Delaney Collins

Delaney Collins (born May 2, 1977) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player. She played for the New Westminster Lightning, Calgary Oval X-Treme, Strathmore Rockies, and Brampton Thunder.

She was a three-time Abby Hoffman Cup national champion with Calgary. She also won NWHL and WWHL playoff titles with Calgary.

She announced her retirement from international play on August 23, 2011.

Playing career University career In 1998, she played with the Concordia Stingers of the CIAU. The Stingers won the 1998 CIAU championship and Collins was named to the CIAU All-Canadian team. Collins played with the University of Alberta Pandas women's ice hockey program from 2003 to 2005. She won the CIS National Championship with the Pandas in 2004. Collins assisted on the game-winning goal scored by Danielle Bourgeois in the 2004 CIS National Championship game.

Club career She participated in numerous Esso Women's Nationals. Her first experience was in 1999 when she played with Team British Columbia (the team was from New Westminster). The following year, she would play with Team Alberta and win a bronze medal.

Collins won her first Abby Hoffman Cup in 2001. She won her second national title two years later.

She won her third national title in 2007 when Calgary beat the Etobicoke Dolphins. She scored for Calgary in the 2007 Abby Hoffman Cup Final.

Floorball In 2010, Collins played for Team Canada's Women's National Floorball Team in the World Floorball Championship Qualification series against Team USA in Vancouver, British Columbia. She became the first player to suit up for Team Canada in both ice hockey and floorball.

Coaching career On August 23, 2011, Collins was hired as an assistant coach for the 2011–12 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season. From 2011-16, Collins served on the coaching staff of the Mercyhurst Lakers where they attended he Frozen Four in 2012-13 and 2013-14. Collins was named an assistant coach of Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team for the 2014–15 and 2016-17 season and Head Coach for the 2017-2018 season. Collins was an Assistant Coach for Canada's National Women's Development Team in 2013-14 and 2015–16, which won gold at the 2016 Nations Cup in Fussen, Germany beating the Finnish National Team in overtime

Awards and honours Award YearAbby Hoffman Cup 2001, 2003, 2007 NWHL Championship 2002-03 WWHL Championship 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 CIAU All-Canadian Team 1998 Canada West First Team All-Star 2004, 2005 CIS First All-Canadian Team 2004, 2005 CIS National Championship All-Star Team 2005 Manitoba Female Athlete of the Yeare 2007

Other awards MEDIA ALL-STAR TEAM – 2007 World Women's Championship