Shot Left Role Ice hockey player Name Krissy Wendell-Pohl | Playing career Weight 70 kg Height 1.70 m | |
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Krissy Wendell Pohl: 2013 Gopher 'M Club' Hall of Fame Inductee
University of Minnesota "M" Club Hall of Famer Krissy Wendell Pohl
Kristin Elizabeth Wendell (born September 12, 1981 in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) is an American women's ice hockey player. During the 2004-05 season, Krissy Wendell set an NCAA record (since tied) for most shorthanded goals in one season with 7. Upon leaving the University team, Krissy held the career record for most shorthanded goals with 16. Both marks have been equaled by Meghan Agosta. Wendell is currently in the Top 10 all-time NCAA scoring with 237 career points.
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- Krissy Wendell Pohl 2013 Gopher M Club Hall of Fame Inductee
- University of Minnesota M Club Hall of Famer Krissy Wendell Pohl
- Playing career
- Personal
- Awards
- References
Playing career
While attending Park Center Senior High School, she led the Girls Hockey Team to a State Championship. When she graduated from high school, Krissy Wendell was the state of Minnesota's all time leading girls' high school scorer She went on to be one of the stars on the American national women's hockey team and served 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. Wendell scored the game-winning goal in the 2005 WCHA championship game against Wisconsin. She followed that with a hat trick against ECAC champion Harvard. She was the NCAA runner-up in the scoring race to Gophers teammate Natalie Darwitz with 98 points. She did manage to lead the NCAA in short handed goals with seven. She won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2005 for best female collegiate hockey player. Krissy Wendell became the first player from Minnesota, and the first from the WCHA to win the Patty Kazmaier Award.
She made her debut with the U.S. National Team at the Three Nations Cup in 1998. At the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, Wendell led all players in scoring with 9 points as the USA won its first gold medal at the women's world championships. She was chosen to represent the United States in the XX Olympic Winter Games.
Personal
In 1994 Wendell was the fifth girl to play in the Little League Baseball World Series, and the first to start at the catcher position (first girl starter at any position) in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Wendell was also featured on the Nickelodeon game show, Figure It Out, when she was 16. She married forward John Pohl on August 11, 2007, in Roseville, Minnesota.