Kristen Barbara (born October 30, 1992) is a Canadian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the la ...

, last played for the

Metropolitan Riveters The Metropolitan Riveters (originally the New York Riveters) are a professional women's ice hockey team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with home games at the American Dream Meadowlands ice rink. They were one of the four charter franchis ...

in the

Premier Hockey Federation The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), formerly the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), is a women's professional ice hockey league located in the United States and Canada. The league was established in 2015 with four league-owned teams and ha ...

(PHF).

Playing career

Across five years with the York Lions women's ice hockey program, Barbara played 120 games, putting up 71 points. In 2012, she was named to the CIS All-Rookie Team, and would be recognised with CIS All-Canadian honours in 2015. She was captain of the team in her final season. Barbara was drafted 28th overall by the

Brampton Thunder The Markham Thunder was a professional women's ice hockey team in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). From 1998 through 2017, the franchise was known as the Brampton Thunder and Brampton Canadettes-Thunder before relocating from Brampton, O ...

in the

2016 CWHL Draft The 2016 draft for the Canadian Women's Hockey League took place on August 21, 2016. Players must register before midnight on August 1, 2016 and pay an entry fee of CDN $150. By virtue of finishing with the worst record during the 2015-16 CWHL re ...

. Across three

Canadian Women's Hockey League The Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL; french: Ligue canadienne de hockey féminin ‒ LCHF) was a women's ice hockey league. Established in 2007 as a Canadian women's senior league in the Greater Toronto Area, Montreal, and Ottawa, the league ...

(CWHL) seasons with the Thunder franchise, Barbara played 58 games, putting up 19 points. In 2018, she was a member of the

Clarkson Cup The Clarkson Cup (french: La Coupe Clarkson) is a women's ice hockey trophy, which from 2009 to 2019 was awarded to the winner of the Canadian Women's Hockey Championship (CWHL champion). With the folding of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CW ...

-winning Markham Thunder team. After spending the 2019–20 season with the PWHPA as an independent member, Barbara was announced as one of the first five players to sign with the Toronto Six, the first NWHL expansion team in Canada.

Personal life

Outside of hockey, Barbara is training to be a

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. She has a degree in sociology from

York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...

Career statistics

''Note: Brampton Thunder changed their name to Markham Thunder in 2017.''

Awards and Honours

* 2011-2012 OUA All-Rookie Team & OUA Second Team All-Star * 2011-2012 CIS All-Rookie Team * 2011-2012

York Lions The York Lions is the official name for the athletic varsity teams that represent York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports and, where applicable, ...

Athletics Female Rookie of the Year * 2013-2014 OUA Second Team All-Star * 2014-2015 OUA First Team All-Star * 2014-2015 CIS First Team All-Star & All Canadian * 2017-2018 Clarkson Cup Champion

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barbara, Kristen 1992 births Living people Ice hockey people from Hamilton, Ontario Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen Toronto Six players Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players Markham Thunder players York Lions women's ice hockey players