Stephanie Anderson

Born

November 27, 1992
North St. Paul, MN, USA

Height

5 ft 9 in (175 cm)

Weight

165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)

Position

Forward

Shoots

Left

NCAA team
Former teams

Bemidji State
Minnesota Golden Gophers

National team

United States

Playing career

2010–present

Medal record

Women's ice hockey
Competitor for United States
IIHF World Women's Championships
	2015 Sweden	Team
IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
	2010 United States	Team

Stephanie Anderson (born November 27, 1992) is an American women's ice hockey player that currently competes for the Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey program. She was a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team that won the gold medal at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship.^[1]^[2]

Playing career

Anderson competed at the high school level with the North St. Paul High School team, becoming a two-time letterwinner. In addition, she would skate for the Minnesota Thoroughbreds at the club level, eventually being appointed team captain.

USA Hockey

In 2009, she made her debut for USA Hockey, competing in a three-game exhibition series between the Canadian and US Under-18 rosters.
In 2015, she was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the IIHF World Championships

NCAA hockey

Joining the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the autumn of 2011, Anderson would log her first career goal, a game-winning tally against Minnesota State on October 21, 2011. She would finish her freshman season as a member of the Gophers NCAA Frozen Four title-winning team. Opting to transfer to Bemidji State in 2012, she sat out the 2012–13 due to transfer rules within the WCHA conference. As a redshirt sophomore in 2013–14, she contribute five goals and three assists in 33 games played.

On March 7, 2015, Anderson contributed to a historic win as the Beavers defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers by a 1–0 tally in the semifinals of the WCHA Final Face-Off. She logged the game-winning goal at the 11:46 mark of the third period.^[3] Beavers goaltender Brittni Mowat made 37 saves, registering her seventh shutout of the season, a new program record. In addition, it marked the first time that the Beavers advanced to the championship game of the WCHA Final Face-Off.

Career stats

USA Hockey

Event	GP	G	A	Pts
2015 IIHF Women's World Championship	4	0	1	1
2010 IIHF U18 Worlds	1	0	0	0
2009 U18 series vs. Canada	3	0	0	0

NCAA

Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2014–15	Bemidji State	34	11	8	19	38
2013–14	Bemidji State	33	5	3	8	35
2011–12	Minnesota	39	1	5	6	6

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Awards and honors

2008, All-Classic Suburban Conference

References

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