Kelty Apperson (born October 26, 1994) is a Canadian

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, currently affiliated with the Calgary chapter of the

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(PWHPA). She won the

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with the

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Career

Apperson served as captain for the St. Thomas (Canada) Tommies women's ice hockey program represting St. Thomas University in

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, a member of the

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regional association of

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. She was named Atlantic University Sport

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in 2016. In her final season of university hockey, she was named to the Canadian roster that competed in

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After graduating from university, she signed her first professional contract with the Calgary Inferno of the

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(CWHL). She scored 6 points in 25 games in her second CWHL season, as the club won the

. After the CWHL collapsed in May 2019, Apperson joined the ForTheGame movement. Eight days later, she became the first ForTheGame player to sign an overseas contract when she signed with

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. She scored 18 points in 36 in her first season with SDE, serving as an

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as the club made the SDHL playoffs for the first in its history.

International

Apperson represented Team Canada at the

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, scoring seven points in five games as the country won a silver medal.

Career statistics

Awards and honors

*2015–16 Atlantic University Sport Most Valuable Player *Atlantic University Sport First Team All-Star: 2015–16 and 2016–17 *2016 and 2017 St. Thomas University Tommies Coastal Graphics Female Athlete of the Year *Player of the Game:

2016 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Championship The 2016 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Championship was held from March 17–20, 2016, in Calgary, Alberta. The bronze medal game between Saint Mary's and Guelph was held at the Joan Snyder Arena, while the remainder of the tournament was contested at ...

- March 18: McGill vs. St. Thomas

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Apperson, Kelty 1994 births Living people Calgary Inferno players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Canadian women's ice hockey forwards Clarkson Cup champions Sportspeople from the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players SDE Hockey players St. Thomas (Canada) Tommies women's ice hockey players St. Thomas University (New Brunswick) alumni Universiade medalists in ice hockey Universiade silver medalists for Canada Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade