- Meaghan Mikkelson
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Meaghan Mikkelson Born January 4, 1985
Regina, SK, CANHeight 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Weight 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb) Position Defence Shoots Right WCHA team Wisconsin National team 
CanadaPlaying career 2007–present Medal record Competitor for CanadaOlympic Games Gold 2010 Vancouver Tournament IIHF World Women's Championships Women's ice hockey Silver 2008 China Tournament Silver 2009 Finland Tournament Silver 2011 Switzerland Tournament Women's 4 Nations Cup Gold 2010 Canada Tournament Air Canada Cup (women's) Gold 2004 Germany 2004 Tournament Gold 2005 Germany 2005 Tournament Gold 2006 Germany 2006 Tournament Meaghan Mikkelson (born January 4, 1985), is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team and also plays for the Edmonton Chimos (WWHL). Mikkelson also won a gold medal during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. She was selected third overall by Team Alberta CWHL in the 2011 CWHL Draft.[1] Her father, Bill Mikkelson, played four seasons in the NHL in the early 1970s with Los Angeles, the New York Islanders and Washington. Her brother, Brendan, was a Memorial Cup champion with the WHL’s Vancouver Giants and now plays for the Calgary Flames.
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Playing career
Mikkelson represented Team Alberta at the 2003 Canada Winter Games[2] in Bathurst and Campbellton, New Brunswick, as the Alberta team finished in seventh position.[3]
Wisconsin Badgers
In 2007, she tied for 11th in the NCAA with 42 points in 34 games and tied for sixth with 32 assists. Among defensemen, she was second in the country during the regular season with 1.24 points per game and ninth overall with .94 assists per game. During the 2006-07 NCAA season, she was part of the Wisconsin defense that allowed a nation's best 0.94 goals per game and 15 shutouts, a school record. In the WCHA, she led all defensemen with 33 points in 28 league games and was fifth overall. Mikkelson tied for second in the league with 24 assists.
Hockey Canada
She made her Team Canada debut with the National Women’s Team at the 2007 Fall Festival. Mikkelson appeared in her first IIHF World Women’s Championship in 2008.[4] In the gold medal game of the 2010 Four Nations Cup, Meaghan Mikkelson had a goal and an assist for Canada. With 1:49 left in the third period, Mikkelson scored to tie the game and force overtime. [5]
Awards and honors
- 2007, All-WCHA defenseman[6]
- 2007, All-WCHA First Team
- 2007, WCHA Defensive Player of the Year
- 2007, Top 10 candidate for the 2007 Patty Kazmaier Award[7]
- Directorate Award, Best Defender, 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship[8]
- Media All-Star team, 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship[9]
References
- ^ http://www.cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=76
- ^ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/60232/la_id/1.htm
- ^ http://www.goodasgoldopen.com/team_mikkelson_meaghan.html#pagetop
- ^ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/60197/la_id/1.htm
- ^ http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Canadian+women+claim+their+12th+Nations+overtime/3828750/story.html
- ^ http://www.wcha.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/030107aaa.html
- ^ http://www.wcha.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/030507aac.html
- ^ http://www.iihf.com/fi/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/tomcikova-named-mvp.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=4926&cHash=63415b86dd
- ^ http://www.iihf.com/fi/channels-11/iihf-world-championship-wc11/news/news-singleview-2011/article/tomcikova-named-mvp.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=4926&cHash=63415b86dd
Categories:- 1985 births
- Canadian women's ice hockey players
- Edmonton Chimos players
- Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
- People from Regina, Saskatchewan
- Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey players
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
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