Brianna Decker

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Brianna Decker
Date of birth May 13, 1991
place of birth Dousman , Wisconsin , USA
size 163 cm
Weight 67 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Career stations
until 2009 Shattuck-Saint Mary's
2009-2013 University of Wisconsin – Madison
2013-2014 USA hockey
2014-2015 Boston Blades
2015-2017 Boston Pride
2017-2018 USA hockey
since 2018 Calgary Inferno

Brianna Decker (* 13. May 1991 in Dousman , Wisconsin ) is an American ice hockey player who since the season 2018/19 at the Calgary Inferno from the Canadian Women's Hockey League on the position of the center plays. Decker has been a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team since 2008 and is multiple world and Olympic champion

Career

Decker attended the Shattuck-Saint Mary’s high school in Faribault , Minnesota, USA until 2009 . During this time, the striker took part in the U18 World Junior Championship with the US national team in 2008 and 2009 . There she secured the world championship title in both editions of the tournament. Decker was the top scorer in the 2009 tournament.

Decker in the jersey of the US national team

With the beginning of the 2009/10 school year, Decker attended the University of Wisconsin – Madison for the next five years , with whose ice hockey team she took part in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association , parallel to her studies . In her rookie season , the American was able to win both the WCHA championship and the national NCAA title with the university team. The 2010/11 season was crowned with the first-time nomination for the national team of the United States and participation in the 2011 World Cup . This ended with winning the gold medal. She made her debut for the US team at the age of years at the 4 Nations Cup in 2008 .

However, Decker's streak of success never ebbed. At the end of the 2011/12 game year, the University of Wisconsin – Madison team failed to defend their title, but the attacker won the prestigious Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award for best college player in the United States because of her achievements . She also added a silver medal to her collection of titles at the 2012 World Cup . At the end of the 2012/13 season, Decker graduated and won the gold medal at the World Cup again as a member of the US team - and you as the tournament's top scorer . She then moved to the US Ice Hockey Association USA Hockey in order to prepare for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in the course of the 2013/14 season . These ended with winning the silver medal.

In the summer of 2014, he switched to the professional area. The striker joined the Boston Blades from the Canadian Women's Hockey League , which led her to win the Clarkson Cup . She was also personally named Rookie of the Year . The end of the 2014/15 game year was rounded off with the third world championship win. Despite the success with the Blades, Decker left the team and moved within the city of Boston to the Boston Pride , which belonged to the newly formed National Women's Hockey League . This, too, was able to lead her to win the championship in the form of the Isobel Cup at the end of the season . In addition to the championship trophy, the attacker was also recognized as the most valuable player in the league. A few weeks later she also defended the world championship title she had won the previous year with the national team. The 2016/17 season was no less successful. As the most valuable player and top scorer, Decker led the Pride again into the championship final, which this time was lost. With the Americans, they could also shine on an international level. Led by Decker, the US girls won the world championship again - synonymous with their fifth personal title win. As the best striker and most valuable player, Decker made her mark on the tournament. In the fall of 2017, the offensive player returned to USA Hockey - as she did four years earlier - to start preparing for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , where she won the gold medal with the Americans.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/- Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2009/10 University of Wisconsin – Madison WCHA 27 15th 12 27 20th +10
2010/11 University of Wisconsin – Madison WCHA 41 34 46 80 18th +66
2011/12 University of Wisconsin – Madison WCHA 40 37 45 82 47 +66
2012/13 University of Wisconsin – Madison WCHA 35 29 26th 55 40 +33
2013/14 USA hockey International Preparation for the Winter Olympics
2014/15 Boston Blades CWHL 12 16 16 32 10 +25 3 5 3 8th 10 +3
2015/16 Boston Pride NWHL 16 14th 15th 29 20th 4th 5 4th 9 6th
2016/17 Boston Pride NWHL 17th 14th 17th 31 14th +14 2 1 4th 5 2 +6
2017/18 USA hockey International Preparation for the Winter Olympics
2018/19 Calgary Inferno CWHL 23 12 14th 26th 18th 4th 3 0 3 4th
NCAA overall 143 115 129 244 125 +175
CWHL overall 35 28 30th 58 28 7th 8th 3 11 14th
NWHL total 33 28 32 60 34 6th 6th 8th 14th 8th

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2008 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 5 3 4th 7th 2 +9
2009 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 5 8th 1 9 4th +15
2011 United States WM 1st place, gold 5 4th 7th 11 8th +10
2012 United States WM 2nd place, silver 5 4th 6th 10 6th +13
2013 United States WM 1st place, gold 5 6th 2 8th 4th +6
2014 United States Olympia 2nd place, silver 5 2 4th 6th 6th +8
2015 United States WM 1st place, gold 5 5 6th 11 0 +8
2016 United States WM 1st place, gold 5 2 4th 6th 2 +5
2017 United States WM 1st place, gold 5 3 9 12 8th +11
2018 United States Olympia 1st place, gold 5 0 3 3 6th +1
2019 United States WM 1st place, gold 7th 2 3 5 2 +10
Total juniors 10 11 5 16 6th +24
Women overall 47 28 44 72 42 +72

( 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 Decker, Brianna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Dousman , Wisconsin