Kendra Woodland

Kendra Woodland arrived at the University of New Brunswick in 2018 from Kamloops, British Columbia, and over the next six seasons built one of the most decorated careers in Canadian university hockey. Playing for the UNB Reds, she finished her time there with a 53-35-0 record, a 1.68 goals-against average, a .941 save percentage, and a .602 winning percentage — numbers accumulated across five seasons that included three Atlantic University Sport (AUS) championships.

The individual honours followed the team success. Woodland earned AUS Rookie of the Year recognition and a spot on both the AUS All-Rookie Team and the national All-Rookie Team in 2018-19, the same year she received her first AUS First All-Star Team selection. A Second All-Star nod came in 2019-20, and First All-Star selections followed again in 2021-22 and 2022-23. Her final season at UNB in 2023-24 brought the AUS Most Valuable Player award and the Broderick Trophy, the U Sports Player of the Year honour for women's hockey. She had also been runner-up for the U Sports Female Athlete of the Year award in 2023.

Woodland's international record runs alongside her university career. She was part of the Team Canada squad that won a bronze medal at the IIHF Women's U18 World Championship in 2018. In 2023 she helped Canada win gold at the Universiade, posting a 0.25 goals-against average and a .984 save percentage with three shutouts across four games.

Off the ice, Woodland has served as a player ambassador for Hockey Gives Blood since 2021, promoting blood and stem cell donation within the hockey community. During her time at UNB she helped organize and host blood drives twice a year and took part in Hockey Gives Blood and Canadian Blood Services themed games. She has donated blood ten times herself. In 2022 she was runner-up for the Dayna Brons Award for Hockey Gives Blood — recognized as the only female ever included in that award category before it transitioned into a CHL-specific honour.

After graduating from UNB, Woodland did not land on a PWHL roster immediately. She spent the following year working to maintain her game without access to regular team skates and practices before earning a place on the Ottawa Charge at camp ahead of the 2025-26 season, where she holds the number 70 jersey.

On InGoal Radio episode 334, Kevin Woodley spoke with Woodland about that path from Canadian university hockey to the PWHL — including what it took to keep her game sharp through a year without a team and the lessons she took from that experience ^[1]. The episode is described by Woodley as a chance to get to know a goaltender he expects InGoal will be talking to for years to come. Pierre Groulx, Ottawa's goalie coach, is cited in the conversation as someone who sees real potential in her game.

InGoal Magazine has covered Kendra Woodland in one podcast appearance.