Meaghan Mikkelson

Meaghan Mikkelson
Date of birth	4th January 1985
place of birth	Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada
size	175 cm
Weight	63 kg
position	defender
number	# 12
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2002-2003	Calgary Oval X-Treme
2003-2007	University of Wisconsin
2007-2011	Edmonton Chimos
2011-2013	Team Alberta
2013-2014	Team Canada
since 2015	Calgary Inferno

Meaghan Mikkelson , married. Mikkelson-Reid , (born January 4, 1985 in Regina , Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Calgary Inferno in the Canadian Women's Hockey League since 2015 .

Career

Meaghan Mikkelson began ice hockey at the age of 6, initially with boys of the same age, as there was no girls' team in her hometown of St. Albert. At the age of 13, she saw the Canadian women's team at the Olympic tournament in Nagano and wanted to emulate national players like Cassie Campbell . During this time she played for the St. Albert Ice Dogs (Peewee), St. Albert Royals (Bantam) and in the 2000/01 season for the St. Albert Flyers (Bantam AAA). At the age of 17, she moved to Calgary to advance her career, playing for the Calgary Oval X-Treme in the NWHL.

From 2003 to 2007 Mikkelson studied with a scholarship at the University of Wisconsin and played parallel for the Badgers in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), a division I division of the NCAA . In 2006 and 2007, she won the NCAA championship with the Badgers. After the first championship title, she switched from the forward to the defensive position. In her final year at university, she was recognized as an All-American , and she was also one of the top 10 nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award .

In 2007 she graduated from the School of Business with a major in Marketing. Between 2007 and 2009 she was active for the Edmonton Chimos in the Western Women's Hockey League . For 2011/12 Mikkelson became part of the newly formed Alberta team (a merger of the Edmonton Chimos and the Strathmore Rockies , now Calgary Inferno ) and played with them in the CWHL.

After the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Mikkelson took a break from ice hockey to start a family with her husband Scott. After the birth of her son in September 2015, she began training and returned to Inferno over the course of the season. At the end of the 2015/16 season she won the Clarkson Cup with the Inferno . In 2017, Mikkelson was named CWHL Defender of the Year .

International

Meaghan Mikkelson was inducted into the Canadian national team in 2007 after playing for the U22 team from 2003 to 2006. In 2008 she took part in the World Cup for the first time and won the silver medal with the national team. In 2010 she won the gold medal with the national team at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver .

In 2011 and 2013 , she won the silver medal at the World Championships with Team Canada, while she won the gold medal at the 2012 World Championships . At the 2011 World Cup she was named the best defender and appointed to the All-Star Team, and two years later (at the 2013 World Cup) she was appointed to the All-Star Team again. In 2014 she added another gold medal to her collection of medals when she and the national team defeated the USA 3-2 in the Olympic final . In this final game she played with a broken hand.

When she returned to the 2016 World Cup , she was one of Canada's top defenders with two goals.

Achievements and Awards

• 2007 All-WCHA Defenseman
• 2007 All-WCHA First Team
• 2007 WCHA Defensive Player of the Year
• 2009 WWHL Defender of the Year
• 2016 Clarkson Cup won with the Calgary Inferno
• 2017 CWHL Defender of the Year

International

2008 silver medal at the world championship 2009 silver medal at the world championship 2010 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games 2011 silver medal at the world championship 2011 Best Defender at the World Cup 2011 All-Star Team at the World Championship 2012 gold medal at the world championship

2013 silver medal at the world championship 2013 All-Star Team at the World Championship 2014 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games 2016 silver medal at the world championship 2017 silver medal at the world championship 2018 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games

Career statistics

( 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 )

Club and college competitions

season	team	league	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2003/04	University of Wisconsin	WCHA	32	7th	7th	14th	34	+13
2004/05	University of Wisconsin	WCHA	35	7th	13	20th	35	+20
2005/06	University of Wisconsin	WCHA	34	4th	27	31	34	+27
2006/07	University of Wisconsin	WCHA	41	11	38	49	45	+36
2007/08	Edmonton Chimos	WWHL	24	10	9	19th	44
2008/09	Edmonton Chimos	WWHL	23	9	20th	29	32
2010/11	Edmonton Chimos	WWHL	14th	7th	8th	15th	12
2011/12	Team Alberta	CWHL	15th	2	9	11	20th	+7
2012/13	Team Alberta	CWHL	23	3	4th	7th	40	−3
2013/14	Team Canada	AMHL	28	2	7th	9	22nd
2014/15	not played
2015/16	Calgary Inferno	CWHL	14th	2	2	4th	2	+4
2016/17	Calgary Inferno	CWHL	22nd	5	10	15th	6th	+14

International

Meaghan Mikkelson (left) and Kathrin Lehmann at the 2011 World Cup

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2008	Canada	WM			5	0	0	0	2	+8
2009	Canada	WM			5	0	3	3	6th	+2
2010	Canada	Olympia			5	0	0	0	2	+11
2011	Canada	WM			5	3	0	3	0	+10
2012	Canada	WM			5	0	5	5	2	+1
2013	Canada	WM			5	1	3	4th	6th	+10
2014	Canada	Olympia			4th	0	1	1	4th	+1
2016	Canada	WM			5	2	0	2	4th	+3
2017	Canada	WM			5	0	1	1	4th	± 0
2014	Canada	Olympia			5	0	1	1	0	+4

family

Meaghan Mikkelson comes from a hockey family: Her father, Bill Mikkelson , played for four years in the NHL in the early 1970s , including for the Los Angeles Kings , New York Islanders and Washington Capitals . Meagan's brother Brendan won the Memorial Cup with the Vancouver Giants , was selected in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft and has been with Luleå HF in the Svenska Hockeyligan since 2015 . Her great uncle Jim McFadden won the Calder Trophy in 1948 and the Stanley Cup in 1950 .

In June 2011, Meaghan Mikkelson married ice hockey goalkeeper Scott Reid , whom she met in Edmonton in 2007. In September 2015, the couple had their first son.

Web links

Commons : Meaghan Mikkelson  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Meaghan Mikkelson at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Meaghan Mikkelson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Jason La Rose: Road to PyeongChang: Meaghan Mikkelson. In: hockeycanada.ca. August 24, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Meaghan Mikkelson - Team Canada. In: olympic.ca. January 3, 2018, accessed January 16, 2018 . 
3. ^ Tessa Bonhomme Named Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top 10 Finalist: The Ohio State University: Official Athletic Site. (No longer available online.) In: ohiostatebuckeyes.com. February 19, 2007, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 10, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Accomplishments - Meaghan Mikkelson. In: meaghanmikkelson.com. September 27, 2015, accessed January 16, 2018 . 
5. ^ Ladies First Hockey Foundation: Meet the Team - Meaghan Mikkelson-Reid. In: ladiesfirsthockeyfoundation.com. Retrieved January 10, 2018 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Tomcikova named MVP. In: iihf.com. April 25, 2011, accessed January 10, 2018 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Jimmy Jemail: Hockey's Minus Man. In: si.com . July 9, 2012, accessed January 12, 2018 . 
8. ↑ 'The baby that Canada named': Olympic hockey player Meaghan Mikkelson names son with help of Twitter. In: nationalpost.com. September 29, 2015, accessed January 12, 2018 .