Rebecca "Becky" Kellar (born January 1, 1975) is a women's

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player. She played for Burlington Barracudas in the

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. Kellar played defence for the Canadian women's team at the

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. She also participated in the

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in Nagano as well as the

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. She was named to the Canadian team for the

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and was one of four Canadian women to participate in all four Olympic tournaments along with

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, Jennifer Botterill and

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. 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

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, and played

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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

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program at

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in Providence, Rhode Island from 1993 to 1997 and has an MBA from

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. 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

. 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,

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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 stats

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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

References

* Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p. 19, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, .

External links

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