Kelsey Koelzer

Photo by: Princeton Athletic Communications

Photo by: Eric Miller

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-9
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Hatboro-Horsham HS
Hometown:
Horsham, Pa.

International: Named to the USA Under-22 Select Team in August after particpating in the USA Hockey Women's National Festival in Lake Placid.

Pro: First overall pick in the 2016 National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) Draft, selected by the New York Riveters.

Senior Year (2016-17): Appeared in all 33 games and was third on the team in scoring with 31 points on eight goals and 23 assists ... finished second in the nation in points per game for a defender ... had a +18 on-ice rating and had 65 blocks ... earned a goal an assist in a 7-3 win at Providence on Oct. 23 ... had assists in three consecutive games: at Yale, vs. No. 7 St. Lawrence and No. 8 Clarkson ... followed up with an assist in 5 straight games: at Dartmouth, vs. No. 5 Colgate, Cornell and in each game of a two-game series at Boston University ... had a four-point ame with a hat trick at Rensselaer, factoring into every goal in the 4-0 shutout ... added an assist in a shutout of Union the next day ... tallied a goal in a 5-2 win over Mercyhurst and had an assist in a 5-5 tie with Penn State .. earned two assists in a 3-2 win over No. 8 Quinnipiac on Jan. 1 and scored the game-winning goal on a breakaway against the Bobcats on Jan. 31 ... net a goal and an assist in a 6-1 win over Brown ... had three assists in a 4-2 win at No. 3 St. Lawrence ... earned three assists in the final regular-season weekend with wins over Union and Rensselaer ... scored in a 3OT loss to Quinnipiac in Game 1 of the ECAC Quarterfinals, assisted on the game-winner in Game 2 and tacked on another assist in Game 3.
Awards
• Patty Kazmaeier Top-10 Candidate
• First-Team All-Ivy League
• Second-Team All-ECAC
• ECAC Hockey finalist Best Defender
• Academic All-Ivy League

Junior Year (2015-16): Played in all 33 games ... finished second on the team in scoring with 33 points on 17 goals and 16 assists ... second on the team in game-winning goal with eight ... took 122 shots, blocked 61 shots and finished with the best on-ice rating on the team at +25 ... scored an unassisted goal in a 4-3 win at Yale on Oct. 30 and scored again the next day in a 3-0 shutout of Brown with a power-play tally ... tallied a goal in a 3-2 win over Colgate on Nov. 27 ... earned an assists at St. Lawrence on Nov. 20 ... had matching two-point games with a goal and an assist apiece in each game at RIT ... net the game winner over No. 7 Harvard on Dec. 4 and followed up with a an assist the next day in a 4-1 game versus Dartmouth ... scored a goal in each game against Penn State in a two-game set ... recorded her first career hat trick in a 6-1 win over Brown, which included the game winner and a power-play goal ... net the game winner the next day against Yale and chipped in one assist ... added an assist in a 5-0 shutout at Union on Jan. 8 and had two assists the next afternoon in a 3-2 win at Rensselaer ... scored a power-play goal at UConn in a 4-0 shutout .. had three assists in wins over both Colgate & Cornell for a six-point weekend on Feb. 5 & 6 ... scored a power-play goal against No. 5 Clarkson and the overtime game-winning goal over St. Lawrence the next day ... net a goal in a 4-2 victory over Union on Feb. 20 ... tallied a power-play goal and chipped in an assist in Game 2 of the ECAC Playoffs with St. Lawrence ... earned an assist at Minnesota in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
Awards
• First-Team All-America
• Patty Kazmaeier Top-10 Candidate
• ECAC Hockey Best Defender of the Year
• ECAC Hockey finalist for Player of the Year
• First-Team All-ECAC Hockey
• Ivy League Player of the Year
• First-Team All-Ivy League
• ECAC Student-Athlete of the Year finalist
• ECAC Player of the Week (Dec. 8, Jan. 1)
• Academic All-Ivy League
• Elizabeth English Trophy (team award)
• ECAC All-Academic Team

Sophomore Year (2014-15): Second on the team in scoring and led the defenders in points ... played in all 31 games and had 26 points on eight goals and team-high 18 assists ... finished season with a +10 rating ... started season on a five-game point-scoring streak - had an assist at Penn State on Oct. 26, two assists at Penn State on Oc. 27, two assist at Cornell on Oct. 31, a goal and an assist at Colgate on Nov. 1 and an assist over RIT on Nov. 7 ... scored a goal and an assist vs. Union on Nov. 14 ... tallied an assist vs. St. Lawrence at on Nov. 21 and scored a goal over No. 5 Clarkson the next day ... had an assist in a 2-1 loss to No. 2 Minnesota on Nov. 29 and scored a goal and assist over the Gophers the next day ... scored an unassisted goal in a 5-2 win at Dartmouth on Dec. 6 ... collected two assist in a 3-0 shutout of Union ... tallied the game-winning goal and added two assists in a 5-1 win over Brown on Jan. 10 ... scored a power-play goal at No. 1 Boston College on Jan. 26 ... had an assist in games against Dartmouth and No. 4 Harvard on Jan. 30 & 31 ... had an assist in a 3-2 win over No. 9 Cornell on Feb. 7 ... scored an unassisted, empty-net goal in a 4-2 win at St. Lawrence on Feb. 14.
Awards
• Second-Team All-ECAC Hockey
• First-Team All-Ivy League
• ECAC All-Academic Team

Freshman Year (2013-14): Played in all 31 games primarily at forward ... scored six goals and four assists for 10 points ... scored her first career goal against No. 5 Boston College in 1-1 tie on Nov. 16 ... collected her first assist in a 4-1 win over Union on Dec. 7 ... had a three-point game with two goals, one of which was the game winner, and one assist in a 4-1 win over UConn on Jan. 2 ... scored the first goal in a 2-2 tie with Clarkson on Feb. 8 ... had a hand in all three goals in a 3-0 shutout of Brown on Feb. 14, scoring the game winner and chipping in two assists ... scored a power-play goal in a 4-3 win at Cornell on Feb. 22.
Awards
• ECAC All-Academic Team

Before Princeton: A member of the New Jersey Rockets for two years ... named team captain in 2012-13 but suffered an injury that sidelined her for the season ... played in 51 games and had 46 goals and 43 assists in 2011-12 ... led the Rockets to the Mid-Atlantic Women’s Hockey Association (MAWHA) U19 Tier 1 title, Atlantic District U19 Tier I championship ... member of the Lady Patriots from 2008-11 ... captain in 2010-11 and assistant captain in 2009-10 ... averaged nearly 2.0 points per game ... finished career with 273 points in 152 games played ... a 2013 graduate of Hatboro-Horsham ... also a member of the school’s varsity softball and basketball teams.

Personal: Fill name is Kelsey Anne Koelzer ... daughter of Kristine Koelzer who is an administrative assistant ... birthdate is June 16 ... major is undeclared.

Season	GP	G	A	Pts.	+/-	P-PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	Blk
2013-14	31	6	4	10	-7	13-29	4	0	2	11
2014-15	31	8	18	26	+10	10-20	2	0	1	66
2015-16	33	17	16	33	+25	16-32	8	0	4	61
Career	62	14	22	36	+2	23-49	6	0	3	138

	Career Highs	Career Firsts	Multiple/Game
Goals	3 vs. Brown (1/1/16)	vs. Boston College (11/16/14)	2 (3- 1x; 2- 1x)
Assists	3, 3x MR at Cornell (2/6/16)	vs. Union (12/7/14)	8 (3-1x; 2 - 7x)
Points	3, 6x MR at Cornell (2/6/16)	G vs. Boston College (11/16/14)	17 (2- 11x; 3 - 6x)