| Meaghan Mikkelson | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 4, 1985 Regina, SK, CAN |
| Height | 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 | Canada |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Canada | ||
| Olympic 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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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]
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.
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]