Meghan Agosta
| Meghan Agosta | |||
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| Born |
February 12, 1987 Windsor, ON, CAN |
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
| Weight | 148 lb (67 kg; 10 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| Played for |
Montreal Stars Mercyhurst Univ. |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| Playing career | 2004–present | ||
| Website | http://www.meghanagosta.com/ | ||
Meghan Christina Agosta (born February 12, 1987) is a Canadian women's ice hockey forward, who last played for the Montreal Stars of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Agosta played for the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She has represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, winning gold medals at all three. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Agosta was named MVP of the Women's Hockey Tournament. She has also played at the Women's World Championship three times, capturing a gold medal and two silvers.
As a freshman at Mercyhurst College in NCAA Division I hockey during the 2006–07 season, Agosta distinguished herself as the first freshman ever to be one of the top three picks for the Patty Kazmaier Award. She was also named a First Team All-American and a unanimous choice for CHA Player of the Year. Agosta led the 2008–09 Mercyhurst Lakers to the finals of the NCAA women's hockey championship and as captain that season, earned numerous accolades, including being selected as a 2009 First Team All-American, a Patty Kazmaier Award Final Three, College Hockey America Player of the Year, the CHA Three-Star Player of the Year, to the CHA All-Tournament Team, and to the Frozen Four All-Tournament Team.
Agosta first started playing hockey at age 6, switching to it from figure skating. As a teenager, Agosta participated in AAA boys hockey with the Chatham-Kent Cyclones. With the Cyclones, Agosta was part of several Alliance Championship teams. She later competed for the AA Windsor Wildcats of the Ontario Provincial Women's Hockey League. At the 2003 Canada Winter Games, she scored the winning goal for Team Ontario. One of her teammates at the Winter Games was future Olympian Haley Irwin. In addition, she played for Team Ontario Red at the National Under 18 championships in 2005, and won a gold medal. Agosta is also an accomplished inline hockey player. She won a gold medal for Canada at the 2004 World Inline Hockey Championships.
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