Chelsea Laden

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Chelsea Laden
Born (1992-09-12) September 12, 1992 (age 31)
Lakeville, Minnesota, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Lakeville South High (2009-2011)
Quinnipiac Bobcats (2011-2015)
Connecticut Whale (2015-2016)
New York Riveters (2015-2016)
Playing career 2011–2016

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).

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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. [1]

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. [2] 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. [3] [4]

After graduating from Quinnipiac, she was ready to end her ice hockey career due to a lack of viable opportunities in the sport. [5] 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. [6] 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. [7] She then missed several months of the season dealing with a finger injury. [8] 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. [9]

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. [10] 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. [11] 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. [12]

Television

Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
2015Sports PawsGuest Q30 Television
2016Trail to TerrorHerselfCrew member
2019–2023 Destination Fear HerselfCrew member
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show GuestWith Dakota Laden
2020 The Jason Show GuestWith Dakota Laden
2020Darkness Radio Minnesota - Paranormal Talk RadioGuestWith Dakota Laden
2020Up Close - Para-NormalGuestWith Destination Fear
2020Rich Sports Talk: From Hockey to HauntsGuest
2020Shock Docs: This is HalloweenHerselfWith Destination Fear
2020Paranormal Pastime: Optometry student explores haunted places for Travel Channel showHerself WCTV
2021 Comic-Con : Wonder Women - Superstars of ParanormalGuest panellistWith Amy Bruni
Katrina Weidman
Cindy Kaza
2021 Comic-Con : Tales From Route 666Guest panellistWith Destination Fear
2021 The Jason Show GuestWith Destination Fear
2021Rich Sports TalkGuestHalloween special

Web

Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
2023-presentProject FearHerself https://www.youtube.com/@FearProject

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. [13] [14] [15]

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References

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