A. J. Mleczko
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| Born | June 14, 1975 Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for | Harvard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States |
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| Playing career | 1993–2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Allison Jaime "A. J." Mleczko Griswold (born June 14, 1975) is an American ice hockey player and analyst. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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Playing career
Mleczko attended New Canaan Country School and is a graduate of The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut. Mleczko played college hockey at Harvard University, where she led the Crimson to a national title in 1999.[1] That same year she became the second winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award, which is awarded annually to the best female college ice hockey player in the United States.[2] On September 24, 2002, she was inducted into the New England Women's Hall of Fame.[1]
Mleczko was inducted on June 20, 2019, into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame located in Troy, Michigan. Her paternal great-grandparents were Polish immigrants.[3]
Broadcasting career
She is a hockey commentator for ESPN/ABC[4] and MSG Networks NHL broadcasts.[5] She previously worked for the NHL on NBC, where she became the first woman to commentate for an NHL game, including playoffs.[6][7][8][9][10] Additionally, she hosts the On the Bus With Cammi & AJ podcast with former teammate Cammi Granato.[11] Furthermore, she also called five women's hockey at the Winter Olympic games for NBC Sports.[12][13]
Personal life
Mleczko currently resides in Concord, Massachusetts with her husband, Jason, and their four children.[9] She is a cousin of diplomat Rufus Gifford.[14]
Awards and honors
- 1999 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans, First Team[15]
- Patty Kazmaier Award
- 1999 USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year Award (also known as the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award) [16]
- Women's Beanpot Hall of Fame (inducted 2011)[17]
References
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External links
- A. J. Mleczko at databaseOlympics.com (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- A. J. Mleczko at Olympics.com
- 1998 U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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| Preceded by | Patty Kazmaier Award 1998–99 |
Succeeded by Alison Brewer |
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