Meaghan Mikkelson

Meaghan Mikkelson (born January 4, 1985) is a Canadian ice hockey player and a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team and plays for Luleå HF in the Swedish Women's Hockey League. Mikkelson also won gold medals during the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympic Games.[1] She was selected third overall by Team Alberta CWHL in the 2011 CWHL Draft.[2] Also she was a player for the Edmonton Chimos (WWHL).

Meaghan Mikkelson
Born (1985-01-04) January 4, 1985
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 139 lb (63 kg; 9 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
SWHL team
Former teams		 Luleå HF
National team  Canada
Playing career 2003–present
Website meaghanmikkelson.com
Medal record
Olympic Games
2010 VancouverTeam
2014 SochiTeam
2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
2012 United States
2008 China
2009 Finland
2011 Switzerland
2013 Canada
2016 Canada
2017 United States

Her father, Bill Mikkelson, played four seasons in the NHL in the early 1970s with Los Angeles, the New York Islanders and Washington.[3] Her brother, Brendan, was a Memorial Cup champion with the WHL's Vancouver Giants, a second round pick, 31st overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, and now plays for Luleå HF in the Swedish Elite League.

Playing career

Mikkelson grew up in St. Albert, Alberta,[3] and represented Team Alberta at the 2003 Canada Winter Games[4] in Bathurst and Campbellton, New Brunswick, as the Alberta team finished in seventh position.[5]

Wisconsin Badgers

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.

Hockey Canada

Named to 2014 Olympic roster for Canada.[6] 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.[7] 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. [8] In a game versus Russia at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Mikkelson registered three assists in a 14–1 victory.[9]

CWHL

Appearing with the Calgary Inferno in the 2016 Clarkson Cup finals, Mikkelson registered one assist as the Inferno emerged victorious in a convincing 8-3 final.[10] Mikkelson was one of two captains for Team Blue in the 3rd CWHL All-Star Game, the first time that one team in the CWHL All-Star Game had two captains.[11]

Amazing Race Canada - Season 2

In the ice hockey skills challenge Detour "Puck It" combined with partner Natalie Spooner, to shoot 4 from 4 on the 1 through 4 "hole" targets, then 1 from 53 attempting to hit the final five-hole target. At the end of the show, after arriving in first place for seven times in a total of eleven legs, the golden girls got the official second place of the competition, losing to the best buddies, Mickey and Pete. After the race, the girls won a year of free gas from Petro-Canada for being voted the fan favourite team from the season.[12]

Awards and honours

Personal

In June 2011, Mikkelson married minor league goaltender Scott Reid. The couple met in 2007 when they worked together at a hockey school in Edmonton.[16] Their son was born in September 2015 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.[17] At the time of her gold medal win at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games, Reid played for the Alaska Aces. He has also played for the Arizona Sundogs.[18]

She participated in various festivities commemorating the 2012 NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa, Ontario. Said festivities included attendance at Rideau Hall for the NHL Hockey is for Everyone event,[19] interviews at the Sirius XM Stage (along with a fan question and answer period) at the Scotiabank NHL Fan Fair.[20] In addition, she participated in the Energizer Night Skate at the Ottawa Rink of Dreams (relocated from the Rideau Canal),[21] and attended the Molson Canadian NHL All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday, January 28.

In March 2012, Mikkelson had the opportunity to practice with the Central Hockey League's Arizona Sundogs, who are based in Prescott Valley.[22] Her husband, Scott Reid, is a goaltender with the Sundogs. Her great uncle, Jimmy McFadden, won the Calder Memorial Trophy in 1948, and the Stanley Cup in 1950.[23] Brendan Mikkelson is her brother.

In June 2014, Mikkelson and her teammate Natalie Spooner appeared as contestants in the second season of The Amazing Race Canada. They finished the race in 2nd place.[24]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Meaghan Mikkelson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
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  3. Farber, Michael (July 9, 2012). "Hockey's Minus Man: Bill Mikkelson's brief NHL career left him with one of the sport's worst stat lines—but the numbers don't begin to take the full measure of the man". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  4. "The Official Website of Hockey Canada". Hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  5. "Team photography". Goodasgoldopen.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
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  9. "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship : Preliminary Round – Group A – Game 10" (PDF). Stats.iihf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  10. "2016 Clarkson Cup". cwhl. March 13, 2016. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  11. "Campbell, Mikkelson and Spooner to lead 2017 All Star Teams". CWHL. February 3, 2017. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  12. "Olympians miss the mark in hockey challenge on The Amazing Race Canada". Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  15. "Tomcikova named MVP". Iihf.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  16. "Alaska Olympians – dispatches and schedule | Sports". ADN.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  17. Hall, Vicki. "'The baby that Canada named': Olympic hockey player Meaghan Mikkelson names son with help of Twitter". National Post. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  18. "Pro-Am combination works for ice hockey couple – Prescott Valley Tribune – Prescott Valley, Arizona". Prescott Valley Tribune. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  20. "Women's hockey greats to promote sport in Ottawa – NHL.com – News". NHL.com. January 26, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  21. "Energizer® Night Skate™ at NHL® All-Star moved to Rink of Dreams at Marion Dewer Plaza – Ottawa Senators – News". Senators.nhl.com. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  23. Sports Illustrated, Cover Date: July 9–16, 2012, "Hockey’s Minus Man", by Michael Farber, p. 112, Editor in Chief: John Huey, Published by: Time Inc.
  24. "Olympic champions, lovebirds and best friends: first three 'Amazing Race Canada' teams announced". CTV. June 17, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
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