Chelsey Goldberg

Chelsey Goldberg (born January 30, 1993) is an American ice hockey player who currently plays for the Boston Blades in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). Prior to her professional career, Goldberg played four seasons for the Northeastern University Huskies women's ice hockey team.

Chelsey Goldberg
Born (1993-01-30) January 30, 1993[1]
Agoura Hills, California
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight 144 lb (65 kg; 10 st 4 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right[1]
CWHL team Boston Blades
Playing career 2016–present

Early life

Goldberg was raised in Agoura Hills, California, and is Jewish.[2][3] She attended Agoura High School, where she played lacrosse for three years.[4] She played ice hockey for the Ventura Mariners and L.A. Select before she moved to Vermont for her last two years of high school.[5] Prior to attending university, she played competitive hockey at North American Hockey Academy in Stowe, Vermont, as part of the Junior Women's Hockey League, where she was named to the 2011 All Star team.[6][7][8] At age 18 she broke her left fibula in competition, and then a year later her right fibula during a game.[5][6]

University career

Goldberg played as a forward for the Northeastern University Huskies women's ice hockey team over four seasons, beginning with the 2011-12 season, winning a Beanpot championship in two of them.[2][4] In her sophomore year she needed surgery to remove five screws and a plate from her left fibula that were causing nerve pain.[6][5] During her college days she competed in 90 games in the Women's Hockey East Association of NCAA Division 1.[9][2][10] She was named to the 2012-13 Hockey East All-Academic Team, and named WHEA Co-Player of the Week on October 7, 2013.[4] There she also served as a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, where she was elected the group's president and acted as an ambassador of the program, traveled to nations including Kenya on philanthropic missions.[11]

Professional career

In 2015 Goldberg was selected eighth in the NWHL draft.[12] In August 2016 Goldberg was then drafted sixth overall by the Boston Blades of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL).[10] The chief scout of the team said that she would have been drafted a year prior, but for a series of injuries that Goldberg suffered during her career—including two broken legs. Goldberg scored her first CWHL goal in her second game, playing against Les Canadiennes de Montreal.[13][14]

Accolades

Goldberg was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.[15]

See also

References
  1. "Chelsey Goldberg".
  2. "Women's Hockey Life". womenshockeylife.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  3. "Sports Shorts", Jewish Sports Review,March/April 2018, Volume 11, No. 6, Issue 126, p. 21.
  4. Northeastern Huskies - Chelsey Goldberg - 2013-14 Women's Ice Hockey
  5. College Notebook: Goldberg glad to be back on the ice
  6. Women's Hockey Life
  7. "JWHL All Star Roster" (PDF).
  8. "Chelsey Goldberg - 2014-15 Women's Ice Hockey".
  9. "Goldberg shows resilience amidst physical adversity". Hunt News. 25 October 2013.
  10. Chelsey Goldberg - Eliteprospects.com
  11. "Care for Kenya comes to NU". Hunt News U. 2 April 2015.
  12. Clinton, Jared. "CWHL's Blades select Kayla Tutino first overall, six countries represented at draft - The Hockey News". The Hockey News.
  13. "Canadiennes Open CWHL Season with Two Wins over Boston". Montreal Gazette.
  14. "Les Canadiennes dominent à nouveau les Blades". RDS.
  15. "Sports Shorts". Jewish Sports Review. 12 (137): 17. January–February 2020.
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