Position Forward Name Meaghan Sittler Education Colby College Playing career Parents Darryl Sittler | National team United States Weight 70 kg Shoots Left Height 1.68 m Aunts Debbie Sittler | |
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Born March 12, 1976 (age 48)
Mississauga, ON, CAN ( 1976-03-12 ) ECAC
NWHL team Colby College
Brampton Thunder Uncles Gary Sittler, Tim Sittler, Jeffery Sittler, Rod Sittler | ||
Meaghan Sittler (born March 12, 1976 in Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian-born American former ice hockey player for the Colby College White Mules women's ice hockey program and the Brampton Thunder of the NWHL. She is Colby's all-time leading scorer with 199 goals and 121 assists in 85 games. She is the daughter of former Toronto Maple Leafs player Darryl Sittler and the sister of 1992 NHL Draft pick, Ryan Sittler. Although she was born in Canada, she resided in East Amherst, New York when she competed internationally for the United States.
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Playing career
After her freshman year at the Nichols School in Buffalo, Sittler was invited to try out for the under-18 girls United States national hockey team. During the 1995-96 season, Meaghan Sittler led the NCAA with 41 goals and 40 assists in 21 games. In her final 13 games, Sittler had eight hat tricks and either scored or assisted on 82 of 111 White Mules goals. During the 1997-98 NCAA season, Sittler was eighth in the nation in scoring with 37 points (18 goals, 19 assists). On October 18, 1997, Sittler was part of the ECAC All-Star team that played the United States national women's hockey team.
In 1996, Sittler played for Team USA at the Pacific Rim women's hockey championship. She followed that up in 1998 and 1999 by playing for Team USA at the Three Nations Cup. From 1999 to 2000, she was with the US Select Team. With the Brampton Thunder, Sittler competed for Team Ontario in the 2003 Esso Women's Nationals.
On May 30, 2010, Sittler opened the Boogha Boogha Inspiration Studio, just blocks from the Lorne Park neighbourhood where she lived as a young girl.