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Meghan Agosta
Born (1987-02-12) February 12, 1987 (age 37)
BONER, ON, CA
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 146 lb (66 kg; 10 st 6 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NCAA team Alcoholics for life
Playing career 2004–present
Meghan Agosta
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's ice hockey
Olympic games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Torino Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver Tournament
IIHF World Women Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Canada Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2008 China Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2009 Finland Tournament

Meghan Agosta (born February 12, 1987 in Windsor, Ontario) is a women's ice hockey player. She went to school at Leamington Queen of Peace School Ontario Canada in her young years.

Agosta first started playing hockey at age 6, switching to it from figure skating. She played for the Chatham Cyclones AAA organization and later for the Junior AA Windsor Wildcats of the Ontario Provincial Women's Hockey League. At the 2003 Canada Games, she scored the winning goal for Team Ontario.

In August 2004, she moved to Calgary to train with the national team. Agosta was an alternate for the team that finished second at the 2005 women's world championship in April. She played for the national team for the first time in August 2005 at the Four Nations Cup, and was one of the leading scorers during the exhibition phase prior to the Winter Olympics.

Agosta has said she would have been playing hockey for a U.S. college now if not for her invitation to try out for the Olympic team. She says several schools have shown interest in her, but her full attention is on not wasting the opportunity immediately in front of her. "This is my chance and I just need to think about this," she said. [1].

Playing career

Mercyhurst Lakers

Agosta distinguished herself as a freshman at Mercyhurst College in NCAA Division I hockey. She became the first freshman ever to make the final three for the Patty Kazmaier Award. She was also a First Team All-American and a unanimous choice for CHA Player of the Year. She helped lead Mercyhurst to its first No. 1 national ranking, though her team did not advance past the NCAA quarterfinals. [2] She led the 2008–09 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey team to the finals of the NCAA women's hockey championship. She was captain of the Lakers that season, as she earned numerous accolades. These included being selected as a 2009 First Team All-American, a Patty Kazmaier Award Final Three, College Hockey America Player of the Year, CHA Three-Star Player of the Year, CHA All-Tournament Team, and the Frozen Four All-Tournament Team.[1]

Hockey Canada

  • On February 17, 2010, Meghan Agosta scored a record third Olympic hat-trick in the match against Sweden to move on to eight goals in this tournament, equalling Danielle Goyette's record for most goals in one Olympic tournament, set in 1998.

[3]

  • Agosta went on to score 9 goals and 6 assists en route to a Gold Medal in the Vancouver Olympics. She was named tournament MVP.


Personal

Agosta has a brother Jeric, who played hockey in Tier Two Junior A for the Aurora Tigers and played on a full scholarship at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.[3]

Career stats

Hockey Canada

Event Games Played Goals Assists Points PIM
2006 Olympics 5 3 1 4 2
2007 Women's World Championships 5 0 4 4 4
2008 Women's World Championships 5 3 0 3 8
2009 Women's World Championships 5 2 2 4 2
2010 Olympics 5 9 6 15 2

[4]

Awards and honors

  • Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Media All-Star Team
  • Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Directorate Award, Best Forward
  • Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Most Valuable Player, Women's Hockey Tournament[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://hurstathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1867&path=whockey
  2. ^ http://www.ctvolympics.ca/hockey/results-and-schedules/match=IHW400A02/index.html
  3. ^ http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/afp-news/ice-hockey--wickenheiser--canada-shatter-scoring-records_282774sz.html
  4. ^ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.16, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
  5. ^ http://www.iihf.com/nc/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/meghan-agosta-named-mvp.html

Notes

  1. ^ Sympatico/MSN article
  2. ^ Mercyhurst Athletics
  3. ^ Canoe Network article
  4. ^ Channelnewsasia article
  5. ^ Jeric Agosta stats
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