Kelly Babstock

Kelly Babstock is a Canadian-American ice hockey player born on August 4, 1992, who plays for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League. She has Ojibwe roots and is originally from Little Current on Manitoulin Island, with ties to Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory. After junior hockey with the Toronto Jr. Aeros she played four seasons for the Quinnipiac Bobcats, finishing as the program's career leader in goals, assists and points, and later played lacrosse for Quinnipiac as a fifth-year senior. As a professional she played in the inaugural game of the Connecticut Whale in the National Women's Hockey League and was the first Canadian-born player to score a goal in that league. She went on to play for the Buffalo Beauts and the Metropolitan Riveters, appeared in three all-star games, and spent seven seasons in the league before it dissolved in 2023, then joined Boston for the first season of the PWHL. She became a United States citizen in 2019 while remaining Canadian by birth.