Kendra Woodland

Kendra Woodland grew up in Kamloops, British Columbia, and built one of the most decorated careers in Canadian university hockey before joining the PWHL's Ottawa Charge. At the University of New Brunswick, she spent five full seasons with the Reds between 2018 and 2024, finishing with a career record of 53 wins, 35 losses, a 1.68 goals-against average, and a .941 save percentage. She helped lead UNB to three Atlantic University Sport (AUS) championships and was named to the AUS First All-Star Team three times, in 2018–19, 2021–22, and 2022–23. In her freshman year she earned AUS Rookie of the Year honours, a spot on the AUS All-Rookie Team, and a berth on the National All-Rookie Team. In her final season, 2023–24, she was named AUS Most Valuable Player and won the Broderick Trophy as U Sports Female Athlete of the Year — and was runner-up for the U Sports Female Athlete of the Year award the previous year.

On the international stage, Woodland won a bronze medal with Team Canada at the 2018 IIHF Women's U18 Championship. In 2023 she represented Canada at the World University Games (Universiade), posting a 0.25 goals-against average and a .984 save percentage with three shutouts in four games on the way to a gold medal.

Off the ice, Woodland has served as a Hockey Gives Blood player ambassador since 2021, organizing twice-yearly blood drives and Canadian Blood Services awareness events during her time at UNB, and has donated blood ten times herself. She was runner-up for the Dayna Brons Award in 2022 — at the time the only woman ever included in that award category before it transitioned to a CHL-specific honour.

After her university career ended, Woodland did not immediately land with a PWHL team. She spent the following year training independently to remain game-ready before earning a roster spot with Ottawa out of training camp. Kevin Woodley, in his introduction to the interview on InGoal Radio Episode 334, noted that she was believed to be the first goaltender to come out of U Sports and make a PWHL roster. Woodley also noted that Ottawa's goalie coach Pierre Groulx spoke highly of what he saw in her game. On that episode, Woodland joined InGoal to talk through her path to the PWHL — including how she kept her game sharp through a full year without regular team practices or skates ^[1].

InGoal Magazine has covered Kendra Woodland in one podcast appearance.