Ella Shelton

Canadian ice hockey player

Ice hockey player

Ella Shelton

Born

(1998-01-19) January 19, 1998 (age 26)
Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada

Height

5 ft 8 in (173 cm)

Weight

176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)

Position

Defence

Shoots

Left

PWHL team
Former teams

PWHL New York

Team Sonnet
Team Scotiabank

National team

Canada

Playing career

2013–present

Medal record

Olympic Games

	2022 Beijing	Team
World Championship
	2021 Canada
	2022 Denmark
	2024 United States
	2023 Canada

Ella Shelton (born January 19, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for PWHL New York of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), and member of Canada women's national ice hockey team. She was drafted fourth overall in the 2023 PWHL Draft by New York.

Playing career

Shelton competed in the Provincial Women's Hockey League (Provincial WHL) with the London Jr. Devilettes club. In 2016, Shelton skated for Team Ontario's U18 provincial squad. ^[1]

College

Her college ice hockey career was played with the Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey conference of the NCAA Division I from the 2016–17 season to the 2019–20 season. During her junior season, Shelton led the Golden Knights in shots blocked with 81. Additionally, she was named the assistant captain. She would follow it up with the honour of team captain in her senior season, one which saw her named as a finalist for the ECAC's Best Defenseman award.

Professional

After college, Shelton joined the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). She was affiliated with the Toronto hub during the 2020–21 PWHPA season and played with Team Scotiabank during the 2022–23 season.

On September 18, 2023, Shelton was selected in the first round, fourth overall by PWHL New York in the 2023 Draft of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).^[2] On October 31, 2023, she signed a three-year contract with the team.^[3] On December 21, 2023, Shelton and teammate Alex Carpenter were named the first alternate captains in team history.^[4]

On January 1, 2024, against PWHL Toronto, Shelton scored the first goal in PWHL history.^[5]

International play

Shelton was named to the Canadian contingent that participated at the Nation's Cup in Fussen, Germany, in January 2018, which saw her call fellow Clarkson Golden Knights Loren Gabel a teammate. Losing both games in the preliminary round, Canada defeated Germany by a 5-1 mark in the fifth-place game; Shelton would assist on a second period goal by Brooke Stacey.^[6]

She was one of 28 players invited to Hockey Canada's Centralization Camp, which represents the selection process for the Canadian women's team that shall compete in Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics.^[7] On January 11, 2022, Shelton was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2013–14	London Jr. Devilettes	Prov. WHL	37	4	2	6	26	3	0	0	0	2
2014–15	London Jr. Devilettes	Prov. WHL	37	7	14	21	40	3	0	0	0	14
2015–16	London Jr. Devilettes	Prov. WHL	34	11	16	27	18	7	1	3	4	6
2016–17	Clarkson University	NCAA	41	6	19	25	10	—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Clarkson University	NCAA	39	5	20	25	10	—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	Clarkson University	NCAA	40	6	19	25	24	—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	Clarkson University	NCAA	33	9	24	33	18	—	—	—	—	—
2020–21	Team Sonnet	PWHPA	4	2	3	5	2	—	—	—	—	—
2022–23	Team Scotiabank	PWHPA	18	5	4	9	8	—	—	—	—	—
NCAA totals			153	26	82	108	76	—	—	—	—	—
PWHPA totals			22	7	7	14	10	—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2021	Canada	WC	7	1	2	3	4
2022	Canada	OG	7	0	3	3	2
2022	Canada	WC	7	2	7	9	0
2023	Canada	WC	7	0	1	1	0
2024	Canada	WC	7	1	2	3	2
Senior totals			35	4	15	19	8

Awards and honours

Honors	Year	Ref
ECAC
All-Academic Team	2017, 2018, 2019, 2020	^[1]
Third Team All-Star	2017
All-Rookie Team	2017
All-Tournament Team	2017, 2018, 2019
Second Team All-Star	2018, 2019
First Team All-Star	2020
NCAA
USCHO All-Rookie Team	2017	^[11]
Second Team ACHA All-American	2020	^[1]
Second Team All-USCHO	2020	^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ella Shelton". clarksonathletics.com. Clarkson Golden Knights. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
^ Pyette, Ryan (September 19, 2023). "Ingersoll's Ella Shelton picked fourth overall in inaugural PWHL draft". The London Free Press. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
^ @PWHL_NewYork (October 31, 2023). "It's New York or nowhere. 🗽 We have officially signed Team Canada Olympian Ella Shelton ( @ella_shelton11 ) to a three-year contract. Welcome to the City of Dreams!" (Tweet). Retrieved November 3, 2023 – via Twitter.
^ @PWHL_NewYork (December 21, 2023). "Meet the first-ever Captains of PWHL New York! 🫡 We are proud to announce defender Micah Zandee-Hart as our Captain and forward Alex Carpenter and defender Ella Shelton as our Alternate Captains!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "New York's Shelton scores first-ever PWHL goal". TSN.ca. January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
^ "2018 Nations Cup: Game # 7 - Fifth Place FINAL". hockeycanada.ca. January 6, 2018. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
^ "CANADA'S NATIONAL WOMEN'S TEAM UNVEILS OLYMPIC CENTRALIZATION ROSTER: 28 players to centralize in Calgary ahead of 2022 Olympic Winter Games". hockeycanada.ca. May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
^ Awad, Brandi (January 11, 2022). "Team Canada's women's hockey roster revealed for Beijing 2022". Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
^ "Canada's 2022 Olympic women's hockey team roster". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 11, 2022. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
^ "2022 Olympic Winter Games (Women)". www.hockeycanada.ca/. Hockey Canada. January 11, 2022. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
^ "2016-17 Women's Hockey Honors". clarksonathletics.com. Clarkson Golden Knights. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
^ "2019-20 Clarkson Women's Hockey Honors". clarksonathletics.com. Clarkson Golden Knights. Retrieved March 14, 2024.