Delaney Collins (born on May 2, 1977 in Pilot Mound

Pilot Mound, Manitoba

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, Manitoba

Manitoba

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) is a women's ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player. On August 23, 2011, Collins announced her retirement from international play.

Playing career

Collins was a member of the Calgary Oval X-Treme in 2007 and 2008, as the team won the WWHL crown in both years.

University

In 1998, she played with the Concordia Stingers of the CIAU. The Stingers won the 1998 CIAU championship and Collins was named to the CIAU All-Canadian team. Collins played with the University of Alberta Pandas women’s ice hockey program from 2003 to 2005. She won the CIS National Championship with the Pandas in 2004. Collins assisted on the game winning goal scored by Danielle Bourgeois in the 2004 CIS National Championship game.

Esso Nationals

She participated in numerous Esso Women’s Nationals. Her first experience was in 1999 when she played with Team British Columbia (the team was from New Westminster). The following year, she would play with Team Alberta and win a bronze medal. In 2001, 2003 and 2007, Collins was part of the gold medal winning Team Alberta roster.

Floorball

In 2010, Collins played for Team Canada's Women's National Floorball Team in the World Floorball Championship Qualification series against Team USA in Vancouver, British Columbia. She became the first player to suit up for Team Canada in both ice hockey and floorball.

Coaching career

On August 23, 2011, Collins was hired as an assistant coach for the 2011–12 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season

2011–12 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season

The Mercyhurst Lakers women's hockey team will represent Mercyhurst College in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The Lakers are coached by Michael Sisti and will aim to become the first team in College Hockey America to triumph in the NCAA Frozen Four championship...

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Awards and honors

• 1998 CIAU All-Canadian team
• Canada West First Team All-Star (2004, 2005)
• CIS First All-Canadian Team (2004, 2005)
• 2005 CIS National Championship All-Star Team
• MEDIA ALL-STAR TEAM – 2007 World Women’s Championship
• 2007 Manitoba Female Athlete of the Year

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