Her
junior ice hockey career was played with the
Toronto Jr. Aeros of the
Provincial Women's Hockey League (Provincial WHL). She helped the team win the gold medal and League Cup during the 2009–10 season, registering 25 goals and 35
assists (60 points) during the regular season, and nine goals and four assists (13 points) during playoffs. On November 12 and 13, 2010, Babstock made Quinnipiac program history as she accounted for six of the seven goals scored over the weekend via back-to-back
hat-tricks against
ECAC Hockey opponents No. 10 ranked
Harvard and
Dartmouth. As of November 14, Babstock led the Bobcats and the entire NCAA in goals (13) and points (27). In addition, she was the first skater in Quinnipiac history to record two hat-tricks in a single season. Versus the
Brown Bears on Friday, December 3, 2010, Babstock became Quinnipiac's all-time leader in goals scored in a season by netting her 16th goal of the season. Her nation-leading sixth game-winning goal against
Yale on Saturday, Dec. 4 was part of a Bobcats 3–1 win. With a second period goal versus the
Colgate Raiders on November 19, 2011, Babstock became the Bobcats program's all-time leading scorer. In just her second season, Babstock surpassed Vicki Graham, who previously held the record with 73 career points, set after the 2006–07 season. Babstock reached the milestone in her 50th career game. Babstock led all skaters in points at the 2011 Nutmeg Classic, with one goal and three assists for four points. With her two assists in the championship game, Babstock earned the 39th and 40th assists of her career, surpassing Caitlin Peters as the all-time assist leader in Bobcats history. Breann Frykas scored the game-winning goal as the Bobcats bested the
Robert Morris Colonials by a 3–2 tally. In honor of her stellar performance, Babstock was named 2011 Nutmeg Classic MVP. After four record-setting seasons with the women's ice hockey program, Babstock joined the
Quinnipiac Bobcats women's
lacrosse team as a fifth-year senior. She played in ten games, recording four starts, and finished the season with 21 points (fourteen goals, seven assists). With this record at season's end, she ranked second on the Bobcats in points and was named to the 2014
MAAC All-Rookie Team.
Professional in 2017 ;Connecticut Whale Competing in the Connecticut Whale's inaugural game on October 11, 2015, Babstock scored a goal in the third period of a 4–1 win against the New York Riveters. Assisted by
Kelli Stack, Babstock became the first Canadian-born player to score a goal in NWHL regular season play. Babstock was selected as a "media pick" to play in the
2017 NWHL All-Star Game. Playing for Team Steadman, Babstock scored a goal at the 2nd NWHL All-Star Game, the only Canadian to do so. She also participated in the
2018 NWHL All-Star Game, playing on Team Leveille. ;Buffalo Beauts In June 2018, Babstock signed with the
Buffalo Beauts. She notched ten points in sixteen games with the Beauts during the
2018–19 NWHL season. ;PWHPA Babstock was affiliated with the Tri-State chapter of the
Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) during the
2019–20 season but was not selected to participate in any of the organization's showcases or events. ;Metropolitan Riveters On May 2, 2020, Babstock announced her return to the NWHL, signing with the Canadian
expansion team, the
Toronto Six, for the
2020–21 NWHL season. She joined four former PWHPA players already signed with the Six, including former Connecticut Whale teammates
Shiann Darkangelo and
Emma Greco. On returning to the NWHL after a year with the PWHPA, she explained, "I realized the [PWH]PA's goals didn't match mine and the NWHL's matches with my goals. So I'm excited to play hockey again." On October 15, 2020, it was announced that the Six had traded her to the
Metropolitan Riveters in exchange for the Riveters' first round pick in the
2021 NWHL Draft and second round pick in 2022. In the opening game of the
2020–21 NWHL season, she became the fourth player in NWHL history to reach 100 career
penalty minutes (PIM) and also picked up two assists as the Riveters defeated the Six 2–0. A number of issues plagued the league and the Riveters specifically during the 2020–21 season, which culminated in the team playing only three games. Babstock led the team in penalty minutes during the
2021–22 PHF season, collecting 30 minutes in twenty games and finishing second in the league for PIM behind the
Boston Pride's
Kaleigh Fratkin (34 PIM). She ranked fifth on the Riveters for scoring, with thirteen points from five goals and eight assists. In the
2022–23 PHF season, she tied
captain Madison Packer as the Riveters' points leader after scoring 21 points in 24 regular season games – her best points total since her rookie season with the Whale in 2015–16. She was selected to play for Team Canada in the 2023 PHF All-Star Game, her third All-Star Game appearance.
Boston Fleet Babstock joined the Boston Fleet (formerly known as PWHL Boston) in their inaugural season, appearing in 4 games and recording 1 assist. In the 2024 and 2024-2025 seasons, Babstock mainly served as a reserve player. == Personal life ==