U.S. Team Captain Meghan Duggan Joins the Beauts

The NWHL’s Buffalo Beauts have signed forward Meghan Duggan, captain of the 2014 U.S. Olympic Team, Beauts general manager Linda Mroz announced Saturday.

The signing gives the Beauts a formidable offensive force up front, as well as a little star power on the roster sheet.

In addition to leading the U.S. National Team to a silver medal at Sochi in 2014 and playing for the silver medal-winning U.S. team at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Duggan played collegiate hockey at the University of Wisconsin. As a Badger, she won the 2011 Patty Kazmaier Award for the best player in women’s hockey during her senior season.

Her time in Madison was a period through which the Badgers were dominant. The team won three national championships, with Duggan putting up 238 points through 159 games, earning two All-WCHA First Team honors and one First Team All-American mention.

Meghan Duggan, captain of @usahockey in Sochi, signs with the @BuffaloBeauts http://t.co/Gjbbqk0zRk pic.twitter.com/3YkQJdcqOf

— NWHL (@NWHL) September 26, 2015
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Duggan has most recent been playing for the Boston Blades in the CWHL, helping the team to win the Clarkson Cup in 2013 and 2015.

In a statement at the NWHL site, Duggan had high praise for the league and commissioner Dani Rylan, “It was really a no brainier to join. With the vision that Dani [Rylan] has, I’m excited for the future of is league.