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

Edmonton Chimos

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 (WWHL). Mikkelson also won a gold medal during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. She was selected third overall by Team Alberta CWHL

Team Alberta CWHL

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 in the 2011 CWHL Draft

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. Her father, Bill Mikkelson

Bill Mikkelson

William Robert Mikkelson is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League during the 1970s...

, played four seasons in the NHL

National Hockey League

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 in the early 1970s with Los Angeles

Los Angeles Kings

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, the New York Islanders

New York Islanders

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 and Washington

Washington Capitals

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. Her brother, Brendan

Brendan Mikkelson

Brendan Mikkelson is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who plays for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League . He was a second round selection of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, 31st overall, at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft...

, was a Memorial Cup

Memorial Cup

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 champion with the WHL’s Vancouver Giants

Vancouver Giants

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 and now plays for the Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames

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Playing career

Mikkelson represented Team Alberta at the 2003 Canada Winter Games in Bathurst and Campbellton, New Brunswick, as the Alberta team finished in seventh position.

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 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.

Hockey Canada

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. 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.

Awards and honors

• 2007, All-WCHA defenseman
• 2007, All-WCHA First Team
• 2007, WCHA Defensive Player of the Year
• 2007, Top 10 candidate for the 2007 Patty Kazmaier Award
• Directorate Award, Best Defender, 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship
• Media All-Star team, 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship