Stephanie Anderson

Stephanie Anderson (born November 27, 1992) is an American women's ice hockey player currently playing for the Minnesota Whitecaps in the NWHL. She previously competed for the Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey program and 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.
==Playing career==
=== High School ===
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.
===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.http://www.bsubeavers.com/whockey/news/2014-15/8150/bemidji-state-advances-to-the-wcha-final-faceoff-championship-game 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.
=== CWHL ===
In 2017, Anderson signed her first professional contract with Kunlun Red Star of the CWHL. She would put up 25 points in 53 games across two seasons, before the league folded.
===NWHL===
Anderson signed with the NWHL Minnesota Whitecaps for its 2019-2020 season.http://www.startribune.com/whitecaps-sign-former-bemidji-state-standout-stephanie-anderson/539738212/ She put up 10 points in 22 games in the 2019-20 season.
=== International ===
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
==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
http://www.uscho.com/stats/player/wid,8657/stephanie-anderson/
==Awards and honors==
*2008, All-Classic Suburban Conference
==References==
==External links==
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* Stephanie Anderson at USA Hockey
* Stephanie Anderson at BSU Beavers
* Stephanie Anderson at Minnesota Gophers
Category:1992 births
Category:Living people
Category:American women's ice hockey forwards
Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey players
Category:Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey players
Category:Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays players