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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 Minnesota
Played for Minnesota Golden Gophers
National team  United States
Playing career 2014–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 United States
Gold medal – first place 2019 Finland

Kelly Pannek (born 29 December 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]

Personal life

Pannek attended Benilde-St. Margaret's high school, where she also played soccer, being named 2013 Minnesota Ms. Soccer.[11][12]

She has a bachelor's degree in finance.

References

  1. ^ 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
  2. ^ https://www.startribune.com/pannek-scores-surreal-hat-trick-in-one-shift/137452788/
  3. ^ https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_sailor/sports/kelly-pannek-garners-another-bsm-honor-in-athena-award/article_435b65b7-5a43-5805-bd52-a4a446995f5d.html
  4. ^ https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/kelly-pannek/15842
  5. ^ https://www.twincities.com/2019/02/01/olympic-gold-medalist-kelly-pannek-playing-with-pressure-after-team-usa-experience/
  6. ^ https://gophersports.com/news/2019/1/23/womens-ice-hockey-five-minutes-with-kelly-pannek.aspx
  7. ^ https://gophersports.com/news/2019/11/14/womens-hockey-alumni-spotlight-kelly-pannek.aspx
  8. ^ https://victorypress.org/2018/09/13/ncaa-highlight-kelly-pannek/
  9. ^ "2017 World Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  10. ^ https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/8/18/17681732/womens-hockey-top-25-under-25-lonergan-bc-stacey-markham-thunder-pannek-minnesota-fast-furies
  11. ^ https://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/3853995-kelly-pannek
  12. ^ https://www.nhl.com/penguins/news/the-scoop-with-team-usa-womens-hockey/c-311474038

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