Gophers hockey star Lee Stecklein celebrates national, world championships yet again

Lee Stecklein might be the most decorated athlete in the Twin Cities during the past two years and surely holds that title over the past month. The Roseville native won a gold medal at the women's hockey world championship Monday night, just 16 days after winning a NCAA national championship with the Gophers.

Stecklein, a junior defenseman, was one of three Gophers standouts on the ice for the world championship finale, a 1-0 overtime victory for the United States over Canada.

Defenseman Megan Bozek, a 2013 Minnesota graduate and two-time national champion, assisted the game-winning goal scored by Alex Carpenter 12:30 into overtime. Bozek's shot was redirected by Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and hit a post. Carpenter found the loose puck and secured gold.

Bozek finished the tournament with four points (one goal, three assists) and a plus-4 rating in four games. Stecklein had two assists and plus-3 rating in five games. Canadian forward Sarah Davis, a 2014 Minnesota grad and two-time national champ, was scoreless in four games.

Stecklein's resume is the most impressive of the bunch with three NCAA national championships, back-to-back gold medals at the world championships, and she won an Olympic silver medal with the U.S. National Team in 2014. She is also a two-time All-American.

She'll attempt to close out her college career next season with four national titles and should be a lock for another U.S. roster spot at the 2017 world championships.

Stecklein posted this photo on Instagram Monday night.

Bozek tweeted the same message and a photo that features her at the center of the group during the medal ceremony (she is No. 9).

Here is the highlight of Bozek's game-winning assist.