Kelly-Ann Nadeau
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1998)
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Kelly-Ann Nadeau (born March 30, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She played college ice hockey at the Université de Montréal.
| Kelly-Ann Nadeau | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
March 30, 1998 Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| PWHL team | Montreal Victoire | ||
| Playing career | 2025–present | ||
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Medal record | |||
Playing career
Nadeau attended the Université de Montréal where she played ice hockey for the Montreal Carabins for five seasons.[1] During the 2023–24 season, she recorded five goals and ten assists in 25 regular season games. Following the season she was named a U Sports Second Team All-Canadian and a First Team RSEQ All-Star.[2]
Following pre-season training camp, Nadeau was named to the reserve list of the Montreal Victoire for the 2024–25 season.[3] On February 14, 2025, she signed a standard player agreement with the Victoire, after Catherine Dubois was placed on the injured reserve list.[4][5] She made her professional debut the next day in a game against the New York Sirens, where she recorded one hit in six minutes of ice time. She became the third player to play in the PWHL directly out of U Sports, following Rylind MacKinnon and Emmy Fecteau.[6]
International play
On December 13, 2022, Nadeau was selected to represent Canada at the 2023 Winter World University Games.[7] During the tournament she recorded two goals and three assists in seven games and won a gold medal. Her five points were the third most by a defender during the competition.[8][9]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2018–19 | Université de Montréal | RSEQ | 20 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Université de Montréal | RSEQ | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Université de Montréal | RSEQ | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2022–23 | Université de Montréal | RSEQ | 22 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Université de Montréal | RSEQ | 25 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2024–25 | Montreal Victoire | PWHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| PWHL totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||