Keely Brown is a former Canadian national level athlete who played ringette, roller in-line hockey, and ice hockey as a goaltender.[1][2][3] She played for the Canadian Senior National Ringette Team and was also a goalie on the Canadian Women's National Inline Hockey team. Brown also played semi-professional ringette in Canada's National Ringette League and in semi-pro women's ice hockey. Brown currently works for the National Hockey League's, Edmonton Oilers as a Senior Legal Counsel, and works for the Oilers Entertainment Group (OEG).[4]
In ringette as an athlete, Brown has won the World Ringette Championships gold medal once, and the silver medal three times. She has won five more silver medals in coaching and consulting positions for the national Canadian ringette teams in both junior and senior levels. As of 2023, Brown is one of the assistant coaches for the Canada national ringette team and will help coach Team Canada Junior (U21). The 2023 Junior Canada team is competing in the upcoming 2023 World Ringette Championships.
Brown was inducted into the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame in 2014.[5] As a ringette player, Brown won the gold at the World Ringette Championships in 2002 playing goalie for Team Canada and the silver medal three times. As a Team Canada coach she won one senior silver medal in 2013. She also helped create the National Ringette League and played for the Edmonton WAM!.[6] In women's ice hockey, Brown played varsity level in Canada, played in Canada's Western Women's Hockey League, and in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL, 1999–2007). In the late 1990s, Brown had also helped merge women's hockey leagues from Ontario and Quebec to form Canada's now defunct NWHL.
Apart from her athletic achievements, Brown also contributed significantly to the development of ringette equipment. Brown is recognized for her role in helping to develop the Keely glove, which was designed to provide better protection and grip for ringette goalies.
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- ^ "Keely Brown, 1 June 2018"| Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum on YouTube
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- ^ "Ringette Canada Hall of Fame | Inductees | 2014 | Keely Brown". ringette.ca. Ringette Canada. 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ "Brown for the defence". therecord.com. The Record. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2023.