Megan Keller

Megan Keller (born May 1, 1996) is an American women's ice hockey player who competes for the Boston PWHL team and the United States women's national ice hockey team.[1] She was named to the roster of the United States national women's ice hockey team that competed at both the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship and 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship.[2]

Megan Keller
Megan Keller playing for Team USA in 2017
Born (1996-05-01) May 1, 1996
Farmington, Michigan
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
HEA team Boston College
National team  United States
Playing career 2014–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 PyeongchangTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 BeijingTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 Sweden
Gold medal – first place2016 Canada
Gold medal – first place2017 United States
Gold medal – first place2019 Finland
Gold medal – first place2023 Canada
Silver medal – second place2021 Canada
Silver medal – second place2022 Denmark
World U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 Hungary

USA Hockey career

At the 2014 IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championships, she led all skaters with a plus/minus rating of +9. To date, her best international performance came in the 2015 IIHF World Championships in Malmö, Sweden, where she contributed 5 points in 4 games as a member of the Gold-Medalist team.

On January 2, 2022, Keller was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[3]

USA Hockey statistics
Event'GPGAPts'
2014 IIHF U18 Worlds5123
2014 Four Nations Cup3000
2015 Sweden WC4235
2015 Canada WC4101
2016 Four Nations Cup4112
Total 20 5 6 11

NCAA career

Keller emerged as one of the nation's best defensive players in the 2015–16 campaign. She was a Patty Kazmaier Award top-10 finalist and named to the WHEA First-Team All-Stars, and an NCAA All-Tournament Selection. She led all defensive players in points in the nation and broke several team and conference scoring records for defense. She was also part of one of the best defensive units in the country, supporting 14 shutout games.

SeasonGPGAPtsPIM
2014–15314182228
2015–164112405221
2016–173510293958
2018-193819244338
Total 145 45 11 156 145

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Awards and honors
  • All Tournament Team Selection, 2011 NAHA Tournament
  • 2014–15 Hockey East First Team All-Star[6]
  • 2015–16 NCAA All American first team
  • 2016–17 Cami Granato Award (MVP of Women's Hockey East)
  • 2016–17 Patty Kazmaier Top-10 Finalist
  • 2016–17 Best Defensemen, Hockey East
  • 2016–17 WHEA First Team All-Star
  • 2016-17 AHCA-CCM Women's University Division I All-American [7]

References
  1. "Megan Keller". Archived from the original on September 5, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  2. "2015 U.S. Women's National Team Roster". Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  3. "U.S. women with 13 returnees". International Ice Hockey Federation. January 2, 2022. Archived from the original on January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  4. "Statistics | College Hockey". USCHO.com. July 19, 2018. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  5. "Megan Keller (Boston College/Farmington Hills, Michigan) Career Statistics - College Hockey | USCHO.com". Archived from the original on September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "2017 All-American Teams". ahcahockey.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021.


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