Kelly Cooke
| Kelly Cooke | |||
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File:Kelly Cooke.jpg Cooke in 2021 | |||
| Born |
October 29, 1990 Andover, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 1 in (155 cm) | ||
| Weight | 119 lb (54 kg; 8 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Princeton Tigers Boston Blades Boston Pride | ||
| Playing career | 2009–2016 | ||
Kelly Cooke (born October 29, 1990) is an American ice hockey official, currently serving as a referee in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). A retired ice hockey forward, she played with the Boston Blades of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) during the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons, and with the Boston Pride of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF; previously NWHL) during the 2015–16 season. Her college ice hockey career was spent with the Princeton Tigers in the ECAC Hockey conference of the NCAA Division 1.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]After graduating from Princeton University in 2013, Cooke was selected by the Boston Blades with the 35th overall pick in the 2013 CWHL Draft. In 2015, Cooke signed with the Boston Pride of the newly-created National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) professional league. On December 31, 2015, she participated in the 2016 Outdoor Women's Classic, the first outdoor professional women's ice hockey game.[1]
Following her retirement from the NWHL in 2016, Cooke served as the league's Director of Player Safety.[2]
Officiating career
[edit | edit source]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 served as a referee at the 2020 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship and officiated the bronze medal game, a 6–1 victory by Russia over Finland.[5]
Cooke officiates at the Professional Women's Hockey League, which started in 2024.[6]
Personal
[edit | edit source]Cooke graduated from the Northeastern University School of Law in 2019.[7]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or ThePWHL.com
- Kelly Cooke at Princeton Tigers
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- Living people
- 1990 births
- Ice hockey people from Massachusetts
- People from Andover, Massachusetts
- American ice hockey officials
- American women's ice hockey forwards
- National Hockey League officials
- Boston Blades players
- Boston Pride players
- Clarkson Cup champions
- Isobel Cup champions
- Northeastern University School of Law alumni
- Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey players
- Princeton University alumni
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Women ice hockey officials