Meghan Duggan
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Meghan Duggan is an American ice hockey
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who represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics
, winning a silver medal. She also represented the United States at three Women's World Championships, capturing two gold medals and one silver. Duggan played collegiate hockey with the Wisconsin Badgers
between 2006 and 2011. After her senior season (2010–11), Duggan was named the winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award
, presented annually to the top women's ice hockey player in the National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA). After her career at Wisconsin, Duggan was the team's all-time leading scorer. She was drafted 8th overall by the Boston Blades
in the 2011 CWHL Draft
.
Duggan competed for the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey
program. On January 21–22, 2011, she led the top-ranked Badgers with four scoring points in a win and tie at defending national champion Minnesota Duluth. Duggan registered two goals and two assists against the Bulldogs, recorded nine shots on goal and finished with a +4 plus/minus rating in the two games. She led all players with three points in the January 21 win (4-1). She scored the Badgers first goal of the game (it was the first women’s college hockey goal scored at the Bulldogs new AMSOIL Arena). In the second period, she assisted on a power-play tally to give Wisconsin a 3-0 lead. In the final two minutes, she had an empty net goal. The following day, both clubs skated to a 4-4 tie (Wisconsin prevailed 2-1 in the shootout). Duggan assisted on the Badgers’ second goal of the game and extended her current point streak to 22 games, the longest individual point streak in Wisconsin women’s hockey history. On January 21, she broke the previous mark of 20 games set by Meghan Hunter from Oct. 14, 2000 to Jan. 12, 2001.
Duggan finished the season as the WCHA scoring champion by accumulating 61 points (27 goals, 34 assists) in 28 games. On March 12, 2011, she scored the game winning goal (it was her sixth game winning goal of the season) in the NCAA regional playoff, as Wisconsin defeated Minnesota-Duluth by a 2-1 mark.
came when she attended Player Development Camps with the organization in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Her first international play was with the American Under-22 Select Team in 2007 and 2008 for their series against Canada's team in the same age group. In 2008, Duggan co-captained the American team at this event.
Duggan's first International Ice Hockey Federation
(IIHF) tournament with the American senior women's team was the 2007 IIHF Women's World Championship held in Manitoba
, Canada
. Duggan recorded a single assist for the Americans at the tournament, as they took home the silver medal. At the 2008 World Championship, Duggan scored four goals and added an assist to finish 16th overall in tournament scoring. At the 2009 tournament, the American team captured its second straight gold medal by defeating Canada in the final. Duggan scored two goals in the tournament, finishing tenth on the American team in scoring. She was named to USA Hockey's preliminary roster for the 2011 Championship, and will attend the selection camp starting April 4, 2011.
Like many NCAA women's hockey players, Duggan took a year off from school for the 200910 season to focus on making her country's team for the 2010 Winter Olympics
. USA Hockey assembled the team for tryouts starting in August, 2009 and Duggan was on the team when the roster was announced in December, 2009. In celebration, her mother hung an Olympic flag outside Duggan's childhood home in Danvers, Massachusetts. Duggan had been working towards the Olympics for a long time, "I have been making sacrifices the last 10 years, leaving my family to compete at a higher level at a boarding school, and now that dream is less than two weeks away from becoming reality." At the Olympics, Duggan played mainly with Gigi Marvin and Natalie Darwitz
. She finished the tournament with four goals, as the American team captured the silver medal. At the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship, Meghan Duggan was among the tournament's top five scorers. Duggan was fifth with seven points (four goals, three assists).
, where she was named the school's top female athlete three years in a row. In addition to hockey, she played varsity softball, soccer and lacrosse. While at the University of Wisconsin, Duggan majored in biology
. After her hockey career is over, Duggan has expressed a desire to attend medical school and study pediatrics
.
On April 19, 2010, Duggan threw the first pitch at a Boston Red Sox game before a sellout Patriots Day crowd of 37,609. Her teammates Erika Lawler, Jessie Vetter of Wisconsin, Brianne McLaughlin, Julie Chu, Karen Thatcher, Molly Schaus, Hilary Knight, and Caitlin Cahow were also on the mound when Duggan threw the pitch.
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Ice hockey
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Forward (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...
who represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
, winning a silver medal. She also represented the United States at three Women's World Championships, capturing two gold medals and one silver. Duggan played collegiate hockey with the Wisconsin Badgers
Wisconsin Badgers
The Wisconsin Badgers are the collegiate athletic teams from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This NCAA Division I athletic program has teams in football, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, soccer, cross country, tennis, swimming, wrestling, track and field, rowing, golf, and softball...
between 2006 and 2011. After her senior season (2010–11), Duggan was named the winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award
Patty Kazmaier Award
The Patty Kazmaier Award is given to the top woman college ice hockey player in the United States. The award is presented during the women's annual ice hockey championship, the Frozen Four...
, presented annually to the top women's ice hockey player in the National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
(NCAA). After her career at Wisconsin, Duggan was the team's all-time leading scorer. She was drafted 8th overall by the Boston Blades
Boston Blades
The Boston Blades are a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston Blades are a new franchise in the Canadian Women's Hockey League....
in the 2011 CWHL Draft
2011 CWHL Draft
The 2011 CWHL Draft was held on July 21, 2011 in Mississauga. The Montreal Stars had the first pick overall and selected Meghan Agosta from Mercyhurst College. -Top 50 picks:-Draft picks by team:-Alberta:-Boston:-Brampton:-Burlington:-Montreal:...
.
Wisconsin Badgers
Her freshman season with the Badgers was in 2006-07. She ranked second on the team with 52 points, as she led freshmen in scoring, while scoring 26 goals. During the season, she scored three game-winning goals and recorded 16 multi-point games. In the NCAA, her 52 points were good enough for third in the nation in rookie scoring. Duggan earned three consecutive WCHA Rookie of the Week honors, becoming the first Badger to ever win a conference award in three straight weeks. In addition, she accumulated five WCHA weekly honors overall, the most by a Badgers player in a single season.Duggan competed for the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey
Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey
The Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team is the hockey team that represents the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin.-History:On October 8, 1999, the Bulldogs played the Wisconsin Badgers in the first ever Women's WCHA conference game at the Kohl Center in Madison, WI...
program. On January 21–22, 2011, she led the top-ranked Badgers with four scoring points in a win and tie at defending national champion Minnesota Duluth. Duggan registered two goals and two assists against the Bulldogs, recorded nine shots on goal and finished with a +4 plus/minus rating in the two games. She led all players with three points in the January 21 win (4-1). She scored the Badgers first goal of the game (it was the first women’s college hockey goal scored at the Bulldogs new AMSOIL Arena). In the second period, she assisted on a power-play tally to give Wisconsin a 3-0 lead. In the final two minutes, she had an empty net goal. The following day, both clubs skated to a 4-4 tie (Wisconsin prevailed 2-1 in the shootout). Duggan assisted on the Badgers’ second goal of the game and extended her current point streak to 22 games, the longest individual point streak in Wisconsin women’s hockey history. On January 21, she broke the previous mark of 20 games set by Meghan Hunter from Oct. 14, 2000 to Jan. 12, 2001.
Duggan finished the season as the WCHA scoring champion by accumulating 61 points (27 goals, 34 assists) in 28 games. On March 12, 2011, she scored the game winning goal (it was her sixth game winning goal of the season) in the NCAA regional playoff, as Wisconsin defeated Minnesota-Duluth by a 2-1 mark.
International play
Duggan's first experience with USA HockeyUSA Hockey
USA Hockey is recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for amateur ice hockey in the United States and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The organization is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has...
came when she attended Player Development Camps with the organization in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Her first international play was with the American Under-22 Select Team in 2007 and 2008 for their series against Canada's team in the same age group. In 2008, Duggan co-captained the American team at this event.
Duggan's first International Ice Hockey Federation
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 70 members...
(IIHF) tournament with the American senior women's team was the 2007 IIHF Women's World Championship held in Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Duggan recorded a single assist for the Americans at the tournament, as they took home the silver medal. At the 2008 World Championship, Duggan scored four goals and added an assist to finish 16th overall in tournament scoring. At the 2009 tournament, the American team captured its second straight gold medal by defeating Canada in the final. Duggan scored two goals in the tournament, finishing tenth on the American team in scoring. She was named to USA Hockey's preliminary roster for the 2011 Championship, and will attend the selection camp starting April 4, 2011.
Like many NCAA women's hockey players, Duggan took a year off from school for the 200910 season to focus on making her country's team for the 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
. USA Hockey assembled the team for tryouts starting in August, 2009 and Duggan was on the team when the roster was announced in December, 2009. In celebration, her mother hung an Olympic flag outside Duggan's childhood home in Danvers, Massachusetts. Duggan had been working towards the Olympics for a long time, "I have been making sacrifices the last 10 years, leaving my family to compete at a higher level at a boarding school, and now that dream is less than two weeks away from becoming reality." At the Olympics, Duggan played mainly with Gigi Marvin and Natalie Darwitz
Natalie Darwitz
Natalie Darwitz is an American ice hockey player. Natalie has been the Captain of the US Women's National Team since the start of the 2007-08 season...
. She finished the tournament with four goals, as the American team captured the silver medal. At the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship, Meghan Duggan was among the tournament's top five scorers. Duggan was fifth with seven points (four goals, three assists).
Awards and honors
- USCHO.com Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 23, 2006)
- WCHA Offensive Player of the Week, (Week of January 26, 2011)
- WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of February 16, 2011)
- 2011 WCHA Player of the Year
- 2011 WCHA scoring champion
- 2011 All-WCHA First Team
- 2011 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award
- 2011 First Team All-America selection
- 2011 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner
- 2011 Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year, awarded by USA Hockey
- Finalist, 2011 Sportswoman of the Year, presented by the Women's Sports Foundation
Personal
Duggan's parents are named Bob and Mary. She has a sister and a brother. She attended high school at Cushing AcademyCushing Academy
Cushing Academy is a coeducational college preparatory boarding school for grades 9 through 12 plus an optional postgraduate year located in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1865 in fulfilment of a bequest by Thomas Parkman Cushing and opened in 1875, and is sometimes cited as the...
, where she was named the school's top female athlete three years in a row. In addition to hockey, she played varsity softball, soccer and lacrosse. While at the University of Wisconsin, Duggan majored in biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
. After her hockey career is over, Duggan has expressed a desire to attend medical school and study pediatrics
Pediatrics
Pediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...
.
On April 19, 2010, Duggan threw the first pitch at a Boston Red Sox game before a sellout Patriots Day crowd of 37,609. Her teammates Erika Lawler, Jessie Vetter of Wisconsin, Brianne McLaughlin, Julie Chu, Karen Thatcher, Molly Schaus, Hilary Knight, and Caitlin Cahow were also on the mound when Duggan threw the pitch.
NCAA
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... | A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... | Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... | PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
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| 2006–07 2006–07 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey season The Badgers were led by Mark Johnson, who was in his fifth season with the Badgers. The club had a 31-1-4 overall record, and a 23-1-4 conference record. The Badgers won their second straight WCHA regular season title and NCAA title.-Regular season:... |
Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey The Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team is the hockey team that represents the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin.-History:On October 8, 1999, the Bulldogs played the Wisconsin Badgers in the first ever Women's WCHA conference game at the Kohl Center in Madison, WI... |
NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States... |
39 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 34 | |
| 2007–08 2007–08 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey season The 2007–08 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team was the Badgers' 8th season. Led by head coach Mark Johnson, the Badgers went 20-5-3 in the WCHA.-Schedule:-Awards and honors:*Erika Lawler, Badger Award... |
Wisconsin Badgers | NCAA | 38 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 38 | |
| 2008–09 | Wisconsin Badgers | NCAA | 41 | 23 | 33 | 43 | 38 | |
| NCAA Totals | 118 | 69 | 82 | 151 | 110 | |||
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International
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... | A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... | Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... | PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
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| 2007 | USA | WWC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2008 | USA | WWC | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2009 | USA | WWC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2010 Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Canada Hockey Place, home of the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks, and at UBC Winter Sports Centre, home of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport's UBC Thunderbirds. Twelve teams competed in the men's event and eight teams competed in the... |
USA | Oly | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| World Championship Totals | 15 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Olympic Totals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
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