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Hannah Brandt

{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1993)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Hannah Brandt

| image = Hannah Brandt 2024.jpg

| caption = Brandt in 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|11|27}}

| birth_place = Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 150

| position = Forward

| shoots = Right

| league = PWHL

| team = Boston Fleet

| former_teams = Minnesota Whitecaps

| sex = f

| ntl_team = USA

| career_start = 2012

| website =

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Pyeongchang|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Beijing|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Sweden|}}

{{MedalGold|2017 United States|}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Finland|}}

{{MedalSilver|2012 United States|}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Denmark|}}

{{MedalCompetition|World U18 Championships}}

{{MedalGold|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.{{cite web |url=http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/110314aaa.html |title=Four Nations Cup Begins Tuesday |publisher=Minnesota Golden Gophers Athletics |date=November 3, 2014 |accessdate=November 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626203811/http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/110314aaa.html |archive-date=June 26, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

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.{{Cite web |title=5 finalists announced for Minnesota's Ms. Hockey award |url=http://www.kare11.com/news/article/962469/24/5-finalists-announced-for-Minnesotas-Ms-Hockey-award |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910005824/http://www.kare11.com/news/article/962469/24/5-finalists-announced-for-Minnesotas-Ms-Hockey-award |archive-date=September 10, 2012 |access-date=April 3, 2012}}

=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.{{cite web |url=http://www.uscho.com/stats/overall/division-i-women/2012-2013/ |title=Statistics |publisher=USCHO.com |date=January 12, 2016 |accessdate=February 6, 2018 |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907111822/https://www.uscho.com/stats/overall/division-i-women/2012-2013/ |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-hockey/mtt/hannah_brandt_802324.html |title=Hannah Brandt Bio :: University of Minnesota :: Official Athletic Site |publisher=Gophersports.com |accessdate=February 6, 2018 |archive-date=June 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627002107/http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-hockey/mtt/hannah_brandt_802324.html |url-status=dead }}

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{{cite news |last=Christensen |first=Joe |date=March 21, 2015 |title=Boston College's Carpenter wins women's Kazmaier Award |url=http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/297126041.html |newspaper=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis |access-date=March 22, 2015 |archive-date=March 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325131801/http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/297126041.html |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |date=March 22, 2015 |title=Gophers Bring Home Sixth National Title |url=http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/032215aaa.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323004038/http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/032215aaa.html |archive-date=March 23, 2015 |accessdate=February 6, 2018 |publisher=Gophersports.com}}

=USA Hockey=

File:HannahBrandt.jpg

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.usawomenshockey.com/worldchampionship?id=1601444-2015-u-s-women-s-national-team-roster |title=2015 U.S. Women's National Team Roster |accessdate=February 27, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226051349/http://www.usawomenshockey.com/worldchampionship?id=1601444-2015-u-s-women-s-national-team-roster |archivedate=February 26, 2015 }}

On January 1, 2018, Brandt was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |title=2018 U.S. Olympic Team |url=https://www.teamusa.org/pyeongchang-2018-olympic-winter-games/team-usa/athletes |website=teamusa.org |accessdate=January 3, 2018 |archive-date=February 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204143127/https://www.teamusa.org/pyeongchang-2018-olympic-winter-games/team-usa/athletes |url-status=dead }} She helped Team USA win their first gold medal since 1998, and finished the tournament with two points in five games.{{cite web |title=Hannah Brandt |url=https://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/3853999-hannah-brandt |website=teamusa.usahockey.com |accessdate=March 17, 2018 |archive-date=March 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317164951/https://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/3853999-hannah-brandt |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Futterman |first1=Matthew |title=U.S. Beats Canada for First Women's Hockey Gold Since 1998 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/sports/olympics/usa-womens-hockey-canada.html |accessdate=February 22, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=February 22, 2018 |archive-date=February 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227233325/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/sports/olympics/usa-womens-hockey-canada.html |url-status=live }}

On January 2, 2022, Brandt was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-w/news/31457/u_s_women_with_13_returnees |title=U.S. women with 13 returnees |date=January 2, 2022 |access-date=January 2, 2022 |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117044818/https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-w/news/31457/u_s_women_with_13_returnees |url-status=live }}

=NWHL=

File:Hannah Brandt (20) playing for the Minnesota Whitecaps.jpg

In the 2015 NWHL Draft, she was selected second overall, drafted by the Connecticut Whale.{{Cite web |url=http://www.todaysslapshot.com/nwhl/inaugural-nwhl-entry-draft-player-selections/ |title=NWHL Entry Draft Player Selections – Today's Slapshot |access-date=June 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621194622/http://www.todaysslapshot.com/nwhl/inaugural-nwhl-entry-draft-player-selections/ |archive-date=June 21, 2015 |url-status=dead }} On April 27, 2016, her rights were traded to the New York Riveters.{{cite web |last=Murphy |first=Mike |date=April 27, 2016 |title=Riveters Acquire Rights to Hannah Brandt for Dana Trivigno and Draft Tax |url=http://www.blueshirtbanter.com/2016/4/27/11518904/riveters-acquire-rights-to-hannah-brandt-for-dana-trivigno-and-draft |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428105724/http://www.blueshirtbanter.com/2016/4/27/11518904/riveters-acquire-rights-to-hannah-brandt-for-dana-trivigno-and-draft |archive-date=April 28, 2016 |access-date=April 28, 2016 |website=Blue Shirt Banter}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Jay |first=Michelle |date=2018-06-20 |title=Whitecaps add two Olympians in Hannah Brandt, Lee Stecklein |url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/6/20/17482768/minnesota-whitecaps-add-two-olympians-in-hannah-brandt-lee-stecklein-nwhl-womens-hockey-free-agents |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=The Ice Garden |language=en |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213223848/https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/6/20/17482768/minnesota-whitecaps-add-two-olympians-in-hannah-brandt-lee-stecklein-nwhl-womens-hockey-free-agents |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |title=29 Americans Drafted in 2023 PWHL Draft |url=https://www.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1284852 |website=USA Hockey |access-date=9 December 2023 |language=en-us |date=18 September 2023}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/pwhl-boston-re-signs-brandt-brown-morin-and-shirley |title=PWHL Boston Re-Signs Brandt, Brown, Morin, and Shirley |first=Ian |last=Kennedy |publisher=The Hockey News |date=June 20, 2024 |access-date=June 21, 2024}}

=Other=

Brandt scored the first goal for Team Americas in a 3–1 win at the 2019 Aurora Games.{{cite web|url=https://dailygazette.com/article/2019/08/23/team-americas-takes-hockey-on-late-goals|title=Aurora Games: Team Americas takes hockey on late goals|author=Jim Schiltz|publisher=dailygazette.com|date=2019-08-23|accessdate=2019-10-04|archive-date=September 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914170858/https://dailygazette.com/article/2019/08/23/team-americas-takes-hockey-on-late-goals|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite news |url=http://www.twincities.com/2017/05/26/sister-act-brandt-sisters-to-represent-two-countries-at-2018-olympics/ |title=Vadnais Heights sisters headed to Olympics – for two different countries |first=Dane |last=Mizutani |newspaper=St. Paul Pioneer Press |date=May 26, 2017 |accessdate=November 7, 2017 |archive-date=November 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108095823/http://www.twincities.com/2017/05/26/sister-act-brandt-sisters-to-represent-two-countries-at-2018-olympics/ |url-status=live }}

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.{{cite news |url=http://www.startribune.com/seoul-sisters-hockey-players-hannah-and-marissa-brandt-are-chasing-their-olympic-dreams/431432173/ |title=Seoul sisters: Hockey players Hannah and Marissa Brandt are chasing their Olympic dreams |first=Rachel |last=Blount |newspaper=Star Tribune |date=July 17, 2017 |accessdate=November 18, 2017 |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041454/http://www.startribune.com/seoul-sisters-hockey-players-hannah-and-marissa-brandt-are-chasing-their-olympic-dreams/431432173/ |url-status=live }} The sisters played in the 2018 Winter Olympics.{{cite news |last1=The Associated Press |title=2 Olympic Hockey Sisters Playing for Different Nations |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/12/24/sports/olympics/ap-oly-hkw-family-brandt.html |accessdate=December 26, 2017 |work=The New York Times |date=December 24, 2017 |archive-date=December 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226182545/https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/12/24/sports/olympics/ap-oly-hkw-family-brandt.html |url-status=live }}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2012–13

| University of Minnesota

| WCHA

| 41

33498216

| —

————
bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2013–14

| University of Minnesota

| WCHA

| 41

23426514

| —

————
2014–15

| University of Minnesota

| WCHA

| 40

34407414

| —

————
bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| University of Minnesota

| WCHA

| 36

2539644

| –

––––
2018–19

| Minnesota Whitecaps

| NWHL

| 16

56110

| 2

2022
bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2020–21

| Team Adidas

| PWHPA

| 6

0110

| —

————
2022–23

| Team Sonnet

| PWHPA

| 20

74114

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2023–24

| PWHL Boston

| PWHL

| 24

55104

| 8

1124
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" |PWHPA totals

! 26 !! 7 !! 5 !! 12 !! 4

! –

––––
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" |PWHL totals

! 24 !! 5 !! 5 !! 10 !! 4

! 8

1124

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2011

| United States

| U18

| {{gold1}}

| 5

55102
bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2012

| United States

| WC

| {{silver2}}

| 5

0000
2015

| United States

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 5

3252
bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2017

| United States

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 5

1010
2018

| United States

| OG

| {{gold1}}

| 5

1122
bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2019

| United States

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 3

0110
2022

| United States

| OG

| {{silver2}}

| 7

0662
bgcolor="f0f0f0"

| 2022

| United States

| WC

| {{silver2}}

| 7

2354
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="4" |Junior totals

! 5 !! 5 !! 5 !! 10 !! 2

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="4" |Senior totals

! 37 !! 7 !! 13 !! 20 !! 10

Awards and honors

  • 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{{cite web |author1=Pioneer Press |title=Hill-Murray's Hannah Brandt wins Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award |url=https://www.twincities.com/2012/02/25/hill-murrays-hannah-brandt-wins-minnesota-ms-hockey-award/ |website=twincities.com |accessdate=January 3, 2018 |date=February 25, 2012 |archive-date=January 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104013701/https://www.twincities.com/2012/02/25/hill-murrays-hannah-brandt-wins-minnesota-ms-hockey-award/ |url-status=live }}

=NCAA=

  • Finalist, 2014 Patty Kazmaier Award
  • Top 10 Finalist, 2015 Patty Kazmaier Award
  • 2015 CCM Hockey Women's Division I All-Americans, First Team{{cite web |date=March 19, 2015 |title=Four Gophers Earn All-American Status |url=http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/031915aab.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133737/http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/031915aab.html |archive-date=January 3, 2018 |accessdate=January 3, 2018 |website=gophersports.com |location=Minneapolis}}

==WCHA==

  • WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 25, 2012){{cite web |date=October 24, 2012 |title=MSU'S McCann, UND'S Dagfinrud, UM'S Räty & Brandt Named WCHA Women's Players of the Week |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1213/201210/oct24wpw.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814171049/http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1213/201210/oct24wpw.php |archive-date=August 14, 2014 |access-date=January 3, 2018 |website=wcha.com}}
  • WCHA Player of the Week (Week of October 28, 2014){{Cite web |url=http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1415/201410/oct28wpw.pdf |title=WCHA |access-date=November 4, 2014 |archive-date=November 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105001756/http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1415/201410/oct28wpw.pdf |url-status=dead }}
  • 2015 WCHA Player of the Year
  • 2015 WCHA Scoring Champion

=NWHL=

  • VEDA NWHL Player of the Week (Awarded October 8, 2018) {{cite web |url=https://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/956768 |title=Whitecaps' Star Hannah Brandt Named VEDA NWHL Player of the Week |publisher=NWHL.zone |author=Jane Norton and Amanda Ghysel |date=October 8, 2018 |accessdate=October 10, 2018 |archive-date=October 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010213532/https://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/956768 |url-status=dead }}

References

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External links

  • {{Ice hockey stats}}

{{Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey navbox}}

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Category:American people of Danish descent

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Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in ice hockey

Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey

Category:People from Vadnais Heights, Minnesota

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Category:Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players

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