Loren Gabel

Loren Gabel
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Born	(1997-07-24)July 24, 1997, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Height Weight	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) 141 lb (64 kg; 10 st 1 lb)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Left
ECAC team	Clarkson Golden Knights
Ntl. team	Canada
Playing career	2015–present

Loren Gabel (born July 24, 1997) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player, formerly of the Clarkson Golden Knights. She made her debut for the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2018 4 Nations Cup. In March 2019, she was the recipient of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.

Playing career

PWHL

In her second season of Provincial Women's Hockey League (PWHL) hockey, Gabel captured a silver medal with the Toronto Jr. Aeros at the 2014 Ontario Women's Hockey Association championships (Intermediate AA level). For the 2014–15 PWHL season, Gabel moved on to the Oakville Jr. Hornets, coached by Bradi Cochrane. Logging 37 points in the regular season, which ranked tenth in the PWHL, Gabel gained a bronze medal at the 2015 PWHL championships.

NCAA

Joining the Clarkson Golden Knights in 2015–16, Gabel captured the team's Rookie of the Year Award, while earning a place on the ECAC Conference All-Rookie Team. Reaching the NCAA Frozen Four, Gabel paced all Golden Knights freshmen in scoring, while ranking second in the NCAA for goals scored by a freshman.

Gabel's sophomore season with the Golden Knights culminated with an NCAA Frozen Four championship, as the Golden Knights defeated the Wisconsin Badgers in the finals. Named to the 2017 ECAC All-Tournament Team, Gabel would also tie for fifth overall nationally in regular season power play goals.

As a Junior (2017–18), Gabel was named a First-Team All-American, while finishing as a Top-3 Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, which was won by Daryl Watts. Also named the ECAC's Top Forward and Player of the Year, Gabel would contribute towards the Golden Knights winning their second straight NCAA Frozen Four tournament. Statistically, her plus/minus ranking of +58 paced all skaters in the NCAA.

In 2018-2019, Gabel was awarded the ECAC Forward Player of the Year and the Player of the Year awards. She became the all-time leading Golden Knight scorer in her senior season, passing the 100 goal and 200 point marks. Fueled by her offencive output, Clarkson again made it to the Frozen Four tournament. Capping off her successful NCAA career, in March 2019 she won the Patty Kazmaier Award, for best player in NCAA women's ice hockey.

Hockey Canada

Gabel competed for Canada's National Women's Under-22/Development Team (NWDT) at the 2018 Nations Cup in Fussen, Germany. Of note, the Canadian contingent attained its worst ever finish, placing fifth. Gabel amassed five points in four games played.

Gabel scored her first career goal for the National Canadian team in the third period of a 2–1 preliminary round loss on November 7, 2018, versus the United States at the 4 Nations Cup.

Career statistics

Hockey Canada

Year	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2016	NWDT vs Sweden	1	1	0	1	1
2017	NWDT vs Japan	2	1	1	2	0
2018	Nations Cup (NWT)	4	4	1	5	0
2019	World Championships (NWT)	7	6	1	7	2
Total		14	12	3	15	3

PWHL

Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2012–13	Waterloo	39	17	17	34	16
2013–14	Toronto Jr. Aeros	35	14	28	42	28
2014–15	Oakville	28	21	16	37	30
Total		102	52	61	113	74

NCAA

2018–19 season in progress

Year	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
2015–16	40	18	8	27	20	3	0	2
2016–17	41	22	20	42	36	6	0	4
2017–18	41	36	39	75	24	7	0	8
2018–19	38	40	29	69	20	2	0	11
Total	160	116	96	213	100	18		25

Awards and honours

• 2015–16 Named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team ... Named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week on 2/23 and selected to the ECAC Hockey Weekly Honor Roll six times ... Named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month for February.
• 2016–17 Made the ECAC Hockey Championship All-Tournament Team.
• 2017–18 ECAC Conference Scoring Champion. Top-3 Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award presented annually to the top forward in Division 1 women's hockey. Named ECAC Hockey Player of the Year. Led the country in plus/minus at +58. Named to the 2018 Frozen Four All-Tournament Team. ECAC Hockey Player of the Month (October, December). HCA National Player of the month (January). ECAC Hockey Player of the month (October, December, January). NCAA First Star of the Week (1/23). NCAA Third Star of the Week (1/30). ECAC Hockey Player of the Week six times (10/2, 10/31, 12/12, 1/23, 1/30, 2/26). ECAC Honour Roll four times.
• October 2018: ECAC Women's Hockey Player of the Month. Women's Hockey Commissioners Association National Division I Player of the Month
• March 23, 2019 Loren Gable won the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award presented annually to the top forward in Division 1 women's hockey.

External links

• Loren Gabel's career stats at Eliteprospects.com