Becky Kellar-Duke

Rebecca "Becky" Kellar (born January 1, 1975) is a retired ice hockey defender. She played for the Toronto Aeros and Oakville Ice in the NWHL, the Burlington Barracudas in the Canadian Women's Hockey League, and the Canadian national team.

Kellar played for the Canadian women's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She also participated in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano as well as the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She was named to the Canadian team for the 2010 Winter Olympics and was one of four Canadian women to participate in all four Olympic tournaments along with Hayley Wickenheiser, Jennifer Botterill and Jayna Hefford. Kellar was the oldest player in the 2010 gold medal game. She was the first player on the Canadian national women's hockey team to have children.

Playing career Kellar was born in Hagersville, Ontario, and played ringette as a child, before switching over to hockey. She competed for Team Ontario at the National Under 18 Championships in 1993. She led Team Ontario to the Gold Medal and was selected as the Most Valuable Player. Kellar played with the Beatrice Aeros in 1998 and participated in the championship game of the Esso Nationals, netting an assist.

She played for the Brown Bears women's ice hockey program at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island from 1993 to 1997 and has an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University. While at Brown, she played second base on the softball team. She was a First Team All-Ivy League selection at softball in 1995 and 1997. She was inducted into the Brown Athletics Hall of Fame in April 2005.

She later played for the Burlington Barracudas of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. In the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, she was voted the CWHL Top Defender and a CWHL Central All-Star. On September 14, 2010, Hockey Canada announced that Kellar, along with three other players retired from international hockey.

Kellar is married and lives in Burlington, Ontario. She welcomed her first son, Owen, on October 22, 2004, and her second son, Zachary, on January 25, 2007.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1993-94 Brown University ECAC 25 9 4 23 — — — — — — 1994-95 Brown University ECAC 25 20 29 49 — — — — — — 1995-96 Brown University ECAC 25 10 18 28 — — — — — — 1996-97 Brown University ECAC 25 9 31 40 — — — — — — 1998-99 Beatrice Aeros NWHL 32 7 9 16 2 — — — — — 1999-2000 Beatrice Aeros NWHL 30 4 14 18 33 — — — — — 2000-01 Beatrice Aeros NWHL 30 4 16 20 12 6 1 3 4 0 2002-03 Beatrice Aeros NWHL 29 8 17 25 24 1 0 0 0 0 2003-04 Toronto Aeros NWHL 26 1 14 15 24 2 0 0 0 4 2004-05 Oakville Ice NWHL 17 2 5 7 4 2 0 1 1 12 2005-06 Oakville Ice NWHL 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2007-08 Burlington Barracudas CWHL 28 2 10 12 42 — — — — — 2008-09 Burlington Barracudas CWHL 27 4 10 14 26 — — — — — 2010-11 Burlington Barracudas CWHL 21 1 2 3 16 — — — — —

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1998 Canada OG 6 1 2 3 2 1999 Canada WC 5 1 0 1 6 2000 Canada WC 5 2 2 4 0 2001 Canada WC 5 1 2 3 2 2002 Canada OG 4 0 1 1 6 2004 Canada WC 4 0 0 0 0 2005 Canada WC 5 0 2 2 4 2006 Canada OG 5 0 1 1 2 2008 Canada WC 5 1 4 5 0 2009 Canada WC 5 0 0 0 4 2010 Canada OG 5 0 4 4 6

Awards and honours CWHL Top Defender, 2007–08 and 2008–09 CWHL First All-Star Team, 2008–09 CWHL Central All-Stars, 2007–08 1996 ECAC All-Tournament team 1996 ECAC Honor Roll