Ashley Birdsall | |||
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Born |
Duluth, Minnesota, United States | April 19, 1990||
Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||
Position | Defender | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
NWHL team | Buffalo Beauts | ||
Played for |
Minnesota Whitecaps University of Wisconsin-Superior | ||
Playing career | 2019–present |
Ashley Birdsall is an American ice hockey defender, currently playing for the Buffalo Beauts in the NWHL.
Birdsall had originally committed to the University of Minnesota-Duluth, before the team scaled back their offers to new players. Instead she chose to go to the University of Wisconsin-Superior, where she would play for a year and a half before leaving to join the military. [1] She would return in 2013, and finished her university career with 15 points in 74 games. [2]
After university, she would play for the independent Minnesota Whitecaps for three years. [3] In August 2019, she signed a professional contracts with the Beauts. [4] [5]
Birdsall is a captain in the Minnesota Army National Guard. [6]