Chelsea Laden

Chelsea Laden (born September 12, 1992) is an American television creator and retired ice hockey goaltender, who played with the Connecticut Whale and New York Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).

Chelsea Laden
Born (1992-09-12) September 12, 1992
Lakeville, Minnesota, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for New York Riveters
Connecticut Whale
Quinnipiac Bobcats
Playing career 2011–2016

Playing career

During her teenage years, she played ice hockey for Lakeville South High School in Lakeville, Minnesota, serving as team captain twice and earning all-state MVP honours four times.[1]

From 2011 to 2015, she played NCAA Division I women's ice hockey with the Quinnipiac Bobcats of ECAC Hockey, serving as the starting goaltender of the women's hockey programme in her junior and senior seasons.[2] As a freshman, she was named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week for the week of November 29, 2011, and notched her first career collegiate shutout in a 3–0 victory over Syracuse in January 2012. She was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Month in October 2013 and was a three-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team selection.[3][4]

After graduating from Quinnipiac, she was ready to end her ice hockey career due to a lack of viable opportunities in the sport.[5] However, when the NWHL was founded that summer by Dani Rylan, she was able to sign her first professional contract, worth $14,000, with the Connecticut Whale.[6] She made her NWHL debut in late October 2015, backstopping four third-period penalty kills in a victory over the Buffalo Beauts, the first away victory in Whale franchise history.[7] She then missed several months of the season dealing with a finger injury.[8] In February 2016, she became part of the first-ever trade in NWHL history, being traded to the New York Riveters in exchange for Shenae Lundberg.[9]

Television career

In 2019, she began starring in a Travel Channel original paranormal television show called Destination Fear along with her brother, Dakota Laden, and friends Tanner Wiseman and Alex Schroeder.[10] The show follows the group of self-proclaimed 'paranormal explorers' as they travel to reportedly haunted and paranormal hotspots across the United States and then one of the team members sleeps solo overnight at each haunted location and record their experiences.[11] The Laden's and Wiseman had previously produced a similarly-themed documentary called Trail to Terror in 2016.[12]

Personal life

Laden was born on September 12, 1992, in Lakeville, Minnesota to Rob and Polly Laden. She has four siblings, an older sister Mykenna, and younger siblings Dakota, Tavian, and Isabella.

Laden has a bachelor's degree and master's degree in pre-medical sciences from Quinnipiac University and is studying optometry at Illinois College of Optometry.[13][14][15]

References
  1. "2014-15 Women's Ice Hockey: #78 Chelsea Laden". Quinnipiac University Athletics. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  2. "Chelsea Laden, Quinnipiac women's hockey team shutting out opposition". New Haven Register. February 28, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  3. Williams, Doug (January 21, 2015). "Kaz Watch: Chelsea Laden Smothers the Opposition". Patty Kazmaier Award. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  4. McFadden, Kenisha (November 14, 2014). "Defense goes far beyond goaltending for Quinnipiac women's hockey". Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  5. Niesen, Joan (October 27, 2015). "Hopeful signs in NWHL's first season". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  6. Altavilla, John (January 9, 2016). "Women's Pro Hockey League Has Believers; Connecticut Whale In First Place". Hartford Courant. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  7. Staffieri, Mark (October 27, 2015). "Chelsea Laden Victorious in Her NWHL Debut with Connecticut Whale". Women's Hockey Life. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  8. Murphy, Mike (February 17, 2016). "Exclusive Interview with Chelsea Laden of the New York Riveters". Blueshirt Banter. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  9. Staffieri, Mark (February 25, 2016). "Historic Trade Provides Change of Venue for Chelsea Laden". Women's Hockey Life. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  10. "Meet the 'Destination Fear' Team". Travel Channel. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  11. Justin, Neal (October 25, 2019). "Lakeville natives turn their obsession with haunted houses into TV series". Star Tribune. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  12. "Destination Fear: Chelsea Laden '15 Set to Star in New Show for Travel Channel". Quinnipiac University Athletics. October 24, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  13. Woodley, Kevin (October 21, 2016). "Goaltenders pass the eye test". National Hockey League. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  14. Kaplan, Katie (October 27, 2020). "Paranormal pastime: Optometry student explores haunted places for Travel Channel show". WCTV. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  15. "A Day in the Life". Illinois College of Optometry (Video journal). Retrieved January 2, 2021.
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