Amanda Pelkey

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Amanda Pelkey
Date of birth May 29, 1993
place of birth Montpelier , Vermont , USA
size 160 cm
Weight 54 kg
position Right wing
number # 37
Shot hand Right
Career stations
until 2011 North American Hockey Academy
2011-2015 University of Vermont
since 2015 Boston Pride

Amanda Pelkey (born May 29, 1993 in Montpelier , Vermont ) is an American ice hockey player who has played in the position of right winger for the Boston Pride in the National Women's Hockey League since the 2015/16 season . Pelkey ​​has been a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team since 2014 and is a multiple world and Olympic champion.

Career

Pelkey ​​played for the North American Hockey Academy in Stowe , Vermont , during her high school years . During this time until 2011, the striker took part in the U18 World Junior Championship three times in 2009 , 2010 and 2011 . She won the gold medal in 2009 and 2011 and a silver medal in 2010.

After graduating from high school, Pelkey ​​moved to the University of Vermont for the 2011-12 school year . In addition to her studies, she played the following four years for the ice hockey program of the university in the Hockey East , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Although the winger was not particularly successful with the team, she still managed to make her debut in the women's national ice hockey team of the United States with her performances in the 4 Nations Cup 2014 . At the end of the 2014/15 school year, Pelkey ​​finished her studies and switched to the newly founded National Women's Hockey League , where she went on to hunt for goals for the Boston Pride . At the end of the 2015/16 season she won the Isobel Cup , the championship trophy of the NWHL, which was played for the first time with the Pride . In addition, she took part with the national team in the 2016 World Cup, which, like the 2017 world title bouts , she was able to conclude by winning the world championship title the following year.

The offensive player then turned her back on Pride and the NWHL after two seasons and left the US hockey association USA Hockey for the 2017/18 season. In the association, she prepared for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , where she won Olympic gold with the Americans.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/- Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2011/12 University of Vermont Hockey East 32 5 9 14th 40 −23
2012/13 University of Vermont Hockey East 25th 9 11 20th 18th −17
2013/14 University of Vermont Hockey East 36 21st 19th 40 22nd −1
2014/15 University of Vermont Hockey East 34 14th 17th 31 24 −15
2015/16 Boston Pride NWHL 16 7th 3 10 12 4th 1 3 4th 2
2016/17 Boston Pride NWHL 17th 2 5 7th 10 +2 2 0 0 0 2 ± 0
2017/18 USA hockey International Preparation for the Winter Olympics
NCAA overall 127 49 56 105 104 −56
NWHL total 33 9 8th 17th 22nd 6th 1 3 4th 3

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2009 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 5 3 3 6th 4th +6
2010 United States U18 World Cup 2nd place, silver 5 0 7th 7th 4th +7
2011 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 5 4th 6th 10 2 +9
2016 United States WM 1st place, gold 4th 0 0 0 0 ± 0
2017 United States WM 1st place, gold 5 1 0 1 2 +3
2018 United States Olympia 1st place, gold 5 0 2 2 2 +2
Total juniors 15th 7th 16 23 10 +22
Women overall 14th 1 2 3 4th +5

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Pelkey, Amanda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Montpelier , Vermont