Lee Stecklein
Lee Stecklein | |||
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![]() Lee Stecklein playing for Team USA in 2017 | |||
Born |
Roseville, Minnesota, U.S. | April 23, 1994||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Defense | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
PWHPA team | Minnesota | ||
Played for |
Minnesota Whitecaps University of Minnesota | ||
National team |
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Playing career | 2012–present | ||
Lee Ethel Stecklein (born April 23, 1994) is an American ice hockey defender, currently playing with the Minnesota section of the PWHPA. Stecklein plays internationally for the United States women's national ice hockey team, and participated in the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. She played college hockey for the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program.
Stecklein is from Roseville, Minnesota, and graduated from Roseville Area High School.[1] Stecklein was selected second overall by the Buffalo Beauts in the 2016 NWHL Draft.[2]
Playing career
NCAA
Stecklein played in all 41 games of her freshman season (2012–13) at Minnesota, tallying three goals and nine assists.[1]
USA Hockey
Stecklein was a member of the gold medal teams at the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship and 2013 edition of the 4 Nations Cup.[3] She represented Team USA at the 2015, 2016 and 2017 World Championships, and the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.
NWHL
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Lee_Stecklein_and_Emily_Janiga.jpg/220px-Lee_Stecklein_and_Emily_Janiga.jpg)
On June 20, 2018, Stecklein signed with the Minnesota Whitecaps, in their inaugural 2018–19 season as members of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).[4] Along with Shannon Szabados, Stecklein was named one of the team captains for the 4th NWHL All-Star Game.[5]
Awards and honors
- 2015 CCM Hockey Women's Division I All-Americans, Second Team[6]
- WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of January 31, 2017)[7]
References
- ^ a b Lee Stecklein: Minnesota women's hockey bio.
- ^ "First-round picks show how NWHL GMs view their teams". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
- ^ Lee Stecklein: USA Hockey player bio.
- ^ "Team USA Gold Medalists Hannah Brandt and Lee Stecklein Join NWHL's Minnesota Whitecaps". NWHL.zone. June 20, 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2019 NWHL All-Star Weekend Comes to Nashville!". NWHL.zone. November 13, 2018. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "UMD'S STALDER, UMN'S STECKLEIN AND UW'S MAUERMANN NAMED WCHA WOMEN'S PLAYERS OF THE WEEK – Players honored for games of January 27 – 29, 2017". WCHA ice hockey. January 31, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Lee Stecklein at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Minnesota bio
- 1994 births
- Living people
- American women's ice hockey defensemen
- Ice hockey people from Minnesota
- Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey players
- Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey
- People from Roseville, Minnesota
- People from South St. Paul, Minnesota
- Minnesota Whitecaps players
- Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players
- American ice hockey defenseman stubs