Jordan Smelker (born June 19, 1992) is an American ice hockey forward who played for the

Boston Pride The Boston Pride was a professional women's ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was one of the four charter franchises of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). The Pride played at Warrior Ice Arena, which is also the practice fac ...

in the

National Women's Hockey League The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) was a women's professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada that operated from March 2015 until June 2023. The league was established in 2015 as the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), com ...

during the

2015–16 NWHL season The 2015–16 NWHL season was the first season of operation of the National Women's Hockey League. Four teams competed for the inaugural Isobel Cup: the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, New York Riveters, and Connecticut Whale. League busines ...

. Before joining the Pride, she was a member of the

Boston Blades Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of and a ...

, contributing to their

2015 Clarkson Cup The 2015 Clarkson Cup was a women's ice hockey tournament that was contested in Markham, Ontario to determine the champion of the Canadian Women's Hockey League from March 4 to March 7, 2014. The Boston Blades defeated the Montreal Stars by a 3-2 ...

victory and becoming the first player from Alaska to earn the title. The following year, she added an

Isobel Cup The Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy Cup, often shortened to Isobel Cup, is the championship trophy that was awarded annually to the now defunct Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) playoff winner. The trophy is named after Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy, th ...

championship to her résumé with the Pride.

Career

NCAA

During her

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...

career, Smelker competed for the

RPI Engineers women's ice hockey The RPI Engineers women's ice hockey team are a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I (NCAA), Division I women's College ice hockey, college ice hockey program that represents Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). The Engin ...

team at

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (; RPI) is a private university, private research university in Troy, New York, United States. It is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world and the Western Hemisphere. It was establishe ...

. She emerged as the team's top scorer in her sophomore year and, following her senior season, earned a nomination for ECAC Hockey’s Best Defensive Forward Award.

CWHL

Smelker joined the

of the

CWHL The Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL; ) was a women's ice hockey league. Established in 2007 as a Canadian women's senior league in the Greater Toronto Area, Montreal, and Ottawa, the league expanded into Alberta (2011) and internationally i ...

for the 2014/15 season. In her rookie year, she finished tied for 18th in league scoring alongside

Natalie Spooner Natalie Marie Spooner (born October 17, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team, Canadian national wo ...

and

Laura Fortino Laura Michele Fortino (born January 30, 1991) is a Canadian-Italian ice hockey defenceman and coach, currently playing in the Italian Hockey League Women (IHLW) with the EV Bozen Eagles. A former member of the Canadian national team, she won ...

. That season, she also helped the Blades capture the

championship.

NWHL

In 2015, Smelker joined the Boston Pride of the

as a free agent, where she played alongside

Hilary Knight Hilary Atwood Knight (born July 12, 1989) is an American ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward for PWHL Seattle of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She is also captain of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She ...

and

Brianna Decker Brianna Decker (born May 13, 1991) is an American former professional ice hockey forward who played for the Wisconsin Badgers, Boston Blades, Boston Pride, Calgary Inferno, Professional Women's Hockey Players Association, and United States wom ...

. She helped the team capture the first-ever

championship in 2016. In 2016, reports indicated that Smelker agreed to a one-year deal worth $14,000 to remain with the Boston Pride for the 2016–17 NWHL season. She renewed her contract with the team in May 2017 for the 2017–18 season. Smelker tallied both a goal and an assist during the

3rd NWHL All-Star Game The 3rd NWHL All-Star Game took place on February 11, 2018 at TRIA Rink in Saint Paul, Minnesota. A skills competition was held the day prior on February 10, 2018. Brittany Ott of the Boston Pride and Amanda Leveille of the Buffalo Beauts ser ...

References

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Jordan Smelker (RPI Engineers 2013-14)
at RPI Athletics * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smelker, Jordan 1992 births Living people 21st-century American sportswomen American women's ice hockey forwards Boston Blades players Boston Pride players Clarkson Cup champions Isobel Cup champions Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni RPI Engineers women's ice hockey players