Chelsea Purcell
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| Born | May 24, 1987 Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan |
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| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Right | ||||||||||||||||||
| CWHL team | Team Alberta | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2008–2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Chelsea Purcell is a former women’s ice hockey player. Among her career accomplishments, she was the first captain in the history of the CWHL’s Team Alberta franchise. In addition, she was the captain of the Canada women's national ball hockey team that won a gold medal at the 2015 ISBHF World Championships in Zug, Switzerland.
A member of the Saskatchewan Huskies women's ice hockey program in the Canada West conference (part of Canadian Interuniversity Sport), Purcell would serve as team captain in her final two seasons (2008–09, 2009–10). During her final season, Purcell would log a hat trick in a 5-0 victory against the Calgary Dinos, providing the Huskies with their third straight win to start the 2009-10 campaign. Of note, it was the Dinos CIS first game played in Calgary since February 2002. She would graduate from the University of Saskatchewan in the spring of 2010 with a specialization in Kinesiology.
Competing with Team Alberta, Purcell would log the first point of her CWHL career in her debut, an October 29, 2011 match versus the Brampton Thunder. She would be credited for an assist on a first period goal by Samantha Hunt.
On November 19, 2011, Purcell would register the first multi-point performance of her CWHL career, simultaneously logging her first career goal. Of note, she would score twice in the first period, part of a 5-4 final against the Toronto Furies. Both of Purcell’s goals were scored against Furies netminder Sami Jo Small.
The 2013-14 CWHL season would mark the transition from Team Alberta into the Calgary Inferno. Although it would prove to be Purcell’s final season in the league, she would rank fifth on the Inferno in team scoring.
The final point of her CWHL career came in a March 6, 2014 match against the Brampton Thunder. Purcell and Julie Paetsch both earned the assists on a third period goal scored by Danielle Stone. Of note, her final CWHL goal would take place on March 2, 2014. Scoring a short-handed goal against Brittany Ott of the Boston Blades during the third period, Rhianna Kurio and Erin Duggan were both credited with the assists. As a side note, it would also be the last multi-point game of her career, as she logged a second period assist on a goal scored by Kurio.
Heading into the 2016-17 CWHL season, Purcell shall serve as co-General Manager of the Brampton Thunder.
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