Meghan Grieves (born May 3, 1994) is an American professional

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player with the

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, and formerly with the

Boston Blades Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of and a ...

in the CWHL. She played Division 1 Hockey for Boston College, graduating in 2016.

Personal life

Grieves is originally from Cary, North Carolina. She attended

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for high school, where she graduated Cum Laude and played on the Varsity Softball, and Varsity Ice Hockey teams. During college, Grieves played in the

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for

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on the women's ice hockey team. She Graduated in 2016 with a major in Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, and a minor in Management and Leadership in the

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CWHL

Grieves was drafted 16th overall in the

2016 CWHL Draft The 2016 draft for the Canadian Women's Hockey League took place on August 21, 2016. Players must register before midnight on August 1, 2016, and pay an entry fee of CDN $150. By virtue of finishing with the worst record during the 2015-16 CWHL r ...

by the

. Grieves was selected as one of two US-born players for the 2017 CWHL Allstar Game where she scored a goal in the third period. In her first season on the Blades, Grieves led the team in assists, and was second in points both her first and second seasons behind Kate Leary. Her final season in the CWHL she led the team in points.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grieves, Meghan 1994 births Living people American ice hockey forwards