights winning their second straight NCAA Frozen Four tournament. Statistically, her plus/minus ranking of +58 paced all skaters in the NCAA.
In 2018-2019, Gabel was awarded the ECAC Forward Player of the Year and the Player of the Year awards. She became the all-time leading Golden Knight scorer in her senior season, passing the 100 goal and 200 point marks.[3] Fueled by her offensive output, Clarkson again made it to the Frozen Four tournament. Capping off her successful NCAA career, in March 2019 she won the Patty Kazmaier Award, for best player in NCAA women's ice hockey.[4]
Hockey Canada[]
Gabel competed for Canada's National Women's Under-22/Development Team (NWDT) at the 2018 Nations Cup in Fussen, Germany. Of note, the Canadian contingent attained its worst ever finish, placing fifth. Gabel amassed five points in four games played.
Gabel scored her first career goal for the National Canadian team in the third period of a 2–1 preliminary round loss on November 7, 2018, versus the United States at the 4 Nations Cup.[5]
Gabel was named to the 2019 World Championship team held in Espoo, Finland. Through 7 games she notched 6 goals and 1 assist. In the preliminary game against Finland she had 3 points, 2 goals and 1 assist and was named the MVP of the game. She was also named to the all tournament team.
Career statistics[]
Hockey Canada[]
Year | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
2016 | NWDT vs Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | NWDT vs Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
2018 | Nations Cup (NWT) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
2019 | World Championships (NWT) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Total | 14 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 3 |
PWHL[]
Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
2012–13 | Waterloo | 39 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 16 |
2013–14 | Toronto Jr. Aeros | 35 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 28 |
2014–15 | Oakville | 28 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 30 |
Total | 102 | 52 | 61 | 113 | 74 |
NCAA[]
2018–19 season in progress
Year | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
2015–16 | 40 | 18 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
2016–17 | 41 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
2017–18 | 41 | 36 | 39 | 75 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
2018–19 | 38 | 40 | 29 | 69 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
Total | 160 | 116 | 96 | 213 | 100 | 18 | 25 |
Awards and honours[]
- 2015–16: Named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team ... Named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week on 2/23 and selected to the ECAC Hockey Weekly Honor Roll six times ... Named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month for February.
- 2016–17: Made the ECAC Hockey Championship All-Tournament Team.
- 2017–18: ECAC Conference Scoring Champion.[7] Top-3 Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award presented annually to the top forward in Division 1 women's hockey. Named ECAC Hockey Player of the Year. Led the country in plus/minus at +58. Named to the 2018 Frozen Four All-Tournament Team. ECAC Hockey Player of the Month (October, December). HCA National Player of the month (January). ECAC Hockey Player of the month (October, December, January). NCAA First Star of the Week (1/23). NCAA Third Star of the Week (1/30). ECAC Hockey Player of the Week six times (10/2, 10/31, 12/12, 1/23, 1/30, 2/26). ECAC Honour Roll four times.
- 2018/2019: The month of October 2018 and January 2019 Gabel was named the ECAC Hockey Player of the month as well as the Women's Hockey Commissioners Association National Division 1 Player of the Month.[8] Named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week three times (10/22, 11/26, 01/28). Loren Gabel was named ECAC Hockey Player of the year, ECAC Hockey First Team All-League, ECAC Best Forward, ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team, and ACHA First Team All-American all while leading the country in goals. She was named the MOP of the ECAC Hockey Championship Tournament. In January 2019 she became the first women's college hockey player to record a goal overseas in an NCAA hockey game vs. Northeastern University. She scored the quickest goal in Clarkson Women's Hockey History being only 8 seconds into the game vs. Yale University on January 18, 2019. Gabel boasted a +51 plus/minus. She completed her senior year at Clarkson University as the all-time leading scorer with 213 points on 116 goals and 97 assists through 160 games as a Golden Knight.
- March 23, 2019 Loren Gabel won the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award presented annually to the top forward in Division 1 women's hockey.[9]
References[]
- ^ "2018 National Women's Team Four Nations Cup Media Guide" (PDF). Hockey Canada. n.d. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ "League Announces Postseason Awards". ECAC Hockey. March 2, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
- ^ "ECAC Hockey Announces Women's Individual Award Winners". ECAC Hockey. March 8, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
- ^ Hockey, U. S. A. (March 23, 2019). "Loren Gabel Wins 22nd Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award". Patty Kazmaier Award. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
- ^ Ali Wilson (November 8, 2018). "CANADA EDGED BY U.S. IN 4 NATIONS PRELIMS". Hockey Canada. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ "Loren Gabel: Career Statistics". US College Hockey. n.d. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- ^ "ECAC Women's Conference Statistics: 2017–2018". US College Hockey Online. n.d. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ "Clarkson's Gabel collects HCA national women's honors for October after 16-point month". US College Hockey Online. n.d. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ "Clarkson's Gabel wins Kazmaier Award". March 23, 2019.
External links[]
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian women's ice hockey forwards
- Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Patty Kazmaier Award winners
- Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario
- Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players