Megan Keller

Megan Keller (born May 1, 1996) is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defender and captain for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team, with whom she won gold medals at the 2018 and 2026 Winter Olympics. Keller scored the golden goal in the gold medal match of the 2026 tournament. She also won a silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Keller is a six-time World Champion, winning gold medals in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, and 2025. In 2023, she signed with PWHL Boston (later named the Boston Fleet) as one of the franchise's first three players alongside Hilary Knight and Aerin Frankel. She served as alternate captain during the inaugural 2023–24 season and was named a PWHL Defender of the Year finalist and Second Team All-Star. She was inspired to pursue hockey by watching her brother Ryan play, and begged her parents to sign her up for the sport.

Keller attended North Farmington High School, where she played hockey all four years and earned scholar-athlete honors in ice hockey, softball, and basketball. Her father later remarked that Keller had a stencil above her bed that read "Dream until your dreams come true," reflecting her lifelong passion for pursuing Olympic hockey.

Keller played recreational hockey with boys' teams in Farmington through the peewee level before switching to girls' hockey with the HoneyBaked AAA program. She also played for the Farmington Hills Fire and Livonia Knights youth hockey organizations. She recorded 25 points on 6 goals and 19 assists, helping the Eagles reach the NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Tournament. She became the first-ever defenseman to win the Cammi Granato Award as the Hockey East Player of the Year.

Keller returned to Boston College for her senior season after winning Olympic gold in PyeongChang. She was named one of three team captains alongside Kali Flanagan and Makenna Newkirk. She was named a Patty Kazmaier Award Top-3 Finalist, becoming only the second defenseman ever to be a three-time Top-10 finalist for the award. Keller earned her third consecutive AHCA All-America First Team selection, making her the first player in Boston College history to achieve this honor.

Keller graduated in 2019 as Boston College's all-time leader in defenseman scoring with 158 career points on 45 goals and 113 assists. The PWHPA was established by over 200 prominent women's players, including members of the Canadian and American national teams, with the goal of creating a unified, financially sustainable professional women's hockey league in North America.

During the 2019–20 season, Keller served as a team captain for a Dream Gap Tour showcase held in Voorhees, New Jersey, in February 2020, leading Team Keller in games against teams captained by Brianna Decker, Sarah Nurse, and Blayre Turnbull. She also participated in showcases in Toronto, Chicago, and other cities throughout the inaugural PWHPA season.

In the 2020–21 season, Keller played for Team Women's Sports Foundation (Team WSF), the sponsored name for the New Hampshire hub. She formed a formidable defensive pairing with former Boston College teammate Kali Flanagan, with the duo serving as the team's top pairing throughout the Dream Gap Tour and logging heavy minutes in all situations. Keller was also selected for the PWHPA All-Star team that competed against United States Premier Hockey League teams in Tampa, Florida, in February 2021 as preparation for the Dream Gap Tour showcase at Madison Square Garden.

During the 2022–23 season, Keller played for Team Scotiabank and was featured among the highlighted players for PWHPA showcases, including the March 2023 event at MedStar Capitals Iceplex. In her final PWHPA season, Keller finished among the top three defenders in scoring. In May 2022, the PWHPA signed a letter of intent with Billie Jean King Enterprises and the Mark Walter Group to explore launching a professional league. In February 2023, the PWHPA organized a formal labor union—the Professional Women's Hockey League Players Association (PWHLPA)—to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for the new league. She was named an alternate captain for the inaugural season, serving alongside Jamie Lee Rattray under captain Knight. During the regular season, Keller appeared in all 24 games, recording 4 goals and 11 assists for 15 points. She ranked third among all PWHL defenders in scoring and possessed the highest plus-minus ranking among league defenders at +9, while averaging 25:22 minutes of ice time per game. Boston finished third in the league standings and advanced to the Walter Cup Finals, where they fell to PWHL Minnesota in five games. Keller appeared in all 8 playoff games, recording 4 assists.

Keller continued as an alternate captain for the 2024–25 season, appearing in all 30 regular season games. She recorded 5 goals and 8 assists for 13 points, with her offensive production ranking sixth among all PWHL defenders. She finished second in the league in overall time on ice, demonstrating her importance to the team at both ends of the ice.

In her first game as captain in the 2025–26 season, Keller scored a power play goal in the Fleet's 2–0 season-opening victory over the Montreal Victoire on November 23, 2025. The goal marked only the second power play goal of her PWHL career and was the first power play goal of the 2025–26 season league-wide. Keller's strong start as captain helped the Fleet to an undefeated 4–0–0–0 record through their first four games. In the Fleet's fourth game, a 4–1 victory over the two-time defending champion Minnesota Frost on December 7, Keller recorded a goal and an assist, scoring just 1:14 after Shay Maloney's opening goal with assists from Alina Müller and Haley Winn. Through seven games of the season, Keller led the Fleet in scoring with seven points (3G-4A) and averaged over 28 minutes of ice time per game through her first two contests—leading Boston's blue line in scoring and ranking tied for second among all PWHL defenders.

International play

Junior Keller began her international career with USA Hockey at the U18 level in 2013. At the 2014 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, she led all skaters with a plus/minus rating of +9, earning a silver medal with the United States. She made her senior international debut at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship in Malmö, Sweden, where she contributed 5 points in 4 games, including a goal against Canada in the gold medal game, as a member of the gold medal-winning team. She won her second consecutive World Championship gold medal at the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship in Kamloops, British Columbia, where the United States defeated Canada 1–0 in overtime.

In 2019, Keller was part of the U.S. team that won its fifth consecutive World Championship gold medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship in Espoo, Finland, defeating the host Finns 2–1 in a shootout in the gold medal game.

Olympic Games Keller was named to the 2018 U.S. Olympic Team on January 1, 2018.

Keller was named to Team USA's roster for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games on January 2, 2022. In the gold medal game, Keller led the U.S. team with 29:17 of ice time as the United States fell to Canada 3–2, earning a silver medal.

On January 2, 2026, Keller was named to team USA's roster for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. In the quarterfinals of the 2026 Olympics, Keller registered a goal and an assist as the U.S. eliminated host nation Italy in a 6-0 win. It marked the first time that the U.S. and Italy played each other in international ice hockey, including at the Winter Olympics or World Championship. On February 19, Keller scored the "golden goal" in overtime to secure gold for the U.S. defeating archrival Canada 2–1 after trailing 1–0 for the majority of the game. The U.S. entered the final having allowed only one goal across its first six games of the tournament. The U.S. performance tied the 2006 and 2010 Canada teams for the fewest goals allowed in a single Olympics tournament.

Four Nations Cup Keller was a member of the U.S. teams that won three consecutive 4 Nations Cup championships from 2016 to 2018. At the 2016 4 Nations Cup in Vierumaki, Finland, she was one of six Boston College products on the roster as the United States defeated Canada 5–3 in the championship game. At the 2017 Four Nations Cup, Keller recorded three assists as the U.S. successfully defended its title. 2015–16 NCAA All American first team 2016–17 Cammi Granato Award (MVP of Women's Hockey East) 2016–17 Patty Kazmaier Top-10 Finalist 2016–17 Best Defensemen, Hockey East 2016–17 WHEA First Team All-Star 2016–17 AHCA-CCM Women's University Division I All-American 2016–17 AHCA All-American First Team 2018–19 Cammi Granato Award (Hockey East Player of the Year) 2018–19 Hockey East Best Defenseman 2025-26 PWHL First Team All-Star 2025-26 PWHL Defender of the Year EA Sports NHL 25 Team of the Year