Krissy Wendell
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| Silver | 2002 Salt Lake City | Team Competition | |
| Bronze | 2006 Turin | Team Competition | |
Krissy Wendell (born September 12, 1981 in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) is an American women's ice hockey player. While attending Park Center Senior High, she led the Girls Hockey Team to a State Championship. She went on to be one of the stars on the American national women's hockey team and serves as their team captain. She was also a co-captain of the University of Minnesota Gophers women's hockey team. She is a forward, and has scored 133 points in two seasons (2002-2003, 2003-2004) for the Gophers. She won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2005 for best female collegiate hockey player. At the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, Wendell led all players in scoring with 9 points.
She was chosen to represent the United States in the XX Olympic Winter Games.
In 1994 Krissy was the first girl starter in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA. Krissy was also featured on the Nickelodeon game show, Figure it Out, when she was 16.
Her fiance is current Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Pohl.
[edit] Awards
- 2000 Minnesota Ms. Hockey
- 2001 USA Hockey player of the year
- 2002 Olympic Silver Medal
- 2003, 2004 NCAA D1 W. Ice Hockey Champion
- 2004 Little League Hall of Excellence
- 2005 Patty Kazmaier Award
- 2005 USA Hockey Bob Johnson Award
[edit] External links
- Krissy Wendell's U.S. Olympic Team bio ... with notes, quotes, photos
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