MEGHAN DUGGAN

WOMEN'S HOCKEY - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

HEIGHT & WEIGHT:  5'10, 160

DATE OF BIRTH: September 3, 1987 (34)

HOMETOWN & RESIDENCE: Danvers, MA / Stamford, CT

POSITION and #: Forward, 10

CAREER: New Jersey Devils, Director of Player Development

# OF YEARS ON THE US NATIONAL TEAM: 2006 - 2020 (Team Captain 2014 - 2018, Assistant Captain 2011-13) - RETIRED in OCTOBER 2020

FAMILY:

• Gillian - Wife

• George (February 29, 2020)

• Olivia Anne (Fall 2021)

• Mary and Bob - Mom & Dad

• Kaitlyn and Bryan - Sister & Brother

OLYMPIC MEDALS:

• PyeongChang 2018 (GOLD)

• Sochi 2014 (SILVER)

• Vancouver 2010 (SILVER)

IIHF WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALS:

• 7 GOLD (2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2008) - 3rd all-time

• 2 SILVER (2012, 2007)

FOUR NATIONS CUP MEDALS:

• 6 GOLD (2017, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2011, 2008)

• 4 SILVER (2014, 2010, 2009, 2007)

• BRONZE (2013)

US NATIONAL TEAM GAMES PLAYED:

• 137 as of the end of the 2018 Winter Olympics

• played in her 100th game at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship

PRO EXPERIENCE:

• PWHPA (founding member)

• Boston Pride (2016-17) National Women's Hockey League

• 2016-17 NWHL All Star Game participant (Pittsburgh)

• 2016-17 NWHL Isobel Cup runner-up

• 2016-17 NWHL 2nd leading goal scorer with 12 (1 behind the leader)

• Buffalo Beauts (2015-16) National Women's Hockey League

• 2015-16 NWHL All Star Game participant (Buffalo)

• 2015-16 NWHL Isobel Cup runner-up

• Boston Blades (2011-12, 2012-13, 2014-15) Canadian Women's Hockey League

• 2014-15 CWHL All Star Game participant

PRO CHAMPIONSHIP:

• Boston Blades 2012-13 & 2014-15 Clarkson Cup Champion (CWHL)

PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S HOCKEY PLAYERS ASSOCIATION:

• One of 200 founding members in May of 2019 to create an association to serve as a vehicle dedicated to promoting and supporting the creations of a single, viable women’s professional league in North America. The players will join their voices and work together to build a sustainable league that will showcase their talent as well as having financial and infrastructure resources. The founding members hail from Canada, Europe and the United States.

COACHING EXPERIENCE:

• Assistant Head Coach, Clarkson University (Potsdam, NY) 2014-15 & 2015-16

• During her two year tenure, the school reached the NCAA Frozen Four as an assistant coach with Clarkson University during the 2015-16 season and the recruiting classes that she brought in after leaving won NCAA National Championships in 2016-17 & 2017-18

USOPC TEAM OF THE YEAR/ MONTH HONORS:  

• 2018 Team USA Awards - Team of the Olympic Games, PyeongChang 2018

• 2017 Team USA Awards - Olympic Team of the Year (Ice Hockey)

• April 2017 - U.S. Women's Ice Hockey Team (team of the month)

• November 2016 - U.S. Women's Ice Hockey Team (team of the month)

• April 2016 - U.S. Women's Ice Hockey Team (team of the month)

• April 2015 - U.S. Women's Ice Hockey Team (team of the month)

ESPYS NOMINATIONS & WINS:

• 2018 ESPYS Awards winner - Best Game; USA Women’s Hockey defeats Canada, 2018 Winter Olympics

• 2018 ESPN Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year winner - U.S. Women’s National Ice Hockey Team; Gender Equitable Treatment fight vs USA Hockey

• 2018 ESPYS Awards nominee - Best Olympic Moment; USA Women’s Hockey defeats Canada, 2018 Winter Olympics

• 2018 ESPYS Awards nominee - Best Team; USA Women’s Ice Hockey
  

CHARITABLE GIVING:

• June 2019 - Made $5,000 donation of CCM Hockey product to the Boys and Girls Club of Boston with partner Jaguar Land Rover

• October 2018 - Made $2,000 donation of CCM Hockey product to the Vegas Golden Knights to benefit the development of a new girls hockey program in the greater Las Vegas community

• October 2018 - Made $4,100 donation of CCM Hockey product to the Los Angeles Kings (LA Lions) girls hockey program

• August 2017 - Donation $4,500 of CCM Hockey products to the Tampa Bay Lightning Foundation

• February 2017 - Donated $1,000 of CCM Hockey products to the Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation in Washington, D.C. for a gift directed towards the Tucker Road Youth Hockey Program whose ice rink was destroyed in a fire on January 4, 2017 ruining donated equipment to the Tucker Road Ducks

• August 2016 - Donated $5,000 of CCM Hockey products to the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation in Philadelphia which benefits high-risk inner-city youth in Philadelphia and Camden, NJ

SPORTS NOTES:

• 2018 EspnW Women & Sports Summit - featured speaker

• 2018 Sports Business Awards presenter

• 2018 NBC Universal Upfront onstage presenter at Radio City Music Hall

• 2017 Women’s Sports Foundation - Wilma Rudolph Courage Award; 2016-17 U.S. Women’s Hockey Team, Gender Equitable Treatment fight vs USA Hockey

• Meghan's 7th IIHF Women's World Championship title is tied for (3rd all-time with Canada’s Hefford & Wickenheiser) teammates Kacey Bellamy (8) & Hilary Knight (9) lead the U.S.

• 2011 IIHF High Performance Women’s Camp participant in Slovakia (with the purpose of training players from developing nations better techniques to grow the sport)

• 3-time NCAA Champion at the University of Wisconsin (2010-11, 2008-09, 2006-07)

• 2010-11 NCAA Leading Scorer with 39 Goals and 48 Assists in 41 games.

• 2010-11 Patty Kazmaier Award winner as the best player in NCAA Hockey

EDUCATION: University of Wisconsin '11 (Biology)

EQUIPMENT USED IN COMPETITION: CCM Hockey

ENDORSEMENTS:

• Dunkin' Donuts

• Jaguar Land Rover North America

• CCM Hockey

• Kellogg's

• P&G

SOCIAL MEDIA: @MDuggan10 - Twitter & Instagram

PUBLIC FACING INITIATIVES:  

• Women’s Sports Foundation President - 2022 & 2023

• National Hockey League Player Inclusion Committee - 2020-21

• Women’s Sports Foundation Board of Trustees - 2020-21

• USA Hockey Board of Directors

• Women's Sports Foundation Athlete Ambassador - 2019-20

• Women's Sports Foundation Athlete Ambassador - 2018-19

• Tyler Clemente Foundation (anti-bullying) - Athlete Ambassador 2018-19

• Boys & Girls Club of Boston - Speaker, Spring 2018

• Special Olympics Massachusetts

• Habitat for Humanity

• Took part in NHL / NHLPA Digital Goals Education Launch in September 2014

• 2014 USOC Team For Tomorrow

COLLEGE COACHING NOTES:  As an assistant coach, led Clarkson University to the 2016 NCAA Frozen Four with a victory of Quinnipiac in the Elite 8.  Meghan stepped down from Clarkson in April 2016 so that she could focus on making the 2018 Winter Olympic Team.