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26 Katherine Birkby
Katherine Birkby
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    4
  • Hometown:
    Ayr, Ont.
  • Position:
    Forward
  • Major:
    Health Science
  • Team:
    Women's Hockey
  • Previous Team:
    Cambridge Rivulettes (PWHL)
  • gp
    25
  • p
    17
  • g
    7
  • a
    10
  • pim
    12
  • +/-
    +3

Bio

CAREER HONOURS

  • 4x U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)

FOURTH YEAR (2022-23)

Dressed for all 25 regular season games, finishing fourth on the team with 17 points (seven goals, 10 assists)…Set career highs in goals, assists and points…Seven goals were good for third on the team…Started the season on a five-game point streak (three goals, four assists across that span)…Enjoyed four multi-point games, including a three-assist evening in a 7-2 win at McGill on Jan. 20…Participated in the 2022-23 PWHPA All-Star Skills Competition…Appeared in all three playoff games, earning an assist.

THIRD YEAR (2021-22)

Earned U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian honours for the fourth consecutive year...Appeared in 13 regular season games, finishing second on the team with five goals…Added two assists…Enjoyed a three-point game (two goals and one assist) in a 3-2 win versus McGill on Nov. 21…Dressed for four playoff games, putting up one goal and one assist.

SEASON NOT PLAYED (2020-21)

Earned U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian honours for the third consecutive year. Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Did not impact eligibility.

SECOND YEAR (2019-20)

Earned U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian honours for the second consecutive season…Played in 18 regular season games, scoring once and adding three assists…One of the team’s top penalty killers…Appeared in both playoff games.

FIRST YEAR (2018-19)

Earned U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian honours…Played in 19 regular season games, scoring once and adding an assist…Appeared in first career conference game Oct. 19 at Montreal…Scored first career goal Jan. 26 in a 3-2 victory versus Montreal…Appeared in both playoff games.

BEFORE THE GEE-GEES

Spent parts of three seasons with the Cambridge Rivulettes of the Provincial Women’s Hockey League (2015-18)…Recorded 12 goals and 14 assists for 26 points in 76 career PWHL regular season games, plus a goal in 14 playoff games.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 3 Montreal L, 1-0
Feb 5 McGill W, 4-1
Feb 10 at Carleton W, 4-3
Feb 12 Concordia L, 3-1
Feb 15 Bishop's W, 4-2
Feb 17 at Bishop's L, 3-2
  Total Conference
Games 25 25
Points 17 17
Goals 7 7
Assists 10 10
PIM 12 12
+/- +3 +3
Power-play goals 0 0
Short-handed goals 0 0
Empty net goals 0 0
Games started - -
Game-winning goals 0 0
Game-tying goals 0 0
Hat tricks 0 0
Shots 4 4
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg s
Sep 14 Carleton W, 6-1 - 2 1 3 0 +0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Sep 23 Queen's W, 5-2 1 1 0 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sep 24 at Vermont L, 6-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 Waterloo W, 4-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Montreal W, 3-1 - 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 21 Carleton W, 4-1 - 1 1 2 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 28 at McGill W, 5-2 - 1 0 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 29 Carleton W, 3-1 - 0 2 2 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 4 at Concordia L, 3-2 - 1 0 1 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 6 at Bishop's L, 4-3 - 0 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nov 11 at Montreal W, 5-1 - 1 0 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 13 McGill W, 4-2 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 17 at Carleton L, 2-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 20 at Concordia L, 2-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 26 Bishop's W, 3-2 - 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 27 Montreal W, 3-2 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 2 McGill W, 4-1 - 1 0 1 4 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 7 Concordia L, 5-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 15 at Montreal L, 4-2 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 20 at McGill W, 7-2 - 0 3 3 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 22 at Carleton W, 4-3 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 27 Concordia W, 3-2 - 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 29 at Bishop's W, 3-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 3 Montreal L, 1-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 5 McGill W, 4-1 - 1 0 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 10 at Carleton W, 4-3 - 1 1 2 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 12 Concordia L, 3-1 - 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 15 Bishop's W, 4-2 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 17 at Bishop's L, 3-2 - 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 3
  gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
2018-19 19 1 1 2 10 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019-20 18 1 3 4 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020-21 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 14 5 2 7 4 +0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7
2022-23 25 7 10 17 12 +3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
2023-24 25 4 6 10 24 +7 2 0 0 1 0 0 13
Total 101 18 22 40 52 +10 3 0 0 3 0 0 24
  gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
Event                          
Total 25 7 10 17 12 +3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Conference 25 7 10 17 12 +3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Exhibition 2 3 1 4 0 +0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
Location                          
Home 13 3 5 8 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 12 4 5 9 4 +4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Neutral - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
Result                          
Wins 16 6 9 15 8 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 9 1 1 2 4 +3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Ties - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
Month                          
October 4 2 4 6 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 8 2 0 2 4 +3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
December 1 1 0 1 4 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
January 6 0 4 4 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
February 6 2 2 4 4 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3