Kendra Woodland

Kendra Woodland arrived at the University of New Brunswick in 2018 and spent five seasons building one of the more decorated records in Canadian university hockey. The Kamloops, BC native was named to the AUS All-Rookie Team and won the AUS Rookie of the Year award in her first season, also earning a spot on the national All-Rookie Team. She went on to earn AUS First All-Star Team honours three times, and when her final season ended in 2023–24, she left UNB with a record of 53–35–0, a 1.68 goals-against average, and a .941 save percentage, along with three Atlantic University Sports championships. The U Sports Player of the Year award — the Broderick Trophy — came in that final season, along with the AUS Most Valuable Player honour. She had also been runner-up for the U Sports Female Athlete of the Year award the previous year.

On the international stage, Woodland won gold with Team Canada at the 2023 Universiade, where she posted a 0.25 goals-against average, a .984 save percentage, and three shutouts in four games. Earlier in her career she earned a bronze medal with Canada's under-18 squad at the 2018 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship.

Away from the ice, Woodland has served as a Hockey Gives Blood player ambassador since 2021, helping organize blood drives and awareness events at UNB twice a year. She was runner-up for the Dayna Brons Award in 2022 — at the time the only woman included in that award category before it transitioned to a CHL-specific honour — and has personally donated blood ten times.

After finishing her university career, Woodland spent a year working to stay game-ready without the structure of a team before earning a spot on the PWHL Ottawa Charge roster ahead of the 2025–26 season. Kevin Woodley of InGoal noted in his introduction to the episode that she is believed to be the first goaltender to come out of U Sports and make a PWHL roster. On episode 334 of InGoal Radio, recorded ahead of an Ottawa game in Vancouver, Woodley sat down with Woodland to discuss her path through the Canadian university system and the year she spent maintaining her game independently before breaking into the professional league ^[1].

InGoal Magazine has covered Kendra Woodland in one podcast appearance.