Meaghan Mikkelson
| Meaghan Mikkelson | |||
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| Born |
January 4, 1985 Regina, SK, CAN |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 139 lb (63 kg; 9 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
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CWHL team Former teams |
Calgary Inferno Wisconsin Edmonton Chimos |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| Playing career | 2003–present | ||
| Website | http://meaghanmikkelson.com/ | ||
Meaghan Mikkelson (born January 4, 1985) is a Canadian ice hockey player and amember of the Canada women's national ice hockey team and plays for Calgary Inferno in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Mikkelson also won gold medals during the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics Games. She was selected third overall by Team Alberta CWHL in the 2011 CWHL Draft. Also she was a player for the Edmonton Chimos (WWHL).
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, a second round pick, 31st overall, at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. and now plays for Luleå HF in the Swedish Elite League.
Mikkelson grew up in St. Albert, Alberta, and represented Team Alberta at the 2003 Canada Winter Games in Bathurst and Campbellton, New Brunswick, as the Alberta team finished in seventh position.
In 2007, she tied for 11th in the NCAA with 42 points in 34 games and tied for sixth with 32 assists. Among defencemen, 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 defence that allowed a nation's best 0.94 goals per game and 15 shutouts, a school record. In the WCHA, she led all defencemen with 33 points in 28 league games and was fifth overall. Mikkelson tied for second in the league with 24 assists.
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