Amanda Kessel

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Amanda Kessel
Date of birth August 28, 1991
place of birth Madison , Wisconsin , USA
size 165 cm
Weight 61 kg
position striker
number # 28
Shot hand Right
Career stations
until 2010 Shattuck-Saint Mary's
2010-2016 University of Minnesota
since 2016 New York / Metropolitan Riveters

Amanda Kessel (born August 28, 1991 in Madison , Wisconsin ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Metropolitan Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League since May 2016 . Kessel has been a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team since 2010 and is multiple world and Olympic champion. Her older brothers Phil and Blake are also professional ice hockey players.

Career

Kessel played at Shattuck-Saint Mary’s during her high school years and took part in the U18 World Junior Championships in 2008 and 2009 . The Americans won the gold medal in both tournaments, with Kessel as the best player on the team. After taking third place in the scorer ranking in 2008 with eleven scorer points , she led the tournament in this category in 2009. In addition, she was the best striker in the World Cup and the best template provider and had the best plus / minus statistics.

In the summer of 2010, the attacker moved to the University of Minnesota , where she was on the university's ice hockey team for the next six years. In 2012 and 2013, she led the Golden Gophers to win the national college championship. After the 2012/13 season she received the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award for best college player in the United States for her achievements . At this time, Kessel also found his way into the US national team . With the same she was able to win the silver medal at the 2012 World Cup and a year later the gold medal. For the 2013/14 season she left the university team in Minnesota for a year in order to be able to prepare intensively for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in the US Hockey Association USA Hockey . The team was unable to win the Olympic title again after a final defeat against Canada, but also in the fourth attempt in a row, so Kessel had to console himself with the silver medal.

The following season 2014/15 sat the striker completely due to the aftermath of a concussion , which meant that she could not participate in Minnesota's third national title win or the United States' world championship. The American only returned to the ice in February 2016 and ended the season at the University of Minnesota with her third personal title win at national level. She then joined the New York Riveters from the National Women's Hockey League as a free agent . After finishing the 2016/17 season there, she won her second world title with the national team as part of the 2017 World Cup. As she had done four years earlier, she spent the 2017/18 season in the US association to prepare for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang . There she finally won Olympic gold.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2012 WCHA Championship with the University of Minnesota
  • 2012 NCAA Division I Championship with the University of Minnesota
  • 2013 WCHA championship with the University of Minnesota
  • 2013 NCAA Division I Championship with the University of Minnesota

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/- Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2010/11 University of Minnesota WCHA 36 19th 31 50 20th +25
2011/12 University of Minnesota WCHA 41 32 48 80 17th +55
2012/13 University of Minnesota WCHA 46 46 55 101 25th +71
2013/14 USA hockey International Preparation for the Winter Olympics
2014/15 University of Minnesota WCHA not played because of concussion
2015/16 University of Minnesota WCHA 13 11 6th 17th 4th +10
2016/17 New York Riveters NWHL 8th 4th 14th 18th 4th +3 1 0 1 1 0 −2
2017/18 USA hockey International Preparation for the Winter Olympics
2018/19 Metropolitan Riveters NWHL 13 2 15th 17th 6th −2 1 0 0 0 0 ± 0
NCAA overall 136 108 140 248 66 +161
NWHL total 21st 6th 29 35 10 +1 2 0 1 1 0 −2

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2008 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 5 4th 7th 11 2 +10
2009 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 5 6th 13 19th 2 +17
2012 United States WM 2nd place, silver 5 3 7th 10 0 +9
2013 United States WM 1st place, gold 5 2 6th 8th 0 +6
2014 United States Olympia 2nd place, silver 5 3 3 6th 0 +8
2017 United States WM 1st place, gold 5 1 5 6th 0 +4
2018 United States Olympia 1st place, gold 5 0 1 1 0 +2
2019 United States WM 1st place, gold 7th 3 2 5 0 +4
Total juniors 10 10 20th 30th 4th +27
Women overall 32 12 24 36 0 +33

( 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 Kettle, Amanda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Madison , Wisconsin