Jessie Eldridge

Jessica Eldridge (born December 17, 1997) is a Canadian ice hockey player who is a forward for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and member of the Canadian national team. She previously played for the New York Sirens, the Seattle Torrent and the Boston Fleet.

A prolific scorer at Colgate University, Eldridge became the program's all-time leading scorer with 163 points (74 goals, 89 assists) in 153 games from 2015 to 2019. She holds or shares ten program records and was a three-time team Offensive MVP. She helped lead the Raiders to their first NCAA Championship game appearance in 2018.

Off the ice, Eldridge is an active mentor for young female hockey players in her hometown of Barrie, Ontario, regularly working with the Barrie Sharks organization. She is the daughter of Lisa and Duane Eldridge and has a brother, Kyle. Her father Duane coached her in the Barrie Sharks women's hockey organization. She then scored the game-winning goal against Cornell in the ECAC semifinal with one second remaining, sending the Raiders to their first ECAC Hockey Championship game. Eldridge was named ECAC Hockey Player of the Month for February 2018 and Hockey Commissioners Association (HCA) National Player of the Month for the same period. She earned All-ECAC Hockey All-Conference Second Team honors and won her second consecutive Colgate Women's Hockey Offensive MVP award. In the championship game, Colgate fell 2–1 in overtime to top-seeded Clarkson.

As team captain in her senior year, Eldridge set program records with 30 goals and 54 points in 38 games. She scored twice in that game, bringing her career point total to 143. Eldridge appeared in the 2018 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship game, an historic first in program history. In the 2018–19 Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey season, her 30-goal output broke the program record for most goals in a single season.

PWHPA (2019–2023) Eldridge joined the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA), formed in May 2019 after the dissolution of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. The PWHPA was established by over 200 players who boycotted existing professional leagues in pursuit of a unified, financially sustainable professional league that would provide salaries, health insurance, and proper infrastructure.

Skating for Team Bauer (Montreal), Eldridge participated in the 2021 Secret Cup, the Canadian leg of the PWHPA Dream Gap Tour held in Calgary. On May 28, 2021, she recorded a goal and an assist in a 4–3 victory over Team Scotiabank (Calgary). Nine of her 12 points were primary points, and five of her goals came at even strength. In the Secret Cup championship final on March 12, 2023, at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, California, Eldridge scored the game-winning goal with 42 seconds remaining in regulation to give Team Harvey's a dramatic 5–4 victory over Team Scotiabank. She finished the championship game with a goal and three assists for four points. She signed a two-year contract with the club in November 2023. In December, following a preseason that saw her lead the league with six points in three games, Eldridge's contract was upgraded to three years.

In the 2023–24 season, Eldridge played all 24 games for New York, recording seven goals and seven assists for 14 points. New York finished in sixth place with a 6–15–3 record and failed to make the playoffs, but earned the first overall pick in the 2024 PWHL Draft.

In the 2024–25 season, rebranded as the New York Sirens, Eldridge played all 30 games and improved her offensive production with nine goals and 15 assists for 24 points, finishing as one of the league's top point producers. On November 28, 2025, Eldridge played in Seattle's historic home opener at Climate Pledge Arena, where 16,014 fans set a new U.S. attendance record for a professional women's hockey game, surpassing the previous mark of 14,288 set in Detroit. The attendance also established the highest-attended primary home venue game in PWHL history, though Seattle fell 3–0 to the two-time defending Walter Cup champion Minnesota Frost. Her goal came with 26 seconds remaining in the third period, spoiling goaltender Abbey Levy's shutout bid. On January 11, 2026, Eldridge scored an unassisted goal late in the second period of a game against the Minnesota Frost which cut the Torrent's deficit to 3–1 and ending its scoreless stretch of nine games despite losing the away game 6-2. On January 20, 2026, she recorded three points with a goal and two assists in Seattle's 6–4 victory over Toronto, in the highest-scoring game of the PWHL season. The Torrent's six goals set a franchise record and matched the season high for any PWHL team. Eldridge was named the first star of the game. On January 25, 2026, Eldridge scored the Torrent's lone goal in a 3-1 loss to Vancouver in Denver as part of the PWHL Takeover Tour. Three days later, in the final game before the league's Olympic break, Eldridge recorded her third multi-point performance for the Torrent against the Ottawa Charge at TD Place and assisted on Hilary Knight's 50th career PWHL point in the second period. In the third period, she scored a top-shelf wrist shot to give Seattle a 2–1 lead and extended her goal-scoring streak to three consecutive games. The Torrent ultimately fell 4–2 after Ottawa scored three goals in the final six minutes. The game marked the end of a stretch in which Eldridge accumulated eight points in five games after recording only two points in her first nine appearances with limited minutes. Despite this, she finished the first half of the season tied for second on the Torrent in both points and goals with 10 points (5G, 5A) in 16 games.

Boston Fleet (2026) On March 16, 2026, Eldridge was traded to the Boston Fleet in exchange for forward Theresa Schafzahl. The Athletic indicated that Eldridge had not been likely to re-sign with the Torrent and the trade looked like a "significant offensive upgrade for Boston". Eldridge finished the 2025-26 regular season tied for fifth in the PWHL in points, and tied for second in goals.

Montreal Victoire (2026-present)

On 20 June 2026 the Montreal Victoire announced that they had signed Eldridge to a two-year contract.

International play

Eldridge attended Canada's National Women's Development Team selection camp in Calgary, Alberta in August 2019. Named to Canada's roster for the February 2020 Rivalry Series versus the United States, Eldridge made her senior national team debut on February 3, 2020, in Victoria, British Columbia. Canada head coach Troy Ryan noted Eldridge's "big, strong body with an offensive flair" and stated she was being given an opportunity to prove she could crack the World Championship roster. However, she was not selected for the final tournament roster and supported Team Canada as they defeated the United States 3–2 in overtime to win gold.

2022 World Championship Eldridge was named to Canada's roster for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship in Denmark. Eldridge earned her first World Championship point with an assist in Canada's opening 4–1 victory over Finland on August 25, 2022.

Personal life

In October 2025, Eldridge was inducted into the Barrie Sports Hall of Fame.

ECAC Third-Team All-Star 2017

ECAC Second-Team All-Star 2018 ECAC First-Team All-Star 2019 Third Team All-USCHO 2019

Women's Hockey Offensive MVP 2017, 2018, 2019

Athlete of the Year 2018, 2019 Women's Hockey Don Palmateer Award 2019