Lee Ethel Stecklein (born April 23, 1994) is an American

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and member of the US national team, currently playing in the

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(PWHPA) with Team Harvey's. She has represented the United States at the

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in the

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and

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. Her

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career was played with the

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program. Stecklein was selected second overall by the

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in the

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Playing career

NCAA

Stecklein played in all 41 games of her freshman season (

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) at Minnesota, tallying three goals and nine assists.

USA Hockey

Stecklein made her senior national team debut at the

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and, later in that season, won a gold medal at the

2013 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2013 IIHF Women's World Championships was the 15th world championship sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and was the last world championship before the 2014 Winter Olympics. The tournament was hosted in Ottawa, Ontar ...

.Lee Stecklein: USA Hockey player bio.
/ref> She represented Team USA at the

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, and

, and the

, and

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NWHL

On June 20, 2018, Stecklein signed with the

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, for their inaugural season as members of the

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(NWHL). Along with

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, Stecklein was named one of the team captains for the

4th NWHL All-Star Game The 4th National Women's Hockey League, NWHL All-Star Game took place on February 10, 2019, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. More than 6,000 people attended the game, setting an attendance record for the NWHL. Lee Stecklein of the M ...

. Stecklein scored the game-winning goal to cinch the 2019

Isobel Cup The Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy Cup, often shortened to Isobel Cup, is the championship trophy awarded annually to the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) playoff winner. It is named after Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy, one of the first known women to p ...

victory.

Personal life

Stecklein is from

Roseville, Minnesota Roseville is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. It is one of two Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Twin Cities suburbs that are adjacent to both Saint Paul and Minneapolis (the other is Lauderdale, Minnesota, Lauderdale). The land comprisin ...

and attended

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. She graduated from the

Carlson School of Management The Curtis L. Carlson School of Management is the business school of the University of Minnesota, a public research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Carlson School offers undergraduate and graduate degr ...

at the

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with a BBA in entrepreneurial management in 2017. She has been employed as a digital content specialist at

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since 2018.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Sources:

Awards and honors

Weekly awards

WCHA Defensive Player of the Week * Week of October 7, 2014 * Week of January 31, 2017 WCHA Rookie of the Week * Week of November 28, 2012

References

External links

* * * 1994 births Living people American women's ice hockey defensemen Ice hockey players from Minnesota Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey players Minnesota Whitecaps players 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 Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players Roseville Area High School alumni {{US-icehockey-defenceman-stub