Delaney Collins
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| Delaney Collins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
May 2, 1977 Pilot Mound, Manitoba, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg; 9 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
Concordia Stingers Alberta Pandas Calgary Oval X-Treme | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1997–2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Delaney Collins (born May 2, 1977) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player.[1] She played for the New Westminster Lightning, Calgary Oval X-Treme, Strathmore Rockies, and Brampton Thunder.
She was a three-time Abby Hoffman Cup national champion with Calgary. She also won NWHL and WWHL playoff titles with Calgary.
She announced her retirement from international play on August 23, 2011.[2]
University career
In 1998, she played with the Concordia Stingers of the CIAU. The Stingers won the 1998 CIAU championship and Collins was named to the CIAU All-Canadian team. Collins played with the University of Alberta Pandas women's ice hockey program from 2003 to 2005. She won the CIS National Championship with the Pandas in 2004. Collins assisted on the game-winning goal scored by Danielle Bourgeois in the 2004 CIS National Championship game.[3]
Club career
She participated in numerous Esso Women's Nationals. Her first experience was in 1999 when she played with Team British Columbia (the team was from New Westminster). The following year, she would play with Team Alberta and win a bronze medal.
Collins won her first Abby Hoffman Cup in 2001.[4] She won her second national title two years later.[5]
She won her third national title in 2007 when Calgary beat the Etobicoke Dolphins. She scored for Calgary in the 2007 Abby Hoffman Cup Final.[6]
Floorball
In 2010, Collins played for Team Canada's Women's National Floorball Team in the World Floorball Championship Qualification series against Team USA in Vancouver, British Columbia. She became the first player to suit up for Team Canada in both ice hockey and floorball.