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Kelly Pannek
Kelly Pannek playing for Team USA in 2017
Born (1995-12-29) December 29, 1995 (age 28)
Plymouth, Minnesota, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
PWHPA team
Former teams		 Minnesota
Minnesota Golden Gophers
National team  United States
Playing career 2014–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 United States
Gold medal – first place 2019 Finland
Silver medal – second place 2021 Canada
Silver medal – second place 2022 Denmark

Kelly Pannek (born December 29, 1995) is an American ice hockey player with the PWHPA and the American national team.[1]

Career

In high school, she set the state record for quickest natural hat trick, scoring three goals in 22 seconds in a 2012 game.[2][3]

Across 157 games in the NCAA, Pannek put up 186 points. In 2017, she was a Patty Kazmaier Award Finalist after scoring 62 points in 39 games and winning the national champhionship for the second year in a row. After taking leave for the 2018-18 in order to train with the US Olympic team, she returned to captain the university in 2018-19.[4][5]

She was drafted 4th overall by the Minnesota Whitecaps in the 2018 NWHL Draft.[6] After graduating, she joined the PWHPA.[7]

International

She was first invited to the senior team's development camp in December 2016.[8] She would then participate at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship, as well as the 2018 and 2019 World Championships.

She was a member of the gold-medal winning American team at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where she picked up two assists in five games and finished in the tournament's top-10 for faceoff percentage.[9][10]

On January 2, 2022, Pannek was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[11]

Awards and honors

  • 2016-17 AHCA-CCM Women's University Division I First-Team All-American [12]

Personal life

Pannek attended Benilde-St. Margaret's high school, where she also played soccer, being named 2013 Minnesota Ms. Soccer.[13][14]

She has a bachelor's degree in finance.

References

  1. ^ 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
  2. ^ "Pannek scores 'surreal' hat trick in one shift". Star Tribune.
  3. ^ "Kelly Pannek garners another BSM honor in Athena Award".
  4. ^ "Kelly Pannek - Women's Hockey".
  5. ^ "Olympic gold medalist Kelly Pannek fighting pressure in last chance as a Gopher". February 2019.
  6. ^ "Five Minutes with Kelly Pannek".
  7. ^ "Alumni Spotlight: Kelly Pannek".
  8. ^ "NCAA Highlight: Kelly Pannek". 13 September 2018.
  9. ^ "2017 World Championship roster" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  10. ^ "2018 Women's Hockey Top 25 Under 25 | No. 25 - 23: Caitrin Lonergan & Laura Stacey; Kelly Pannek; Renata Fast". 18 August 2018.
  11. ^ "U.S. women with 13 returnees". International Ice Hockey Federation. January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  12. ^ "2017 All-American Teams". ahcahockey.com. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  13. ^ "Kelly Pannek".
  14. ^ "Penguins Podcast: The Scoop with Team USA Women's Hockey".
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