# Kelly Pannek

Kelly Pannek (born December 29, 1995) is an American professional ice hockey player for the Minnesota Frost of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played in the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association.

## Career

In high school, she set the state record for the quickest natural hat trick, scoring three goals in 22 seconds in a 2012 game.
Across 157 games for the University of Minnesota in the NCAA, Pannek put up 186 points. In 2017, she was a Patty Kazmaier Award Finalist after scoring 62 points in 39 games and winning the national championship for the second year in a row. After taking leave for 2017–18 to train with the US Olympic team, she returned to captain the university in 2018–19.
She was drafted 4th overall by the Minnesota Whitecaps in the 2018 NWHL Draft. After graduating, she joined the PWHPA.

### International

She was first invited to the senior team's development camp in December 2016. She would then participate at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship, as well as the 2018 and 2019 World Championships.
She was a member of the gold-medal-winning American team at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where she picked up two assists in five games, including a long pass to Monique Lamoureux for the game-tying goal in the gold medal game, and finished in the tournament's top 10 for faceoff percentage.
On January 2, 2022, Pannek was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

## Awards and honors

* 2016-17 AHCA-CCM Women's University Division I First-Team All-American

## Personal life

Pannek attended Benilde-St. Margaret's high school, where she also played soccer, being named 2013 Minnesota Ms. Soccer.
She has a bachelor's degree in finance.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2010–11 | Benilde-St. Margaret's | MNHS | 24 | 31 | 21 | 52 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2011–12 | Benilde-St. Margaret's | MNHS | 25 | 43 | 25 | 68 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | Benilde-St. Margaret's | MNHS | 20 | 27 | 42 | 69 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | Benilde-St. Margaret's | MNHS | 25 | 31 | 46 | 77 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014–15 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 41 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015–16 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 40 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016–17 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 39 | 19 | 43 | 62 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018–19 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 37 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019–20 | Minnesota | PWHPA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21 | Minnesota | PWHPA | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | Team Scotiabank | PWHPA | 20 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023–24 | PWHL Minnesota | PWHL | 24 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| PWHL totals | PWHL totals | PWHL totals | 24 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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### International

| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2013 | United States | U18 | | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | United States | WC | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | United States | OG | | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | United States | WC | | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 2021 | United States | WC | | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | United States | OG | | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2022 | United States | WC | | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2023 | United States | WC | | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| 2024 | United States | WC | | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | 52 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 47 |
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