Position: | Goaltender |
Catches: | Left |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
League: | NWHL CWHL |
Team: | Toronto Aeros Vaughan Flames (2009-10) Toronto Furies (2010-11) |
Sex: | f |
Birth Date: | 1979 10, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Kincardine, Ontario, Canada |
Career Start: | 1998 |
Kendra Fisher (born October 20, 1979) is a women's ice hockey goaltender who has competed for the Canada women's national inline hockey team, having participated at four FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships.[1] In addition, Fisher also competed in women's ice hockey with the first NWHL, followed by a stint in the CWHL, including with the Toronto Furies in their inaugural season.
Fisher was the first female player in the history of the Grey-Bruce Highlanders Minor "AAA" program during the 1995-96 season.[2]
She competed in the Esso Women's Nationals in 2002, 2004 and 2005, respectively. At the 2005 tournament, she was part of the Host Ontario team that played in Sarnia, Ontario.[3] In the first game of said tournament, she posted a shutout in a 15-0 victory over Alberta. Despite a third-place finish in Pool A, Fisher was part of the gold medal winning team in the tournament.[4] During the 2009-10 season, Fisher competed for the Vaughan Flames. One of the highlights of her season was a 4-1 victory over the Mississauga Chiefs on December 13, 2009.[5] The following season, she was selected ninth overall in the 2010 CWHL Draft by the Toronto Furies. She would compete for the club in their inaugural season of 2010-11, sharing goaltending duties with Sami Jo Small.[6]
In the gold medal game at the 2016 World Inline Hockey Championships, Fisher gained the start in net for Canada, a 3-1 final against the United States.[7]
This is an incomplete list
Year | Event | GP | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | W | L | T | Sv % | |
2004 | Esso Women's Nationals | 2 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 2.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .938 |
Fisher was invited to a tryout for the Canadian national women's ice hockey team in 1999. Unfortunately, a case of anxiety disorder prevented her from finishing the tryout camp. [11]
Fisher now speaks publicly to various school boards to promote greater awareness on mental health. She shares her story on her personal social media accounts as a means of helping others to cope with their own mental health woes. In 2015, Kendra revealed in an interview that she was gay.[12]