Hannah Brandt

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Hannah Brandt
Hannah Brandt 2024.jpg
Brandt in 2024
Born (1993-11-27) November 27, 1993 (age 30)
Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, U.S.
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
PWHL team
Former teams		 PWHL Boston
Minnesota Whitecaps
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Playing career 2012–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Beijing Team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Sweden
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 United States
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Finland
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 United States
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Denmark
World U18 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Sweden

Hannah Brandt (born November 27, 1993) is an American professional ice hockey centre for PWHL Boston of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She was named to the United States women's national ice hockey team, which represented the United States at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship. She won the 2012 Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award. She debuted for the U.S. national women's team at the 2014 4 Nations Cup in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. [1]

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Playing career

High school

With the Hill-Murray Pioneers, she registered 59 goals and 31 assists in 26 games of the 2011–12 campaign. In 2011–12, Brandt had 22 multiple-point and 20 multiple-goal games this season. In addition, she accumulated 13 hat tricks and three six-point games. Her five-year career with the Pioneers resulted in total numbers of 192 goals and 142 assists. She committed to play at the University of Minnesota along with fellow 2012 Minnesota Ms. Hockey finalists Milica McMillen and Lee Stecklein. [2]

NCAA

Brandt scored 33 goals and made 49 assists in her first season at Minnesota. Her 82 points were the second most in Division 1 for the 2012–13 season, with only linemate Amanda Kessel tallying more. [3] The team had an undefeated season and won the 2013 NCAA title. Brandt was one of ten nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Trophy and was named WCHA Rookie of the Year. [4]

In her sophomore season, Brandt had the most assists in Division 1. She was the top goal scorer on her team, which reached the NCAA championship game. Brandt again led Minnesota in goals in her junior year, and her team won the 2015 NCAA title by defeating Harvard. Brandt was named as one of three finalists for the Kazmaier Trophy [5] and as WCHA Player of the Year in both her sophomore and junior seasons.

Her third-period goal against Harvard goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer in the championship game of the 2015 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament would stand as the game-winning tally for the Golden Gophers. [6]

USA Hockey

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Brandt with Team USA in 2017

Brandt won a gold medal with the United States national under-18 team at the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation's world championships. In December 2011, she earned the opportunity to train with the U.S. national senior women's team.

She was named to the roster of the United States national women's ice hockey team that competed at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship. [7]

On January 1, 2018, Brandt was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics. [8] She helped Team USA win their first gold medal since 1998, and finished the tournament with two points in five games. [9] [10]

On January 2, 2022, Brandt was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [11]

NWHL

Brandt with the Minnesota Whitecaps in 2018 Hannah Brandt (20) playing for the Minnesota Whitecaps.jpg
Brandt with the Minnesota Whitecaps in 2018

In the 2015 NWHL Draft, she was selected second overall, drafted by the Connecticut Whale. [12] On April 27, 2016, her rights were traded to the New York Riveters. [13]

On June 20, 2018, Brandt signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Whitecaps prior to them debuting in the NWHL for the 2018–19 NWHL season. [14] She would spend one season in the NWHL before moving to the PWHPA.

PWHL

Brandt was drafted in the fifth round of the 2023 PWHL Draft by PWHL Boston. [15] During the 2023–24 season she recorded five goals and five assists in 24 games and one goal and one assist in eight playoff games during the Walter Cup. On June 20, 2024, she signed a two-year contract extension with Boston. [16]

Other

Brandt scored the first goal for Team Americas in a 3-1 win at the 2019 Aurora Games. [17]

Personal life

Brandt is the only biological child of her parents, Greg and Robin, respectively of German and mixed Danish-Swedish descent. She has an adopted sister, Marissa Brandt. Her parents struggled with infertility for the first 12 years of their marriage and decided to adopt a child. They chose to adopt from South Korea partly because Greg's sister had adopted two boys from that country and adopted an infant girl, naming her Marissa. About two weeks before Marissa was set to arrive in the U.S., the couple found out that Robin was pregnant; she gave birth to Hannah about six months after Marissa joined the family. [18]

The sisters were originally involved in figure skating as small children, but Hannah switched to hockey at age 5, with Marissa following suit a few years later. They then played on the same teams until Marissa graduated from Hill-Murray School a year before Hannah; Marissa went to NCAA Division III school Gustavus Adolphus College while Hannah went to Minnesota. Both won gold medals at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championships—Hannah for Team USA in the top division, and Marissa for South Korea in Division II (the third level) under her birth name of Park Yoon-jung. [19] The sisters played in the 2018 Winter Olympics. [18] [20]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2012–13 University of Minnesota WCHA 4133498216—————
2013–14 University of MinnesotaWCHA4123426514—————
2014–15 University of MinnesotaWCHA4034407414—————
2015–16 University of MinnesotaWCHA362539644–––––
2018–19 Minnesota Whitecaps NWHL 165611022022
2020–21 Team Adidas PWHPA 60110—————
2022–23 Team Sonnet PWHPA 2074114—————
2023–24 PWHL Boston PWHL 245510481124
PWHPA totals2675124–––––
PWHL totals245510481124

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2011 United States U18 Gold medal icon.svg555102
2012 United States WC Silver medal icon.svg50000
2015 United StatesWCGold medal icon.svg53252
2017 United StatesWCGold medal icon.svg51010
2018 United States OG Gold medal icon.svg51122
2019 United StatesWCGold medal icon.svg30110
2022 United StatesOGSilver medal icon.svg70662
2022 United StatesWCSilver medal icon.svg72354
Junior totals555102
Senior totals377132010

Awards and honors

NCAA

WCHA

  • WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 25, 2012) [23]
  • WCHA Player of the Week (Week of October 28, 2014) [24]
  • 2015 WCHA Player of the Year
  • 2015 WCHA Scoring Champion

NWHL

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