| Hannah Brandt | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Brandt in 2024 | |||
| Born | (1993-11-27)November 27, 1993 (age 31) 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 | ||
Hannah Brandt (born November 27, 1993) is an American professionalice hockey centre for theBoston Fleet of theProfessional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She was named to theUnited States women's national ice hockey team, which represented the United States at the2012 IIHF Women's World Championship. She won the 2012Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award. She debuted for the U.S. national women's team at the2014 4 Nations Cup in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.[1]
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]
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 linemateAmanda 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 goaltenderEmerance Maschmeyer in the championship game of the2015 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament would stand as the game-winning tally for the Golden Gophers.[6]
Brandt won a gold medal with the United States national under-18 team at the2011 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 the2015 IIHF Women's World Championship.[7]
On January 1, 2018, Brandt was named toTeam USA's roster to represent the United States at the2018 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 the2022 Winter Olympics.[11]
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In the2015 NWHL Draft, she was selected second overall, drafted by theConnecticut 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 theMinnesota Whitecaps prior to them debuting in the NWHL for the2018–19 NWHL season.[14] She would spend one season in the NWHL before moving to thePWHPA.
Brandt was drafted in the fifth round of the2023 PWHL Draft byPWHL Boston.[15] During the2023–24 season she recorded five goals and five assists in 24 games and one goal and one assist in eight playoff games during theWalter Cup. On June 20, 2024, she signed a two-year contract extension with Boston.[16]
Brandt scored the first goal for Team Americas in a 3–1 win at the2019 Aurora Games.[17]
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 withinfertility for the first 12 years of their marriage and decided toadopt a child. They chose to adopt fromSouth 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 infigure 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 fromHill-Murray School a year before Hannah; Marissa went toNCAA Division III schoolGustavus Adolphus College while Hannah went to Minnesota. Both won gold medals at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championships—Hannah for Team USA in thetop division, and Marissa forSouth Korea inDivision II (the third level) under her birth name ofPark Yoon-jung.[19] The sisters played in the2018 Winter Olympics.[18][20]
| 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 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | United States | U18 |  | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2012 | United States | WC |  | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | United States | WC | | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2017 | United States | WC | | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | United States | OG | | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2019 | United States | WC | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | United States | OG | | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2022 | United States | WC | | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| Junior totals | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Senior totals | 37 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 10 | ||||
