Katelyn Gosling (born May 8, 1993) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. Having earned
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
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All-Canadian honours while competing for the Western Mustangs women's ice hockey program, Gosling was claimed by the
Calgary Inferno
The Calgary Inferno (previously known as Team Alberta, nickname "Honeybadgers", during the 2011–12 season) was a women's ice hockey team that joined the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) for the 2011–12 season. The team played its home g ...
in the
2016 CWHL Draft. She would also compete with Canada's national team at the
Winter Universiade
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The Universiade is referred t ...
, serving as Canada's captain at the 2017 tournament.
Playing career
During her teens, Katelyn played in the
PWHL
The Provincial Women's Hockey League (or PWHL) is a Junior women's ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada that was founded in 2004. It is considered to be the highest level of junior women's amateur ice hockey in Ontario, and is sanctioned by Hock ...
for the London Devilettes.
Western Mustangs
In the aftermath of the 2012-13 season, Gosling was named to the CIS First Team All-Canadians. Among the other players named as First Team All-Canadians were
Melodie Daoust and
Hayley Wickenheiser
Hayley Wickenheiser (born August 12, 1978) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, resident physician and assistant general manager for the Toronto Maple Leafs. She was the first woman to play full-time professional men’s hockey in a positio ...
.
Katelyn was a co-captain of the Mustangs program that captured the gold medal at the 2015 CIS women's ice hockey national championships. Her sister, Cassidy Gossling was also a member of the championship team. In her final season with the Western Mustangs, Gosling was named a First Team All-Canadian.
International play
Katelyn was a member of the Team Canada squad that captured a silver medal at the
2015 Winter Universiade
The 2015 Winter Universiade, the XXVII Winter Universiade, was a multi sport winter event held in Granada, Spain and Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia. On 14 March 2009, FISU announced that the host would be Granada because they were the only bid.
On 25 J ...
Games in Spain. She would serve as Team Canada's captain for the
2017 Winter Universiade
Winter Universiade 2017, the XXVIII Winter Universiade, was a multi-sport winter event which took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 29 January to 8 February 2017. On 29 November 2011, FISU announced that Winter Universiade 2017 would be hosted ...
in Kazakhstan, as Canada obtained another silver medal.
In May 2015, Katelyn was invited to Team Canada's Development Team Conditioning camp.
Competing with Canada's Under-22 national team at the 2016 Nations Cup, Gosling would score her first international goal. Said goal took place in a 4-2 win against Russia, which also stood as the game-winning tally. The win allowed Canada to advance to the gold medal game.
Gosling would compete for the Canadian Under-22 national team that competed at the 2017 Nations Cup. Gosling and her Canadian teammates would emerge with a silver medal at the Nations Cup, losing to Finland by a 1-0 tally.
Gosling was named to the Canadian roster that played at the 2018 4 Nations Cup.
CWHL
Selected by the Calgary Inferno in the second round of the
2016 CWHL Draft, Gosling made her debut with the club on October 9, 2016, a contest against the Brampton Thunder. Gosling would also earn her first CWHL point in the contest, gaining an assist on a goal scored by
Jillian Saulnier
Jillian Pauline Saulnier (born March 7, 1992) grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was the first female ice hockey player to represent Nova Scotia at the IIHF Women’s World Championship in 2015. She is a two-timOlympianfoTeam Canada w ...
.
Gosling's first CWHL goal took place in only her second career game. An October 29 tilt with the
Boston Blades
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saw her score in the third period against goaltender Lauren Dahm. Earning the assist on her goal was Rhianna Kurio.
Named as one of the participants in the
3rd CWHL All-Star Game, Gosling would suit up for Team Blue in a 9-5 loss. Gosling would appear with the Inferno in the
2019 Clarkson Cup The 2019 Clarkson Cup was held at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto on 24 March 2019 with the Calgary Inferno defeating the Canadiennes de Montreal by a score of 5-2. Brianna Decker scored the game-winning goal during a power play opportunity in the seco ...
finals, capturing her first championship in the CWHL.
Early life
Raised in London, Ontario, Katelyn immerged as a promising hockey player at just 6 years old. In high school she was the captain of the prestigious Mother Teresa Secondary School hockey team. One of the top teams in the nation.
Career Stats
CIS
CWHL
Awards and honours
*2012, OUA All Rookie Team
*2013, CIS First Team All-Canadian
*2013, OUA First Team All Star
*2014, OUA First Team All Star
*2014, Western Women's Hockey Team MVP
*2015, CIS Nationals Tournament All-Star Team
*2015, CIS Second Team All-Canadian
*2015, OUA First Team All Star
*2016, CIS First-Team All-Canadian
*Participant,
3rd CWHL All-Star Game
References
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1993 births
Living people
Calgary Inferno players
Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen
Clarkson Cup champions
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Sportspeople from London, Ontario
Universiade medalists in ice hockey
Universiade silver medalists for Canada
Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade
Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players