| Ashton Bell | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Bell with PWHL Ottawa in 2024 | |||
| Born | December 7, 1999 Deloraine, Manitoba, Canada | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Defence/Forward | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| PWHL team | PWHL Ottawa | ||
| National team |  Canada | ||
| Playing career | 2017–present | ||
Medal record | |||
Ashton Bell (born December 7, 1999) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for PWHL Ottawa of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She played college ice hockey at Minnesota Duluth.
During high school, she played for the Western Wildcats of the Manitoba AAA Female Midget Hockey League, twice winning the league's Most Valuable Player Award. [1] [2]
In 2017, she began attending the University of Minnesota-Duluth, playing for the university's women's ice hockey programme. [3] She had originally committed to the University of North Dakota but was forced to change plans after UND eliminated its women's hockey programme. [4] She scored 23 points in 35 games in her rookie NCAA year, good for second on her team in scoring. She was moved from forward to defence ahead of the 2019–20 season. [5] She posted a career-high 32 points in 36 games that year, leading all Western Collegiate Hockey Association defenders in scoring and being named to the All-WCHA First Team. [6] She was then named team captain for the 2020–21 season. [7] She was named Western Collegiate Hockey Association Player of the Month in November 2020. [8]
On September 18, 2023, Bell was drafted in the second round, eighth overall, by PWHL Ottawa in the 2023 PWHL Draft. [9]
Bell represented Canada at the 2016 and 2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, scoring a total of eight points in ten games and winning silver twice. [10] [11] In 2017, she served as the Canadian team captain. [12] [13] She was one of 28 players invited to Hockey Canada's Centralization Camp, which represents the selection process for the Canadian women's team that shall compete in Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [14]
On January 11, 2022, Bell was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [15] [16] [17]
Bell studies biology at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. [18] She previously graduated from Deloraine High School in Manitoba, competing in the Manitoba High School Rodeo Association alongside her hockey play. [19]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2017–18 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 35 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2018–19 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 35 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2019–20 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 36 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2020–21 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 19 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2022–23 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 39 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2023–24 | PWHL Ottawa | PWHL | 24 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| NCAA totals | 164 | 43 | 76 | 119 | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| PWHL totals | 24 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Canada | U18 |  | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Canada | U18 | | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Canada | WC |  | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Canada | OG | | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Canada | WC | | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Canada | WC | | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Senior Totals | 28 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||||
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