Stefanie McKeough (born January 27, 1991) is a Canadian retired

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player, currently serving as assistant coach to the Ottawa Gee-Gees women's ice hockey program in the

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(RSEQ) of

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. She previously served as head coach of

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in the

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(SDHL). During her playing career, she competed for the Canadian national team at several international tournaments and played with the

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in the NCAA.

Playing career

McKeough won the 2008 PWHL Championship with the Ottawa Capitals (now called Senators) of the

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(PWHL). In addition, she was named Most Valuable Player of her high school team at St. Mark Catholic High School for three consecutive seasons. She helped her high school win two city of Ottawa championships.

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McKeough was part of the 2008–09 National Women's Under-18 Team that claimed the silver medal at the 2009 IIHF World Women's U-18 Championship. Two of her teammates on that team also played with her on the Wisconsin Badgers: Saige Pacholok and Breann Frykas. During the summer of 2011, she was one of eight former Ottawa Senators PWHL players (along with

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, Morgan Richardson, Cydney Roesler: U-18 camp;

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, Isabel Menard and

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: U22 camp) that participated in the

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Under 18 and Under 22 training camps at the Canadian International Hockey Academy in

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. On October 3, 2011, she was named to the Team Canada roster that participated in the

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NCAA

McKeough joined the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2009–10 season. On February 12, 2010, she scored her first NCAA goal in a game versus Minnesota State. Against the

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, McKeough had two assists (played on November 7). She repeated the feat on January 23 versus

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. Her plus minus rating of +25 led the Badgers. During the 2010–11 season, McKeough had five games with two points scored. Versus the

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(on October 22), she scored two goals as Wisconsin beat Ohio State by a 6-5 tally in overtime. McKeough would miss four games during the season as she helped Canada win gold at the

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. In the championship game of the 2011 Frozen Four, McKeough would notch an assist as the Badgers claimed the Frozen Four title.

Career stats

NCAA

WCHA

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Awards and honours

* 2009-10 All-WCHA Rookie Team *2009-10 All-WCHA Third Team (2009–10) *2010-11 All-WCHA Academic Team *Wisconsin Badgers Defensive Player of the Year (2011–12, 2010–11, 2009–10)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McKeough, Stefanie 1991 births Living people Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Ottawa Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey players Swedish Women's Hockey League coaches Canadian ice hockey coaches