Meghan Duggan

Meghan Duggan

Meghan Duggan at the IIHF World Women Championship 2011
Born (1987-09-03) September 3, 1987
Beverly, MA, USA
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 161 lb (73 kg; 11 st 7 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
NWHL team
Former teams		 Boston Pride
Buffalo Beauts
Boston Blades
Wisconsin Badgers
National team  United States
Playing career 2005–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
2010 Vancouver Team
2014 Sochi Team
World Championships
2008 China
2009 Finland
2011 Switzerland
2013 Canada
2015 Sweden
2016 Canada
2007 Canada

Meghan Duggan (born September 3, 1987) is an American ice hockey forward 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.[1] She currently plays for the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League.

Playing career

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.[2] 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 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.[3]

Duggan finished the season as the WCHA scoring champion by accumulating 61 points (27 goals, 34 assists) in 28 games.[4] 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.[5]

International play

Duggan's first experience with USA Hockey came when she attended Player Development Camps with the organization in 2003, 2004 and 2005.[6] 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.[6]

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.[7] At the 2008 World Championship, Duggan scored four goals and added an assist to finish 16th overall in tournament scoring.[8] At the 2009 tournament, the American team captured its second straight gold medal by defeating Canada in the final.[7] Duggan scored two goals in the tournament, finishing tenth on the American team in scoring.[9] She was named to USA Hockey's preliminary roster for the 2011 Championship, and will attend the selection camp starting April 4, 2011.[10]

Like many NCAA women's hockey players, Duggan took a year off from school for the 2009–2010 season to focus on making her country's team for the 2010 Winter Olympics.[11] 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.[12] 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."[13] At the Olympics, Duggan played mainly with Gigi Marvin and Natalie Darwitz.[13] She finished the tournament with four goals, as the American team captured the silver medal.[7] 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).[14]

Awards and honors

Coaching

Duggan began coaching for Clarkson University's women's ice hockey team in September 2014 while she played for the American national hockey team and the Boston Blades.[17]

Personal

Duggan (right) waves to crowd after being introduced at a Wisconsin Badgers football game

Duggan's parents are named Bob and Mary. She has a sister and a brother.[6] She attended high school at Cushing Academy, 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.[6] While at the University of Wisconsin, Duggan majored in biology.[24] After her hockey career is over, Duggan has expressed a desire to attend medical school and study pediatrics.[24][25]

On April 19, 2010, Duggan threw the first pitch at a Boston Red Sox game before a sellout Patriots Day crowd of 37,609.[26] Her teammates Erika Lawler, Jessie Vetter, and Hilary Knight of Wisconsin, Brianne McLaughlin, Julie Chu, Karen Thatcher, Molly Schaus, and Caitlin Cahow were also on the mound when Duggan threw the pitch.

On April 25, 2014, Duggan for a second time was honored to throw the first pitch at a Boston Red Sox game. A Danvers, Mass., native, who reunited with her Team USA 2014 US Olympic teammates for a pregame ceremony, mocked New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda by reaching for a little imaginary pine tar on her neck before delivering her pitch to the plate. Pineda was suspended by Major League Baseball that day for 10 games for using pine tar the night before versus the Red Sox.[27]

In December 2015, it was announced that Duggan had signed a personal services agreement with Dunkin Donuts as part of the company's sponsorship deal of the NWHL.[28]

Statistics

NCAA

   
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM
2006–07 Wisconsin Badgers NCAA 39 26 26 52 34
2007–08 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

Statistics source[11]

International

   
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM
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 USA Oly 5 4 0 4 2
World Championship Totals 15 6 2 8 8
Olympic Totals 5 4 0 4 2

Statistics source[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 26, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-hockey/mtt/duggan_meghan00.html
  3. 1 2 http://www.wcha.com/women/presarch/201101/jan26wpw.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.wcha.com/women/presarch/201103/mar3wcw.pdf
  5. ↑ http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/031211aaa.html
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Meghan Duggan". United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Podnieks, Andrew, ed. (2010). IIHF Media Guide and Record Book 2011. Toronto: Moydart PRess. p. 568.
  8. ↑ "Scoring Leaders" (pdf). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008-04-12. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  9. ↑ "Player Statistics by Team – USA" (pdf). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009-04-12. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  10. ↑ "2011 U.S. Women's National Team – Preliminary Roster" (doc). USA Hockey. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  11. 1 2 "Player Bio: Meghan Duggan". University of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  12. ↑ McMahon, dave (2009-12-19). "Vancouver women's hockey team announced". United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on March 4, 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  13. 1 2 McConnell, Joe (2010-02-03). "A dream fulfilled: Danvers resident Meghan Duggan gets ready for the Olympics as a member of the women's hockey team". Danvers Herald. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  14. ↑ http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/042511aaa.html
  15. ↑ http://www.worldwomen2015.com/en/news/usa-can-gold/
  16. ↑ http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=101897
  17. 1 2 Rice, Justin A. "Olympic Captain Meghan Duggan Ready for Coaching Role at Clarkson". USA Hockeey. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  18. ↑ http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205108360&DB_OEM_ID=8400[]
  19. ↑ http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/090111aad.html
  20. ↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wis/genrel/auto_pdf/2010-11_Big_Ten_Sportsmanship.pdf
  21. ↑ http://www.ahcahockey.com/news/1011/0317w1aa.html
  22. ↑ http://www.usahockey.com//Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=AU_13&ID=304790 Archived October 4, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  23. ↑ http://www.wcha.com/women/presarch/201102/feb16wpw.pdf
  24. 1 2 Baggot, Andy (2011-03-19). "UW women's hockey: Duggan wins Patty Kazmaier Award". Madison.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  25. ↑ Gostkowski, Amy. "Meghan Duggan". USA Hockey. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  26. ↑ Ethan Forman (April 20, 2010). "http://www.salemnews.com/local/x1612544450/Duggan-has-a-ball-at-Fenway-Park". The Salem News. Retrieved 20 April 2010. External link in |title= (help)
  27. ↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/team-usa-hockey-captain-mocks-michael-pineda-fenway-park-article-1.1768919
  28. ↑ http://news.dunkindonuts.com/news/dunkin-donuts-scores-first-corporate-sponsorship-with-national-womens-hockey-league
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