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Hannah Brandt

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Hannah Brandt
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		 Boston Fleet
Minnesota Whitecaps
National team  United States
Playing career 2012–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2017 United States
Gold medal – first place 2019 Finland
Silver medal – second place 2012 United States
Silver medal – second place 2022 Denmark
World U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sweden

Hannah Brandt (born November 27, 1993) is an American professional ice hockey centre for the Boston Fleet 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]

Playing career

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High school

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Personal life

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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

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2012–13 University of Minnesota WCHA 41 33 49 82 16 — — — — —
2013–14 University of Minnesota WCHA 41 23 42 65 14 — — — — —
2014–15 University of Minnesota WCHA 40 34 40 74 14 — — — — —
2015–16 University of Minnesota WCHA 36 25 39 64 4 – – – – –
2018–19 Minnesota Whitecaps NWHL 16 5 6 11 0 2 2 0 2 2
2020–21 Team Adidas PWHPA 6 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2022–23 Team Sonnet PWHPA 20 7 4 11 4 — — — — —
2023–24 PWHL Boston PWHL 24 5 5 10 4 8 1 1 2 4
PWHPA totals 26 7 5 12 4 – – – – –
PWHL totals 24 5 5 10 4 8 1 1 2 4

International

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Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2011 United States U18 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 5 5 10 2
2012 United States WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 0 0 0 0
2015 United States WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 3 2 5 2
2017 United States WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 1 0 1 0
2018 United States OG 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 1 1 2 2
2019 United States WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 1 1 0
2022 United States OG 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 0 6 6 2
2022 United States WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 2 3 5 4
Junior totals 5 5 5 10 2
Senior totals 37 7 13 20 10

Awards and honors

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  • Minnesota High School hockey All-State selection (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
  • Pioneer Press player of the year
  • 2012 MVP at Hill-Murray
  • 2012 Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award[21]

NCAA

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  • Finalist, 2014 Patty Kazmaier Award
  • Top 10 Finalist, 2015 Patty Kazmaier Award
  • 2015 CCM Hockey Women's Division I All-Americans, First Team[22]

WCHA

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  • 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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  • VEDA NWHL Player of the Week (Awarded October 8, 2018) [25]

References

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  1. ^ "Four Nations Cup Begins Tuesday". Minnesota Golden Gophers Athletics. November 3, 2014. Archived from the original on June 26, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "5 finalists announced for Minnesota's Ms. Hockey award". Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  3. ^ "Statistics". USCHO.com. January 12, 2016. Archived from the original on September 7, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  4. ^ "Hannah Brandt Bio :: University of Minnesota :: Official Athletic Site". Gophersports.com. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  5. ^ Christensen, Joe (March 21, 2015). "Boston College's Carpenter wins women's Kazmaier Award". Star Tribune. Minneapolis. Archived from the original on March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  6. ^ "Gophers Bring Home Sixth National Title". Gophersports.com. March 22, 2015. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  7. ^ "2015 U.S. Women's National Team Roster". Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  8. ^ "2018 U.S. Olympic Team". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on February 4, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  9. ^ "Hannah Brandt". teamusa.usahockey.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  10. ^ Futterman, Matthew (February 22, 2018). "U.S. Beats Canada for First Women's Hockey Gold Since 1998". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 27, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  11. ^ "U.S. women with 13 returnees". International Ice Hockey Federation. January 2, 2022. Archived from the original on January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  12. ^ "NWHL Entry Draft Player Selections - Today's Slapshot". Archived from the original on June 21, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  13. ^ Murphy, Mike (April 27, 2016). "Riveters Acquire Rights to Hannah Brandt for Dana Trivigno and Draft Tax". Blue Shirt Banter. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  14. ^ Jay, Michelle (June 20, 2018). "Whitecaps add two Olympians in Hannah Brandt, Lee Stecklein". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  15. ^ "29 Americans Drafted in 2023 PWHL Draft". USA Hockey. September 18, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  16. ^ Kennedy, Ian (June 20, 2024). "PWHL Boston Re-Signs Brandt, Brown, Morin, and Shirley". The Hockey News. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  17. ^ Jim Schiltz (August 23, 2019). "Aurora Games: Team Americas takes hockey on late goals". dailygazette.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  18. ^ a b Mizutani, Dane (May 26, 2017). "Vadnais Heights sisters headed to Olympics – for two different countries". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  19. ^ Blount, Rachel (July 17, 2017). "Seoul sisters: Hockey players Hannah and Marissa Brandt are chasing their Olympic dreams". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  20. ^ The Associated Press (December 24, 2017). "2 Olympic Hockey Sisters Playing for Different Nations". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  21. ^ Pioneer Press (February 25, 2012). "Hill-Murray's Hannah Brandt wins Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award". twincities.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  22. ^ "Four Gophers Earn All-American Status". gophersports.com. Minneapolis. March 19, 2015. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  23. ^ "MSU'S McCann, UND'S Dagfinrud, UM'S Räty & Brandt Named WCHA Women's Players of the Week". wcha.com. October 24, 2012. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  24. ^ "WCHA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  25. ^ Jane Norton and Amanda Ghysel (October 8, 2018). "Whitecaps' Star Hannah Brandt Named VEDA NWHL Player of the Week". NWHL.zone. Archived from the original on October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
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