During the 2006–07 NCAA season, she was part of the Wisconsin defence that allowed a nation's best 0.94 goals per game and 15 shutouts, a school record.

[9] Appearing in the 2016 Clarkson Cup, she registered one assist as the Inferno emerged victorious in the 8-3 final game win.

Mikkelson has worked as an ice level analyst and reporter for the Stanley Cup Playoffs on TNT in 2022 and 2024.

[21] In addition, she participated in the Energizer Night Skate at the Ottawa Rink of Dreams (relocated from the Rideau Canal),[22] and attended the Molson Canadian NHL All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday, January 28.

In June 2014, Mikkelson and her teammate Natalie Spooner appeared as contestants in the second season of The Amazing Race Canada.

[24] Her father, Bill Mikkelson, played four seasons in the NHL in the early 1970s with the Los Angeles Kings, the New York Islanders and the Washington Capitals.

Her great uncle, Jimmy McFadden, won the Calder Memorial Trophy in 1948, and the Stanley Cup in 1950.