2016-17 Women's Hockey Roster

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David Stluka

2 Mellissa Channell

  • Position Defense
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Oakville, Ontario

Biography

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Honors: 2015 WCHA Final Faceoff All-Tournament Team

2016-17: Appeared in 36 games for UW, scoring 17 points (3 G, 4 A) ... boasts a +32 plus/minus rating on UW's top defensive pairing... scored the game-winning goal against Boston College in the NCAA Frozen Four semifinal (Mar. 17) ... tallied the game-winning goal against Lindenwood on Jan. 6, 2017... collected multi-assist games three times this season (Bemidji State (11/6), North Dakota (1/21), and Minnesota-Duluth (3/5)) ...enjoys 64 career points, which are the 11th most by a Badger blueliner

2015-16: Played in 37 games for the Badgers, scoring 15 points (3 G, 12 A)... notched four points on a power-play goal and three assists in the team's sweep of Minnesota State (Oct. 30-31)... notched two goals and an assist in Wisconsin's WCHA First Round series with Minnesota State (Feb. 26-27)... Played for Team Canada in the 2016 Nations Cup, recording an assist in Canada's gold-medal winning game

2014-15: Appeared in 36 games for Wisconsin, and scored 20 points (3G, 17A)  ...   scored a power-play goal in UW's 6-2 win at Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 4) ... tallied a pair of assists in UW's 8-2 win against Minnesota State (Nov. 13) ... collected two assists in UW's 5-0 shutout at New Hampshire (Nov. 29) ... scored in UW's 4-3 loss at OSU (Feb. 14) .... tallied the first goal during UW's 4-1 win against North Dakota in the 2015 WCHA Final Faceoff semifinals

2013-14: Played in all 38 games notching 12 points (2G, 10A) ... recorded her first collegiate assist in the Badgers' 2-1 loss to No. 1 Minnesota (Oct. 11) ... scored her first collegiate goal in the Badgers' 5-1 defeat of Lindenwood (Oct. 25) ... recorded her first career power play goal in the series conclusion against Lindenwood, a contest the team won 4-1 (Oct. 26) ... recorded her fifth assist in the Badgers' 5-0 win over Boston University (Nov. 16) ... marked two assists in the Badgers' series sweep of Minnesota Duluth (Jan. 25-26) ... tallied an assist in UW's 2-1 win over Harvard (March 15)

Prep: Competed for the Detroit Little Caesar's U-16 team and named assistant captain for the Little Caesar's U-19 team that won the state championship her freshman year of high school ... competed with the Burlington Barracudas in the Provincial Women's Hockey League and was named assistant captain during her second year on the team ... in 2011, she competed on the Canadian U-18 team in the Canada-USA series and played for the Ontario Red team that claimed the Canadian National Championship that year ... in 2012, she played in the Meco Cup with the Canadian Women's U-22 team and was invited to the summer Team Canada U-22 camp with other Badger hockey players, including former teammate Katarina Zgraja... chosen to the Canadian National Women's Development Team for the 2016 Nation's Cup... played all three games, notching an assist in the championship game to help Team Canada win its second gold medal in as many years.

Personal: Parents are Craig and Lori Channell ... has a sister named Kayla ... father played minor professional hockey with the American and International hockey leagues ... she started playing when she was three ... worked as a power-skating and shooting instructor before coming to UW ... intends to major in psychology ... favorite sport other than hockey is badminton.

Why Wisconsin?
"I choose to come to Wisconsin because of the great environment and the great hockey team."

Career Game Highs
Goals 1 (11x); MR vs. Boston College, March 17, 2017
Assists 2 (7x); MR  vs. Minnesota Duluth, March 5, 2017
Points 2 (9x); MR vs. Minnesota Duluth, March 5, 2017
Point streak 5 games; Nov. 1- 22, 2014
Career multi-point games 10; MR vs. Minnesota Duluth, March 5, 2017

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2013-14Freshman

    Defense
    5'4"
    2
  • 2

    2014-15Sophomore

    Defense
    5'4"
    2
  • 2

    2015-16Junior

    Defense
    5'4"
    2
  • 2

    2016-17Senior

    Defense
    5'4"
    2