Kelly Pannek

Kelly Pannek (born December 29, 1995) is an American professional 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.

Kelly Pannek
Pannek with PWHL Minnesota in 2024
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
PWHL team
Former teams		 PWHL Minnesota
PWHPA
Minnesota Golden Gophers
National team  United States
Playing career 2014–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangTeam
2022 BeijingTeam
World Championships
2017 United States
2019 Finland
2023 Canada
2021 Canada
2022 Denmark
2024 United States

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]

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
  • 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.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeague GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
2010–11Benilde-St. Margaret'sMNHS 2431215218 33142
2011–12Benilde-St. Margaret'sMNHS 2543256810 30220
2012–13Benilde-St. Margaret'sMNHS 202742694 34370
2013–14Benilde-St. Margaret'sMNHS 253146774 6101222
2014–15University of MinnesotaWCHA 4114304421 —————
2015–16University of MinnesotaWCHA 4023264914 —————
2016–17University of MinnesotaWCHA 3919436216 —————
2018–19University of MinnesotaWCHA 371615316 —————
2019–20MinnesotaPWHPA ————— —————
2020–21MinnesotaPWHPA 62572 —————
2022–23Team ScotiabankPWHPA 2047112 —————
2023–24 PWHL Minnesota PWHL 24412162 100220
PWHL totals 24412162 100220

Sources: [14][15]

International
YearTeamEventResult   GPGAPtsPIM
2013United StatesU18 53250
2017United StatesWC 50000
2018United StatesOG 50220
2019United StatesWC 72356
2021United StatesWC 72350
2022United StatesOG 72462
2022United StatesWC 73146
2023United StatesWC 701127
2024United StatesWC 70006
Junior totals 53250
Senior totals 529142347

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. "Playing profile: Lee Stecklein". Elite Prospects. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
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