| Jessie Eldridge | |
| Birth Date: | 17 December 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Barrie, Ontario, Canada |
| Position: | Forward |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 8 |
| Weight Lb: | 170 |
| League: | PWHL |
| Team: | New York Sirens |
| Sex: | f |
| Ntl Team: | CAN |
| Career Start: | 2020 |
Jessica Eldridge (born December 17, 1997) is a Canadian ice hockey player for the New York Sirens of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She skated for the Canadian national team during its Rivalry Series with the United States national team in February 2020.
Graduating from the Colgate Raiders in 2019, Eldridge recorded 74 goals and 89 assists, earning the top spot on Colgate's all-time points leader board.[1] Eldridge appeared in the 2018 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship game, an historic first in program history. In the 2018–19 Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey season, her 30-goal output broke the program record for most goals in a single season.
Eldridge attended Canada's National Women's Development Team selection camp in Calgary, Alberta in August 2019.[2] Named to Canada's roster for the February 2020 Rivalry Series versus the United States, Eldridge made her debut with the national team on February 3, 2020 in Victoria, British Columbia.[3]
In April 2021, Eldridge was part of the National Women's Team Selection Camp Roster, in anticipation of the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championships.[4]
Skating for Team Bauer (Montreal), Eldridge participated in the 2021 Secret Cup, which was the Canadian leg of the PWHPA Dream Gap Tour. In a 4-2 championship game win over Team Sonnet (Toronto), she logged a goal and an assist.[5]
On September 18, 2023, Eldridge was selected in the 3rd round, 16th overall, by PWHL New York in the 2023 PWHL Draft. She signed a two-year contract with the club in November 2023.[6] In December, following a preseason that saw her lead the league with six points in three games, Eldridge's contract was upgraded to three years.[7]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2012–13 | Toronto Jr. Aeros | Prov. WHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Toronto Jr. Aeros | Prov. WHL | 38 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Toronto Jr. Aeros | Prov. WHL | 38 | 29 | 35 | 64 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16 | Colgate University | NCAA | 38 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Colgate University | NCAA | 36 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Colgate University | NCAA | 41 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Colgate University | NCAA | 38 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Montreal | PWHPA | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Montreal | PWHPA | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Team Harvey's | PWHPA | 20 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | New York | PWHL | 24 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| PWHL totals | 24 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Honors | Year | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Provincial WHL | ||
| Scoring Champion | 2015 | [8] |
| College | ||
| ECAC Third-Team All-Star | 2017 | [9] |
| ECAC Second-Team All-Star | 2018 | |
| ECAC First-Team All-Star | 2019 | |
| Third Team All-USCHO | 2019 | |
| Colgate University | ||
| Women's Hockey Offensive MVP | 2017, 2018, 2019 | |
| Athlete of the Year | 2018, 2019 | |
| Women's Hockey Don Palmateer Award | 2019 | |