Lee Stecklein

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Lee Stecklein
Date of birth April 23, 1994
place of birth Saint Paul , Minnesota , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 77 kg
position defender
number # 2
Shot hand Left
Career stations
2008–2012 Roseville Area High School
2012-2017 University of Minnesota
2017-2018 USA hockey
since 2018 Minnesota Whitecaps

Lee Ethel Stecklein (* 23. April 1994 in Saint Paul , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who since the season 2018/19 at the Minnesota Whitecaps in the National Women's Hockey League on the position of the defense plays. Stecklein has been a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team since 2013 and is multiple world and Olympic champion.

Career

Stecklein played at Roseville Area High School between 2008 and 2012 during her high school years . During this period, the defender took part in the U18 World Junior Championship in 2011 and 2012 . There she won a gold and a silver medal. Stecklein began her studies at the University of Minnesota in the 2012/13 school year . In the following five years she played parallel to this for the university team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . With the team she won the national college championship of the NCAA at the end of her rookie game year . In the same game year, the defender made her debut for the United States women's national ice hockey team and won her first gold medal at the 2013 World Cup .

Because of her achievements, Stecklein suspended her studies the following year and moved to the US Ice Hockey Association USA Hockey to prepare with the team for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi . There she won the silver medal with the US girls. She then returned to the University of Minnesota, with which she was again able to win the national championship in 2015 and 2016. In addition, the world championships in 2015 , 2016 and 2017 were joined by their world championship titles two to four.

For the 2017/18 season, the defensive player had successfully completed her studies and was then recruited by USA Hockey again to prepare for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , where she won the gold medal. She initially renounced her professional debut in the National Women's Hockey League , in whose draft in 2016 she was selected in second place overall by the Buffalo Beauts . Finally, she moved to the NWHL for the 2018/19 season , but to the Minnesota Whitecaps . With the Whitecaps she won the Isobel Cup , the league's championship trophy, at the end of the season . A few weeks later, she won the world title again with the US national team at the 2019 World Cup.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2013 WCHA Championship with the University of Minnesota
  • 2013 NCAA Division I Championship with the University of Minnesota
  • 2015 NCAA Division I Championship with the University of Minnesota
  • 2016 NCAA Division I Championship with the University of Minnesota

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/- Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2012/13 University of Minnesota WCHA 41 3 9 12 8th +35
2013/14 USA hockey International Preparation for the Winter Olympics
2014/15 University of Minnesota WCHA 40 5 22nd 27 4th +44
2015/16 University of Minnesota WCHA 40 8th 22nd 40 8th +51
2016/17 University of Minnesota WCHA 36 4th 20th 24 12 +7
2017/18 USA hockey International Preparation for the Winter Olympics
2018/19 Minnesota Whitecaps NWHL 16 1 8th 9 8th +12 2 1 1 2 0 +2
NCAA overall 157 20th 73 93 32 +137

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2011 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 5 0 1 1 2 +10
2012 United States U18 World Cup 2nd place, silver 5 0 3 3 0 +8
2013 United States WM 1st place, gold 3 0 1 1 2 +3
2014 United States Olympia 2nd place, silver 5 0 1 1 0 +2
2015 United States WM 1st place, gold 5 0 4th 4th 0 +5
2016 United States WM 1st place, gold 5 0 2 2 0 +3
2017 United States WM 1st place, gold 5 0 0 0 0 +1
2018 United States Olympia 1st place, gold 5 0 0 0 2 ± 0
2019 United States WM 1st place, gold 7th 2 2 4th 4th +14
Total juniors 10 0 4th 4th 2 +18
Women overall 35 2 10 12 8th +28

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Stecklein, Lee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stecklein, Lee Ethel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Paul , Minnesota