Megan Keller

Megan Keller (born May 1, 1996) is an American women's ice hockey player that competes with the Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey program in NCAA competition. 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.[1] She was selected to the U.S.A Women's 2018 Olympic Team.

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
2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
2015 Sweden
2016 Canada
2017 United States
2019 Finland
World U18 Championships
2014 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.

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 defense 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'GPGAPtsPIM
2014–15314182228
2015–164112405221
2016–173510293958
Total 117 26 87 113 107

[2]

Awards and honors
  • All Tournament Team Selection, 2011 NAHA Tournament
  • 2014–15 Hockey East First Team All-Star[3]
  • 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

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Statistics | College Hockey". USCHO.com. July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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