Megan Bozek

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Megan Bozek

| image = MeganBozek v2.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Megan Bozek playing for Team USA in 2017

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|3|27}}

| birth_place = Buffalo Grove, Illinois, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 176

| position = Defense

| shoots = Right

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| played_for = {{ubl

|Minnesota Golden Gophers

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| sex = f

| ntl_team = USA

| career_start = 2009

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Megan Bozek (born March 27, 1991) is an American ice hockey player and member of the United States national team. She most recently played with the KRS Vanke Rays of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) during the 2020–21 season.

Bozek played her collegiate career with the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program. She was selected second overall by the Toronto Furies in the 2014 CWHL Draft and, over her career, has played in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), and the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL).

She is married to her husband, Andrew and they have one child together born December 2023, Beckett

Playing career

=NCAA=

Bozek joined the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the autumn of 2009. By season's end, she tied for fifth on the team in scoring and second among defenders.{{Cite web|last=Susnjara|first=Bob|date=2018-01-04|title=Buffalo Grove's Megan Bozek left off U.S. women's hockey team|url=https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180104/buffalo-groves-megan-bozek-left-off-us-womens-hockey-team|access-date=2018-04-30|website=Chicago Daily Herald|language=en-US|archive-date=January 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125054615/https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180104/buffalo-groves-megan-bozek-left-off-us-womens-hockey-team|url-status=live}}

=USA Hockey=

During the 2007–08 season, Bozek was a member of the U.S. Under-22 Team. She logged two assists in the gold medal game of the 2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.{{cite web |url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/181/IHW181120_74_5_0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813011140/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/181/IHW181120_74_5_0.pdf |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |url-status=live |access-date=7 March 2024 |title=Game Summary |website=IIHF |date=2009}}

On January 2, 2022, Bozek was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-w/news/31457/u_s_women_with_13_returnees |title=U.S. women with 13 returnees |date=January 2, 2022 |access-date=January 2, 2022 |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117044818/https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-w/news/31457/u_s_women_with_13_returnees |work=IIHF |url-status=live }}

=Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL)=

On August 19, 2014, Bozek was picked second overall in the 2014 CWHL Draft by the Toronto Furies.{{cite web |url=http://www.cwhl.ca/view/cwhl/2014-cwhl-draft/draft-tracker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206083711/http://cwhl.ca/view/cwhl/2014-cwhl-draft/draft-tracker |archive-date=February 6, 2015 |title=Draft Tracker |website=Canadian Women's Hockey League}}

She played with the Markham Thunder for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 CWHL seasons.{{cite web |url=http://markham.thecwhl.com/thunder-sign-free-agent-megan-bozek |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111164907/http://markham.thecwhl.com/thunder-sign-free-agent-megan-bozek |archive-date=January 11, 2018 |title=Thunder Sign Free Agent Megan Bozek |date=10 January 2018 |website=Markham Thunder}}

=National Women's Hockey League (NWHL)=

On September 25, 2015, Bozek signed with the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). Selected to participate in the inaugural NWHL All-Star Game, Bozek won the hardest shot competition. Bozek and the Beauts finished their inaugural season by playing for the inaugural Isobel Cup finals.

On July 31, 2016, Bozek re-signed with Buffalo, on a one-year contract for $22,500, making her the highest-paid player in the history of the Beauts.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=2016-07-31|title=Beauts complete roster with four players|url=https://nwhl.zone/beauts-pfalzer-darkangelo-bozek-burns/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816002740/https://nwhl.zone/beauts-pfalzer-darkangelo-bozek-burns/|archive-date=2016-08-16|accessdate=2016-08-09|website=NWHL.zone|type=Press release}} Playing for Team Kessel, Bozek scored a goal at the 2nd NWHL All-Star Game.{{cite web|last=Rao|first=Nicole|date=2017-02-13|title=NWHL Stars Shine Bright in Pittsburgh|url=http://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/757347?referrer_id=2739439|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215022834/http://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/757347?referrer_id=2739439|archive-date=2017-02-15|accessdate=2017-02-16|website=NWHL.zone}} Bozek scored a goal in the Isobel Cup Final against the Boston Pride, which the Beauts won by a final score of 3–2, making the Beauts the 2017 Isobel Cup Champions.{{cite web|last=Eisenberg|first=Matt|date=2017-03-20|title=Buffalo Beauts upset Boston Pride for Isobel Cup|url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/18954076/buffalo-beauts-upset-boston-pride-isobel-cup|accessdate=2017-03-31|website=ESPN|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222185738/http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/18954076/buffalo-beauts-upset-boston-pride-isobel-cup|url-status=live}}

Career stats

=NCAA=

==Minnesota==

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style="text-align:center; background:#af1e2d; color:#ffc61e;" \| Season	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2009–10	40	6	18	24	40	6	0	1
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2010–11	37	6	17	23	70	3	0	3
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2011–12	39	15	27	42	34	8	0	3
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2012–13	41	20	37	57	34	9	1	3
Total \|157 \|47 \|99 \|146 \|178 \|26 \|1 \|10

=CWHL=

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Team

Games Played

Goals

Assists

Points

+/-

PIM

PPG

SHG

GWG

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|2014–15

Toronto Furies{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=CWHL 2014/2015 – Toronto Furies Player Stats|url=http://cwhl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=277087&seasonid=13281|access-date=2020-12-21|website=stats.pointstreak.com|archive-date=February 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214072208/http://cwhl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=277087&seasonid=13281|url-status=live}}

−11

Awards and honors

2010 Second Team All-WCHA
2010 WCHA All-Rookie Team
WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of December 7, 2011){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2011-12-07|title=Minnesota Duluth's Irwin and McParland, Minnesota's Bozek Named WCHA Women's Players of the Week for December 7|url=http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1112/201112/dec7wpw.pdf|access-date=2020-12-21|website=WCHA}}
2011 WCHA Tournament team
2011–12 CCM Hockey Women's Division I All-American, First Team{{Cite web|date=2012-03-19|title=Natalie Spooner Earns All-America Honors|url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/natalie-spooner-earns-all-america-honors/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Ohio State Buckeyes|language=en-US|archive-date=September 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930092653/https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/natalie-spooner-earns-all-america-honors/|url-status=live}}
2011–12 Minnesota Golden Gophers Female Athlete of the Year{{Cite web|title=Women's Hockey and Wrestling Big Winners at 2012 Golden Goldys|url=https://gophersports.com/news/2012/4/23/Women_s_Hockey_and_Wrestling_Big_Winners_at_2012_Golden_Goldys.aspx|access-date=2020-12-21|website=University of Minnesota Athletics|language=en|archive-date=February 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210004934/https://gophersports.com/news/2012/4/23/Women_s_Hockey_and_Wrestling_Big_Winners_at_2012_Golden_Goldys.aspx|url-status=live}}
2012 NCAA All-Tournament team
NWHL Player of the Week, (Week of January 5, 2016){{cite web|last=Shircliff|first=Elaine|date=2016-01-05|title=Bozek Named Player of the Week|url=http://thehockeywriters.com/bozek-named-player-of-the-week/|accessdate=2017-01-25|website=The Hockey Writers|archive-date=February 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220192055/http://thehockeywriters.com/bozek-named-player-of-the-week/|url-status=live}}
NWHL Best Defender award for 2017

References

External links

{{Ice hockey stats}}
[https://gophersports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10201 Megan Bozek] at Minnesota Gophers
{{Olympics.com profile}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{Team USA|new_id=megan-bozek-813669|old_id=BO/Megan-Bozek|archive=20230603173830}}
[https://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/3716501-megan-bozek Megan Bozek] at USA Hockey

Category:1991 births

Category:Living people

Category:American women's ice hockey defensemen

Category:Sportspeople from Buffalo Grove, Illinois

Category:Ice hockey players from Illinois

Category:Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays players

Category:Buffalo Beauts players

Category:Toronto Furies players

Category:Markham Thunder players

Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey players

Category:American expatriate ice hockey players in China

Category:American expatriate ice hockey players in Russia