{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1975)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Becky Kellar-Duke | image = Becky Kellar (3892189863).jpg | image_size = 230px | alt = | caption = '''Becky Kellar''' at Ottawa Senators games during the 2008/09 CWHL season | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|01|01}} | birth_place = Hagersville, Ontario, Canada | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 7 | weight_lb = 155 | position = Defence | shoots = Left | played_for = {{plainlist| * Burlington Barracudas (CWHL) * Toronto Aeros (NWHL) * Brown University (NCAA) }}
| sex = f | ntl_team = CAN | career_start = 1997 | career_end = 2010 | website = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's ice hockey}} {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold | 2002 Salt Lake City | Tournament}} {{MedalGold | 2006 Torino | Tournament}} {{MedalGold | 2010 Vancouver | Tournament}} {{MedalSilver | 1998 Nagano | Tournament}} {{MedalCompetition | IIHF World Women's Championships}} {{MedalGold | 1999 Finland | Tournament}} {{MedalGold | 2000 Canada | Tournament}} {{MedalGold | 2001 United States | Tournament}} {{MedalGold | 2004 Canada | Tournament}} {{MedalSilver | 2005 Sweden | Tournament}} {{MedalSilver | 2008 China | Tournament}} {{MedalSilver | 2009 Finland | Tournament}} }}
'''Rebecca "Becky" Kellar''' (born January 1, 1975) is a retired ice hockey defender. She played for the Toronto Aeros and Oakville Ice in the NWHL, the Burlington Barracudas in the Canadian Women's Hockey League, and the Canadian national team.
Kellar played for the Canadian women's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She also participated in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano as well as the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Becky Kellar |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/becky-kellar-1.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203102124/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/becky-kellar-1.html |archivedate=2016-12-03}}</ref> She was named to the Canadian team for the 2010 Winter Olympics and was one of four Canadian women to participate in all four Olympic tournaments along with Hayley Wickenheiser, Jennifer Botterill and Jayna Hefford.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.simcoereformer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2232391 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911173120/http://www.simcoereformer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2232391 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-11 |title=Becky Kellar going back to Olympics |work=Simcoe Reformer |date=2009-12-21 |access-date=2010-01-25 }}</ref> Kellar was the oldest player in the 2010 gold medal game. She was the first player on the Canadian national women's hockey team to have children.
==Playing career== Kellar was born in Hagersville, Ontario, and played ringette as a child, before switching over to hockey. She competed for Team Ontario at the National Under 18 Championships in 1993. She led Team Ontario to the Gold Medal and was selected as the Most Valuable Player.<ref>Canadian Gold 2010, Andrew Podnieks, p. 148, Fenn Publishing, Toronto, Canada, {{ISBN|978-1-55168-384-3}}</ref> Kellar played with the Beatrice Aeros in 1998 and participated in the championship game of the Esso Nationals, netting an assist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/10135/la_id/1.htm|title=Alberta downs Ontario 3-2 in Overtime in Gold Medal Final to win 1998 Esso Women's Nationals Hockey Championship|author=|date=March 22, 1998|publisher=Hockey Canada|access-date=28 June 2010|archive-date=24 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124162649/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/10135/la_id/1.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
She played for the Brown Bears women's ice hockey program at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island from 1993 to 1997 and has an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University.<ref>{{cite web |last=Funston |first=Mike |url=https://www.thestar.com/Special/article/171716 |title=Ultimate hockey mom expecting to repeat feat |work=Toronto Star |date=2007-01-18 |access-date=2010-01-26 |archive-date=2023-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204210820/https://www.thestar.com/sponsored_sections/2007/01/18/ultimate_hockey_mom_expecting_to_repeat_feat.html |url-status=live }}</ref> While at Brown, she played second base on the softball team. She was a First Team All-Ivy League selection at softball in 1995 and 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/alltime.asp?intSID=17 |title=All-Time All-Ivy: Softball |publisher=Ivy League Sports |access-date=9 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102183828/http://ivyleaguesports.com/sports/alltime.asp?intSID=17 |archive-date=January 2, 2010 }}</ref> She was inducted into the Brown Athletics Hall of Fame in April 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brownbears.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/040105aaa.html |title=Becky Kellar '97 named to Brown Athletics Hall of Fame |publisher=Brown University |date=2005-04-01 |access-date=2010-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708100956/http://www.brownbears.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/040105aaa.html |archive-date=2011-07-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
She later played for the Burlington Barracudas of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. In the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, she was voted the CWHL Top Defender and a CWHL Central All-Star. On September 14, 2010, Hockey Canada announced that Kellar, along with three other players retired from international hockey.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/Four+retire+from+women+hockey+team/3522998/story.html |title=Four vets retire from women's hockey team |publisher=Montreal Gazette |date=2010-09-15 |access-date=2010-09-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006143346/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Four%2Bretire%2Bfrom%2Bwomen%2Bhockey%2Bteam/3522998/story.html |archive-date=2012-10-06 }}</ref>
Kellar is married and lives in Burlington, Ontario. She welcomed her first son, Owen, on October 22, 2004, and her second son, Zachary, on January 25, 2007.
==Career statistics== === Regular season and playoffs === {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team !! League !! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM !! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1993-94 | Brown University | ECAC | 25 || 9 || 4 || 23 || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1994-95 | Brown University | ECAC | 25 || 20 || 29 || 49 || — | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1995-96 | Brown University | ECAC | 25 || 10 || 18 || 28 || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1996-97 | Brown University | ECAC | 25 || 9 || 31 || 40 || — | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1998-99 | Beatrice Aeros | NWHL | 32 || 7 || 9 || 16 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1999-2000 | Beatrice Aeros | NWHL | 30 || 4 || 14 || 18 || 33 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2000-01 | Beatrice Aeros | NWHL | 30 || 4 || 16 || 20 || 12 | 6 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002-03 | Beatrice Aeros | NWHL | 29 || 8 || 17 || 25 || 24 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2003-04 | Toronto Aeros | NWHL | 26 || 1 || 14 || 15 || 24 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004-05 | Oakville Ice | NWHL | 17 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 4 | 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 12 |- | 2005-06 | Oakville Ice | NWHL | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 | 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007-08 | Burlington Barracudas | CWHL | 28 || 2 || 10 || 12 || 42 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2008-09 | Burlington Barracudas | CWHL | 27 || 4 || 10 || 14 || 26 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010-11 | Burlington Barracudas | CWHL | 21 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 16 | — || — || — || — || — |}
===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1998 | Canada | OG | {{silver2}} | 6 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 2 |- bgcolor"#f0f0f0" | 1999 | Canada | WC | {{gold1}} | 5 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 6 |- | 2000 | Canada | WC | {{gold1}} | 5 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001 | Canada | WC | {{gold1}} | 5 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 2 |- | 2002 | Canada | OG | {{gold1}} | 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004 | Canada | WC | {{gold1}} | 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2005 | Canada | WC | {{silver2}} | 5 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006 | Canada | OG | {{gold1}} | 5 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 |- | 2008 | Canada | WC | {{silver2}} | 5 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009 | Canada | WC | {{silver2}} | 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 |- | 2010 | Canada | OG | {{gold1}} | 5 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 6 |}
==Awards and honours== * CWHL Top Defender, 2007–08 and 2008–09 * CWHL First All-Star Team, 2008–09 * CWHL Central All-Stars, 2007–08 * 1996 ECAC All-Tournament team<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ecachockey.com/women/tournament/Women_All-Tournament_Teams.pdf|title=ECAC Hockey|access-date=2010-12-07|archive-date=2019-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419005035/https://www.ecachockey.com/women/tournament/Women_All-Tournament_Teams.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1996 ECAC Honor Roll<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.whockey.com/univ/ecac/1996/usatoday_shcf.html|title=Women's Ice Hockey|access-date=2010-03-16|archive-date=2018-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029162458/http://www.whockey.com/univ/ecac/1996/usatoday_shcf.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|3}} * Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p. 19, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, {{ISBN|978-1-55468-621-6}}.
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats}} * {{COC profile|becky-kellar-duke|Becky Kellar (Duke)}} * {{Olympics.com profile|becky-kellar|Becky Kellar}} * {{Olympedia|100361|Becky Kellar}}
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