Chelsea Laden
{{short description|American ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|9|12}}
| birth_place = Lakeville, Minnesota, United States
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| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 8
| weight_lb = 150
| position = Goaltender
| catches = Left
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| played_for = Lakeville South High (2009-2011)
Quinnipiac Bobcats (2011-2015)
Connecticut Whale (2015-2016)
New York Riveters (2015-2016)
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Dr. Chelsea Laden (born September 12, 1992) is an American optometrist, paranormal investigator, television creator and retired ice hockey goaltender, who played with the Connecticut Whale and New York Riveters of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF).
Playing career
During her teenage years, she played ice hockey for Lakeville South High School in Lakeville, Minnesota, serving as team captain twice and earning all-state MVP honours four times.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2014-15 Women's Ice Hockey: #78 Chelsea Laden|url=https://gobobcats.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/chelsea-laden/2773|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116071712/https://gobobcats.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/chelsea-laden/2773 |archive-date=November 16, 2019 |access-date=2021-01-02|website=Quinnipiac University Athletics|language=en}}
From 2011 to 2015, she played NCAA Division I women's ice hockey with the Quinnipiac Bobcats of ECAC Hockey, serving as the starting goaltender of the women's hockey programme in her junior and senior seasons.{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=2015-02-28|title=Chelsea Laden, Quinnipiac women's hockey team shutting out opposition|url=https://www.nhregister.com/colleges/article/Chelsea-Laden-Quinnipiac-women-s-hockey-team-11351571.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219230151/https://www.nhregister.com/colleges/article/Chelsea-Laden-Quinnipiac-women-s-hockey-team-11351571.php|archive-date=February 19, 2023|access-date=2021-01-02|website=New Haven Register|language=en-US}} As a freshman, she was named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week for the week of November 29, 2011, and notched her first career collegiate shutout in a 3–0 victory over Syracuse in January 2012. She was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Month in October 2013 and was a three-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team selection.{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Doug|date=2015-01-21|title=Kaz Watch: Chelsea Laden Smothers the Opposition|url=https://www.pattykaz.com/news_article/show/468863-kaz-watch-chelsea-laden-smothers-the-opposition|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219230122/https://www.pattykaz.com/news_article/show/468863-kaz-watch-chelsea-laden-smothers-the-opposition|archive-date=February 19, 2023|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Patty Kazmaier Award|language=en-us}}{{Cite web|last=McFadden|first=Kenisha|date=2014-11-14|title=Defense goes far beyond goaltending for Quinnipiac women's hockey|url=https://theqbsn.com/2014/11/defense-goes-far-beyond-goaltending-for-quinnipiac-womens-hockey/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726073509/https://theqbsn.com/2014/11/defense-goes-far-beyond-goaltending-for-quinnipiac-womens-hockey/ |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |access-date=2021-01-02|website=Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network}}
After graduating from Quinnipiac, she was ready to end her ice hockey career due to a lack of viable opportunities in the sport.{{Cite magazine|last=Niesen|first=Joan|date=2015-10-27|title=Hopeful signs in NWHL's first season|url=https://www.si.com/nhl/2015/10/27/nwhl-hopeful-start-media-coverage-chelsea-laden|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030162556/http://www.si.com/nhl/2015/10/27/nwhl-hopeful-start-media-coverage-chelsea-laden |archive-date=October 30, 2015 |access-date=2021-01-02|magazine=Sports Illustrated|language=en-us}} However, when the PHF (then NWHL) was founded that summer by Dani Rylan, she was able to sign her first professional contract, worth $14,000, with the Connecticut Whale.{{Cite web|last=Altavilla|first=John|date=2016-01-09|title=Women's Pro Hockey League Has Believers; Connecticut Whale In First Place|url=https://www.courant.com/sports/hockey/hc-connecticut-whale-0110-20160109-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001105115/http://www.courant.com/sports/hockey/hc-connecticut-whale-0110-20160109-story.html |archive-date=October 1, 2018 |access-date=2021-01-02|website=Hartford Courant}} She made her PHF debut in late October 2015, backstopping four third-period penalty kills in a victory over the Buffalo Beauts, the first away victory in Whale franchise history.{{Cite web|last=Staffieri|first=Mark|date=2015-10-27|title=Chelsea Laden Victorious in Her NWHL Debut with Connecticut Whale|url=https://womenshockeylife.com/chelsea-laden-victorious-in-her-nwhl-debut-with-connecticut-whale/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Women's Hockey Life|language=en-US|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116120913/https://womenshockeylife.com/chelsea-laden-victorious-in-her-nwhl-debut-with-connecticut-whale/|url-status=live}} She then missed several months of the season dealing with a finger injury.{{Cite web|last=Murphy|first=Mike|date=2016-02-17|title=Exclusive Interview with Chelsea Laden of the New York Riveters|url=https://www.blueshirtbanter.com/2016/2/17/11027592/interview-with-chelsea-laden-of-the-new-york-riveters|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Blueshirt Banter|language=en|archive-date=September 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917030240/https://www.blueshirtbanter.com/2016/2/17/11027592/interview-with-chelsea-laden-of-the-new-york-riveters|url-status=live}} In February 2016, she became part of the first-ever trade in PHF history, being traded to the New York Riveters in exchange for Shenae Lundberg.{{Cite web|last=Staffieri|first=Mark|date=2016-02-25|title=Historic Trade Provides Change of Venue for Chelsea Laden|url=https://womenshockeylife.com/historic-trade-provides-change-of-venue-for-chelsea-laden/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Women's Hockey Life|language=en-US|archive-date=November 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129012233/https://womenshockeylife.com/historic-trade-provides-change-of-venue-for-chelsea-laden/|url-status=live}}
Filmography
In 2019, she began starring in a Travel Channel original paranormal television show called Destination Fear along with her brother, Dakota Laden, and friends Tanner Wiseman and Alex Schroeder.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Meet the 'Destination Fear' Team|url=https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/destination-fear-2019/articles/meet-the-destination-fear-team|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028203218/https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/destination-fear-2019/articles/meet-the-destination-fear-team |archive-date=October 28, 2019 |access-date=2021-01-02|website=Travel Channel|language=en}} The show follows the group of self-proclaimed 'paranormal explorers' as they travel to reportedly haunted, paranormal hotspots across the United States at which the team separates and sleeps alone at the end of each night and records their experiences.{{Cite web|last=Justin|first=Neal|date=2019-10-25|title=Lakeville natives turn their obsession with haunted houses into TV series|url=https://www.startribune.com/lakeville-natives-turn-their-obsession-with-haunted-houses-into-tv-series/563855792/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025225956/http://www.startribune.com/lakeville-natives-turn-their-obsession-with-haunted-houses-into-tv-series/563855792/ |archive-date=October 25, 2019 |access-date=2021-01-02|website=Star Tribune}} The Ladens and Wiseman had previously produced a similarly themed documentary called Trail to Terror in 2016. The documentary was shown in Theatres at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota on October 29, 2016.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-10-24|title=Destination Fear: Chelsea Laden '15 Set to Star in New Show for Travel Channel|url=https://gobobcats.com/news/2019/10/24/womens-ice-hockey-destination-fear-chelsea-laden-15-set-to-star-in-new-show-for-travel-channel.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026002501/https://gobobcats.com/news/2019/10/24/womens-ice-hockey-destination-fear-chelsea-laden-15-set-to-star-in-new-show-for-travel-channel.aspx |archive-date=October 26, 2019 |access-date=2021-01-02|website=Quinnipiac University Athletics|language=en}}
= Television =
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! Title ! Role ! Notes |
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| 2015
| Sports Paws | Guest |
| 2016
| Trail to Terror | Herself | Crew member |
| 2019–2023
| Herself | Crew member |
| 2019
| Guest | With Dakota Laden |
| 2020
| Guest | With Dakota Laden |
| 2020
| Darkness Radio Minnesota - Paranormal Talk Radio | Guest | With Dakota Laden |
| 2020
| Up Close - Para-Normal | Guest | With Destination Fear |
| 2020
| Rich Sports Talk: From Hockey to Haunts | Guest | |
| 2020
| Shock Docs: This is Halloween | Herself | With Destination Fear |
| 2020
| Paranormal Pastime: Optometry student explores haunted places for Travel Channel show | Herself | WCTV |
| 2021
| Comic-Con: Wonder Women - Superstars of Paranormal | Guest panellist | With Amy Bruni |
| 2021
| Comic-Con: Tales From Route 666 | Guest panellist | With Destination Fear |
| 2021
| Guest | With Destination Fear |
| 2021
| Rich Sports Talk | Guest | Halloween special |
= Web =
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! Title ! Role ! Notes |
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| 2023–present
|Project Fear |Herself |
Personal life
Laden was born on September 12, 1992, in Lakeville, Minnesota to Rob and Polly Laden. She has four siblings, an older sister Mykenna, and younger siblings Dakota, Tavian, and Isabella. She is currently married to Jake Rancic who she met while they were both studying at Illinois College of Optometry.
Laden has a bachelor's degree in pre-medical sciences from Quinnipiac University and a Doctor of Optometry degree from Illinois College of Optometry.{{Cite web|last=Woodley|first=Kevin|date=2016-10-21|title=Goaltenders pass the eye test|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-mike-condon-uses-vision-training-to-play-better-unmasked/c-282905974|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028065452/https://www.nhl.com/news/penguins-mike-condon-uses-vision-training-to-play-better-unmasked/c-282905974 |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |access-date=2021-01-02|website=National Hockey League|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Kaplan|first=Katie|date=2020-10-27|title=Paranormal pastime: Optometry student explores haunted places for Travel Channel show|url=https://www.wctv.tv/2020/10/27/paranormal-pastime-optometry-student-explores-haunted-places-for-travel-channel-show/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101084351/https://www.wctv.tv/2020/10/27/paranormal-pastime-optometry-student-explores-haunted-places-for-travel-channel-show/ |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |access-date=2021-01-02|website=WCTV|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=A Day in the Life|url=https://www.ico.edu/a-day-in-the-life|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205151224/http://www.ico.edu/a-day-in-the-life |archive-date=February 5, 2012 |access-date=2021-01-02|website=Illinois College of Optometry|language=en|type=Video journal}}
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Category:American women's ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Paranormal investigators
Category:Ice hockey players from Minnesota
Category:Sportspeople from Lakeville, Minnesota
Category:Ice hockey people from Dakota County, Minnesota
Category:Metropolitan Riveters players
Category:Connecticut Whale (PHF) players