Ella Shelton

Ella Shelton (born January 19, 1998) is a Canadian ice hockey player and a member of the Canadian national ice hockey team. She was drafted fourth overall in the 2023 PWHL Draft by the New York PWHL team and her signing rights are retained by the team.

Ella Shelton
Born (1998-01-19) January 19, 1998
Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
PWHL team
Former teams		 Restricted free agent (New York)
National team  Canada
Playing career 2013–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BeijingTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2021 Canada
Gold medal – first place2022 Denmark
Silver medal – second place2023 Canada

Playing career

Shelton competed in the Provincial Women's Hockey League (Provincial WHL) with the London Jr. Devilettes club. In 2016, Shelton skated for Team Ontario's U18 provincial squad.

College

Her college ice hockey career was played with the Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey conference of the NCAA Division I from the 2016–17 season to the 2019–20 season. During her junior season, Shelton led the Golden Knights in shots blocked with 81. Additionally, she was named the assistant captain. She would follow it up with the honour of team captain in her senior season, one which saw her named as a finalist for the ECAC's Best Defenseman award.

Professional

After college, Shelton joined the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). She was affiliated with the Toronto hub during the 2020–21 PWHPA season and played with Team Scotiabank during the 2022–23 season.

On September 18, 2023, Shelton was selected in the first round, fourth overall by the New York PWHL team in the 2023 Draft of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). As a first round draft selection, she is expected to sign with the team during training camp.[1]

International play

Shelton was named to the Canadian contingent that participated at the Nation's Cup in Fussen, Germany, in January 2018, which saw her call fellow Clarkson Golden Knights Loren Gabel a teammate. Losing both games in the preliminary round, Canada defeated Germany by a 5-1 mark in the fifth-place game; Shelton would assist on a second period goal by Brooke Stacey.[2]

She was one of 28 players invited to Hockey Canada's Centralization Camp, which represents the selection process for the Canadian women's team that shall compete in Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[3] On January 11, 2022, Shelton was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[4][5][6]

Awards and honours

ECAC
  • ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month for December 2016
  • 2016-17 ECAC Hockey All-Academic team
  • 2016-17 ECAC Hockey Third-Team All-League
  • 2016-17 ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team
  • 2017 ECAC Hockey Championship All-Tournament Team
  • 2018 ECAC Hockey Championship All-Tournament Team
  • 2017-18 ECAC Hockey All-Academic team
  • 2018-19 Second-Team ECAC Hockey All-Star
  • 2018-19 ECAC Hockey All-Academic team
  • 2019 ECAC Championship All-Tournament team

NCAA
  • 2016-17 USCHO.com All-Rookie Team
  • 2018-19 Second Team AHCA All-American
  • 2019-20 Second Team All-USCHO.com
  • 2019-20 ECAC Hockey First Team All-Conference[7]
  • 2019-20 Second Team AHCA All-American

References
  1. Pyette, Ryan (September 19, 2023). "Ingersoll's Ella Shelton picked fourth overall in inaugural PWHL draft". The London Free Press. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  2. "2018 Nations Cup: Game # 7 - Fifth Place FINAL". hockeycanada.ca. January 6, 2018. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  3. "CANADA'S NATIONAL WOMEN'S TEAM UNVEILS OLYMPIC CENTRALIZATION ROSTER: 28 players to centralize in Calgary ahead of 2022 Olympic Winter Games". hockeycanada.ca. May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  4. Awad, Brandi (January 11, 2022). "Team Canada's women's hockey roster revealed for Beijing 2022". Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  5. "Canada's 2022 Olympic women's hockey team roster". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 11, 2022. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  6. "2022 Olympic Winter Games (Women)". www.hockeycanada.ca/. Hockey Canada. January 11, 2022. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  7. "ECAC Hockey Announces Women's All-League Selections". ecachockey.com. March 5, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
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