Kelly Cooke

Kelly Cooke (born October 29, 1990) is a former American ice hockey player, currently serving as a referee.

Kelly Cooke
Born Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Height 5 ft 1 in (155 cm)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for Princeton Tigers
Boston Blades (CWHL)
Boston Pride (NWHL)
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2009–2016

Playing career

After graduating from Princeton University in 2013, Laing was selected by the Boston Pride with the 35th pick overall in the 2013 CWHL Draft. In 2015, Cooke signed with the Boston Pride of the new NWHL professional league. On December 31, 2015, she participated in the 2016 Outdoor Women's Classic, the first outdoor professional women's hockey game.[1]

Following her retirement from the NWHL, Cooke served as the league's Director of Player Safety.[2]

Officiating career

In September 2019, Cooke became one of four women to officiate at the NHL level for the first time, working in an NHL Prospect Tournament hosted by the Nashville Predators in Nashville, Tennessee.[3]

Cooke was also joined by Katie Guay, Kendall Hanley and Kirsten Welsh as officials who worked the Elite Women's 3-on-3 event at the 2020 National Hockey League All-Star Game at Enterprise Center in St. Louis.[4]

Also in 2020, Cooke and Hanley served as officials at the 2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship. Of note, both worked the bronze medal game, a 6–1 victory by Russia over Finland, with Cooke as one of the referees, while Hanley was among the linesmen.[5]

Personal

Cooke graduated from Northeastern University's School of Law in 2019.[6]

References
  1. "Women's hockey happy for Winter Classic showcase". nhl.com. January 1, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  2. "Officiating Pioneer Kelly Cooke Returns to Lead NWHL Player Safety Committee". nwhl.com. October 2, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  3. John Wawrow, Associated Press. "In NHL first, 4 women selected to officiate prospect games". cbc.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  4. "NHL All-Star Weekend adds Elite Women's 3-on-3 game". NHL.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  5. "IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, BRONZE MEDAL GAME, GAME 20" (PDF). iihf.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  6. ian thomsen. "For more than 100 years, the NHL had been a man's league. Then she was asked to make the calls". northeastern.edu. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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