"I started
skating when I was 2. We used to have a rink in
back of our house. I played hockey with my older
brother, Andy, starting with a Mites team when I was 5."
At ages 12
and 13, she played on a high-school-aged team from St.
Paul that played other high schools that had club teams. |
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Her High
School Stats |
Kelly
Kegley, a 4-foot-10, 83-pounder whose No.7 jersey
hangs down near her knees when she skates, was the
irresistible "tournament darling" of the first girls
high school hockey tournament.
This feisty eighth-grader is more than a novelty.
She centers the second line for South St. Paul and
leads the Packers with 50 points (28 G, 22 A).
On
the ice, she slips around and between opponents with
a deceptive change of pace, cutting back against the
flow of defenders with instincts reminiscent of a
miniature Neal Broten.
From article by John Gilbert,
Mpls
Star-Tribune, Feb 24, 1995 |
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Year |
All-State Team |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
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1994-95 |
First Year of
Girls High School Hockey |
|
First Team |
|
32 |
24 |
56 |
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1995-96 |
- - - |
|
26 |
23 |
49 |
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1996-97 |
Second Team |
|
34 |
20 |
54 |
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1997-98 |
Second Team |
|
38 |
26 |
64 |
|
1998-99 |
* Second Team |
|
34 |
44 |
78 |
|
Totals |
|
164 |
137 |
301 |
* The presence of
Natalie Darwitz, Ronda Curtin, Renee Curtin,
and
Krissy Wendell left no room on "First Team
All-State" for another forward. |
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Kelly Kegley Scores
Historic Goal
November 21, 1994
Kelly scored the first goal in the first girls
varsity hockey game. That game kicked off the
inaugural season in which there will be a state
tournament for the 24 teams in Minnesota. It's
the only state in the nation to sanction the sport
for girls. |
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Kelly Kegley, Senior
1999 All-Metro First Team |
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Kelly Kegley
(7) takes
a shot during the
1995 State Tournament.
Drawing is from the
1996 Girls State
Tourn program. |
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Kelly Kegley, 8th-grader,
"on all fours".
1996 State Tournament
The goalie made the save on Kelly's shot.
In spite of Kelly's "valiant effort". |
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1995
All-State
1997
All-State
1999 *
Second Team All-State
| Krissy
Wendell, D/F; Natalie Darwitz, F;
Ronda Curtin, F/D; and
Renee Curtin, F/D were (and still are) the four
best players in Minnesota High School
Girls Hockey history. These four
forwards were on the 1999 All-State
first team. This relegated
Kelly Kegley, a forward, to the second team.
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She
hadn't
missed a game in her five seasons on the
South St. Paul varsity
She
was South St.
Paul's leading scorer the
first five seasons.
Member of the Girls All-Time Top
Players listing because of "Leading
Pioneer, in Minnesota high school girls
hockey, with outstanding stats"
and twice "All-State". |
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