Krissy Wendell

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United StatesUnited States  Krissy Wendell Ice hockey player
Date of birth September 12, 1981
place of birth Brooklyn Park , Minnesota , USA
size 170 cm
Weight 70 kg
position striker
number # 7
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1997-2000 Park Center High School
2002-2005 University of Minnesota
2005-2007 Team USA

Kristin Elizabeth "Krissy" Wendell , married. Wendell-Pohl , (born September 12, 1981 in Brooklyn Park , Minnesota ) is a former American ice hockey player . Wendell was a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team for many years . She won two silver and bronze medals in two Olympic Winter Games . She also took part in six women's world championships , where she won one gold and five silver medals. She has been a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame since 2019 . Her husband Johnny Pohl is also an ice hockey player.

Career

As a child, Krissy Wendell played ice hockey as well as baseball and in 1994 became the fifth girl in the history of the tournament to take part in the Little League World Series . At the tournament itself, she was the first girl ever to be nominated as a starter . In response to this, she became known nationwide and also appeared on television. For the 1997/98 school year she was accepted into the Park Center High School's ice hockey team and by the time she graduated in 2000 she scored 335 points in 62 games for her high school. While still in school, she was called up to the United States women's national ice hockey team for the first time when she took part in the 1998 3 Nations Cup .

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Between 2002 and 2005, Wendell played for the Golden Gophers , the University of Minnesota's ice hockey team , in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . With the Gophers , she won the national championship of the NCAA in 2004 and 2005.

In her first college season, she was elected to the All-America Second Team and nominated for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award . In the 2003/04 season she was elected to the All-America First Team, nominated again for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award and named WCHA Player of the Year. In 2005 the striker finally won the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, was once again named WCHA's Player of the Year and was the top scorer of the entire WCHA with 43 goals and 58 assists.

She finished her college career as one of the University of Minnesota's top players in terms of scorer points (237) and assists (131).

International

Wendell was part of the national team for almost ten years and took part in a large number of tournaments with it. She won the silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2006 Turin Games . She also took part in a total of six world championships between 1999 and 2007, where she won one gold and five silver medals. At the 2000 World Cup , Wendell was the top scorer of the tournament and then received the Bob Johnson Award from the US Ice Hockey Association USA Hockey for her achievements on an international level.

Between 2005 and 2007, Wendell was the captain of the national team.

At her last World Cup in Finland in 2007 , Wendell was the second best scorer with twelve points and the best assistants of the tournament and again won the silver medal. Then she ended her playing career.

In 2019, Wendell was honored with the induction into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2000 Bob Johnson Award
  • 2004 WCHA Championship with the University of Minnesota
  • 2004 NCAA Division I Championship with the University of Minnesota
  • 2004 WCHA player of the year
  • 2004 inducted into the Little League Hall of Excellence
  • 2005 WCHA championship with the University of Minnesota
  • 2005 NCAA Division I Championship with the University of Minnesota
  • 2005 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award
  • 2005 WCHA player of the year
  • 2005 top scorer of the WCHA
  • 2005 Bob Johnson Award

International

Career statistics

( 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 )

college

season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2002/03 University of Minnesota WCHA 25th 27 28 55 34 +34
2003/04 University of Minnesota WCHA 36 36 42 78 65 +48
2004/05 University of Minnesota WCHA 40 43 61 104 54 +74
NCAA overall 101 106 131 237 153 +156

International

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1999 United States WM 2nd place, silver 5 3 3 6th 4th +6
2000 United States WM 2nd place, silver 5 2 11 13 6th +10
2001 United States WM 2nd place, silver 5 3 9 12 4th +10
2002 United States Olympia 2nd place, silver 5 1 5 6th 6th +6
2004 United States WM 2nd place, silver 4th 4th 3 7th 0 +7
2005 United States WM 1st place, gold 5 4th 5 9 0 +9
2006 United States Olympia 2nd place, bronze 5 3 1 4th 4th +2
2007 United States WM 2nd place, silver 5 5 7th 12 8th +5
Women overall 39 25th 44 69 32 +55

Private

Krissy Wendell married the ice hockey player Johnny Pohl in August 2007 , with whom she first moved to Toronto in 2007 , where he was under contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs . After the birth of their first daughter, the family moved to Lugano , Switzerland and later to Gothenburg, Sweden , where Johnny played. In 2009 the family returned to North America; Today the Pohl family have three daughters.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ And Now a Video a Gopher Legend Might Not Want You to See. Retrieved March 15, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Krissy Wendell. In: teamusa.org. Accessed March 15, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Legends of Hockey - Time Capsule - Profiles of Notable Women in Hockey. In: hhof.com. September 15, 1981. Retrieved March 15, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Golden Gopher Honors and Awards. In: gophersports.com. Retrieved March 15, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Lorenzo Benet: Hockey Stars Krissy Wendell and John Pohl Wed. In: people.com. August 11, 2007, accessed March 15, 2018 .
  6. ^ Catching Up With Krissy (Wendell) Pohl. In: gophersports.com. Retrieved March 15, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Wendell, Krissy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wendell-Pohl, Kristin Elizabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn Park, Minnesota , USA