Megan Keller

American ice hockey player (born 1996)

Ice hockey player
Megan Keller
Keller with PWHL Boston in 2024
Born (1996-05-01) May 1, 1996 (age 27)
Farmington, Michigan
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
PWHL team PWHL Boston
National team  United States
Playing career 2014–present

Megan Keller (born May 1, 1996) is an American professional ice hockey player for PWHL Boston of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).[1] She is also a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team.[2]

USA Hockey career

Keller with Team USA in 2017

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 GP G A Pts
2014 IIHF U18 Worlds 5 1 2 3
2014 Four Nations Cup 3 0 0 0
2015 Sweden WC 4 2 3 5
2015 Canada WC 4 1 0 1
2016 Four Nations Cup 4 1 1 2
Total 20 5 6 11

NCAA career

Megan Keller played for the Boston College women's hockey team. She 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.

Season GP G A Pts PIM
2014–15 31 4 18 22 28
2015–16 41 12 40 52 21
2016–17 35 10 29 39 58
2018-19 38 19 24 43 38
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.

External links

  • Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
  • Boston College bio


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