Kelly Pannek

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

Kelly Pannek
Kelly Pannek playing for Team USA in 2017
Born (1995-12-29) December 29, 1995
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
2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
2017 United States
2019 Finland
2021 Canada

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]

Awards and honors
  • 2016-17 AHCA-CCM Women's University Division I First-Team All-American [11]

Personal life

Pannek attended Benilde-St. Margaret's high school, where she also played soccer, being named 2013 Minnesota Ms. Soccer.[12][13]

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. "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 from the original (PDF) 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. "2017 All-American Teams". ahcahockey.com. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  12. "Kelly Pannek".
  13. "Penguins Podcast: The Scoop with Team USA Women's Hockey".


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