Anna Meixner

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Anna Meixner
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Meixner at the 2017 World Championships
Born (1994-06-16) June 16, 1994 (age 30)
Zell am See, Austria
Height 161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)
Position Forward
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PWHL team
Former teams		 Ottawa Charge
National teamFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Playing career 2008–present

Anna Meixner (born June 16, 1994) is an Austrian ice hockey forward for the Ottawa Charge of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and the Austrian national team. A four-time European Women's Hockey League (EWHL) champion, she is the second highest all-time scorer in EHV Sabres Vienna history and the fourth highest scorer all-time for Austria.

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Playing career

Meixner grew up playing on boys' teams of EK Zeller Eisbären (EKZ) in her hometown of Zell am See. When she turned 16, Austrian Ice Hockey Association regulations prevented her from playing on a boys' team any longer and, because EKZ did not have any teams for women or girls, she moved to Salzburg to play with DEC Salzburg in the Austrian Women's Ice Hockey Bundesliga (DEBL; German : Dameneishockey-Bundesliga). [1] She then moved to Vienna at age 17 to play for the women's team EHV Sabres Vienna in the European Women's Hockey League. [2]

At the age of 22, she left Austria to sign with HV71 in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She scored sixteen points in seventeen games of the 2016–17 SDHL season, as the club made it to the SDHL playoff finals.

Following the season with HV71, Meixner returned to the EHV Sabres.

In May 2020, she announced her return to Sweden to play for Brynäs IF. [3] [4] She had a strong start to the 2020–21 SDHL season, scoring six goals in the first five games, as Brynäs became the last remaining undefeated team in the league, and winning the first Goal of the Week award for the season. [5]

On June 10, 2024, she was drafted in the sixth round, 32nd overall, by PWHL Ottawa in the 2024 PWHL draft. She signed a one-year contract with the club on June 27. [6]

International play

Meixner took part in the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics and won a silver medal with Austria in the women's ice hockey tournament.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2008-09SPG Kitzbühel/Salzburg DEBL 22020–––––
2009–10 EC The Ravens Salzburg Austria20000–––––
2010–11EHV Sabres WienAustria21340–––––
2011–12 EHV Sabres Wien EHWL 156713823030
2012–13 EHV Sabres WienEWHL16228301044154
2013–14 EHV Sabres WienEWHL173631671020110
2014–15 EHV Sabres WienEWHL194018581241419332
2015–16 EHV Sabres WienEWHL1720244410–––––
2016–17 HV71 SDHL 1710616062242
2017–18 EHV Sabres WienEWHL16221436653476
2018–19 EHV Sabres WienEWHL132417411044040
2019–20 EHV Sabres WienEWHL9128204–––––
2020–21 Brynäs IF SDHL35239321482352
2021–22 Brynäs IFSDHL24101222121055106
2022–23 Brynäs IFSDHL3026275312865116
2023–24 Brynäs IFSDHL22111324418–––––
2024–25 Ottawa Charge PWHL 28112680220
PWHL totals28112680220

References

  1. ↑ Vorreiter, Klaus (August 22, 2013). "Eishockey: Anna Meixner und Sophia Volgger stellen sich vor". MeinBezirk.at (in Austrian German). Archived from the original on November 1, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  2. ↑ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (September 28, 2019). "Sugen på att lämna Österrike – då tog hon saken i egna händer: "Jag skickade ett sms till coachen här"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on April 29, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ Kågström, Rasmus (May 20, 2020). "Bekräftat: Poängsprutan återvänder till Sverige". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Meixner klev fram när Brynäs behövde det som mest: "En otrolig lättnad"". HockeyPuls.se (in Swedish). September 25, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Vinnare av Veckans mål vecka 37: Anna Meixner". SDHL.se (in Swedish). September 21, 2020. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  6. ↑ "PWHL Ottawa Signs Draft Pick Anna Meixner" (Press release). Professional Women's Hockey League. June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.


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