Ashley Birdsall

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Ashley Birdsall
Born (1990-04-19) April 19, 1990 (age 34)
Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Position Defender
Shoots Right
NWHL team Buffalo Beauts
Played for Minnesota Whitecaps
University of Wisconsin-Superior
Playing career 2019–present

Ashley Birdsall is an American ice hockey defender, currently playing for the Buffalo Beauts in the NWHL.

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Career

Birdsall had originally committed to the University of Minnesota-Duluth, before the team scaled back their offers to new players. Instead she chose to go to the University of Wisconsin-Superior, where she would play for a year and a half before leaving to join the military. [1] She would return in 2013, and finished her university career with 15 points in 74 games. [2]

After university, she would play for the independent Minnesota Whitecaps for three years. [3] In August 2019, she signed a professional contracts with the Beauts. [4] [5]

Personal life

Birdsall is a captain in the Minnesota Army National Guard. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Playing the Field: Ashley Birdsall". 3 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ashley Birdsall - Women's Hockey".
  3. ↑ "Beauts' Army Captain Ashley Birdsall is Helping Veterans with PTSD". 11 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Duluth's Ashley Birdsall Talks Training for National Guard & Pro Hockey". 17 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Ashley Birdsall: Buffalo's Forward-Defender and National Guard Officer".
  6. ↑ "Beauts' Ashley Birdsall helping Army National Guard deal with Covid-19 pandemic". 24 March 2020.


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