Kelly Pannek
Pannek with PWHL Minnesota in 2024
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
PWHL team
Former teams		 PWHL Minnesota
PWHPA
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
Gold medal – first place 2023 Canada
Silver medal – second place 2021 Canada
Silver medal – second place 2022 Denmark

Kelly Pannek (born December 29, 1995) is an American ice hockey player for PWHL Minnesota of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played in the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association.

Career

In high school, she set the state record for the quickest natural hat trick, scoring three goals in 22 seconds in a 2012 game.[1][2]

Across 157 games for the University of Minnesota 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 championship for the second year in a row. After taking leave for 2017–18 to train with the US Olympic team, she returned to captain the university in 2018–19.[3][4]

She was drafted 4th overall by the Minnesota Whitecaps in the 2018 NWHL Draft.[5] After graduating, she joined the PWHPA.[6]

Pannek playing for Team USA in 2017

International

She was first invited to the senior team's development camp in December 2016.[7] 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, including a long pass to Monique Lamoureux for the game-tying goal in the gold medal game, and finished in the tournament's top 10 for faceoff percentage.[8][9]

On January 2, 2022, Pannek was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[10]

Awards and honors

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.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2010–11 Benilde-St. Margaret's MNHS 24 31 21 52 18 3 3 1 4 2
2011–12 Benilde-St. Margaret's MNHS 25 43 25 68 10 3 0 2 2 0
2012–13 Benilde-St. Margaret's MNHS 20 27 42 69 4 3 4 3 7 0
2013–14 Benilde-St. Margaret's MNHS 25 31 46 77 4 6 10 12 2 2
2014–15 University of Minnesota WCHA 41 14 30 44 21 – – – – –
2015–16 University of Minnesota WCHA 40 23 26 49 14 – – – – –
2016–17 University of Minnesota WCHA 39 19 43 62 16 – – – – –
2017–18 Team USA centralization – –
2018–19 University of Minnesota WCHA 37 16 15 31 6 – – – – –
2019–20 Minnesota PWHPA – – – – – – – – – –
2020–21 Minnesota PWHPA 6 2 5 7 2 – – – – –
2021–22 Team USA centralization – –
2022–23 Team Scotiabank PWHPA 20 4 7 11 2 – – – – –
NCAA totals 157 72 114 186 57 – – – – –

Sources: [14][15]

International

Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2013 United States U18 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 3 2 5 0
2017 United States WWC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 0 0 0 0
2018 United States OG 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 0 2 2 0
2019 United States WWC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 2 3 5 6
2021 United States WWC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 2 3 5 0
2022 United States OG 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 2 4 6 2
2022 United States WWC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 3 1 4 6
2023 United States WWC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 0 1 1 27
Junior totals 5 3 2 5 0
Senior totals 45 9 14 23 41

Sources: [15]

References

  1. ^ Paitich, Aaron (January 17, 2012). "Pannek scores 'surreal' hat trick in one shift". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Kleven, Greg (3 April 2014). "Kelly Pannek garners another BSM honor in Athena Award". hometownsource.com.
  3. ^ "Kelly Pannek - Women's Hockey". University of Minnesota Athletics. Archived from the original on 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. ^ Mizutani, Dane (February 1, 2019). "Olympic gold medalist Kelly Pannek fighting pressure in last chance as a Gopher". Twin Cities Pioneer Press. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "Five Minutes with Kelly Pannek". University of Minnesota Athletics.
  6. ^ "Alumni Spotlight: Kelly Pannek". Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  7. ^ "NCAA Highlight: Kelly Pannek". 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  8. ^ "2017 World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  9. ^ Kennedy, Syd (18 August 2018). "2018 Women's Hockey Top 25 Under 25 | No. 25 - 23: Caitrin Lonergan & Laura Stacey; Kelly Pannek; Renata Fast". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  10. ^ "U.S. women with 13 returnees". IIHF. January 2, 2022. Archived from the original on January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  11. ^ "2017 All-American Teams". ahcahockey.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  12. ^ "Kelly Pannek". teamusa.usahockey.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  13. ^ "Penguins Podcast: The Scoop with Team USA Women's Hockey". 18 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  14. ^ "Lee Stecklein: Career Statistics". USCHO.com. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Playing profile: Lee Stecklein". Elite Prospects. Retrieved February 11, 2024.

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