The Penguins on Saturday bolstered their amateur scouting department with the hiring of two-time Olympian Krissy Wendell-Pohl.
In her role, Wendell-Pohl will primarily scout amateur hockey players in Minnesota. She will report to Penguins director of amateur scouting Nick Pryor.
Wendell-Pohl, 40, is a former forward for the University of Minnesota and the U.S. women's national team.
With the Golden Gophers, Wendell-Pohl was a two-time NCAA champion. She was a three-time finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award as the NCAA's top women's hockey player, and won the award in 2005. She is tied with Meghan Agosta for the NCAA record in most short-handed goals in a single season (seven in 2004-05) and most career short-handed goals (16). She ranks fourth all-time in goals (106) and also in assists (131) and points (237) in program history at the University of Minnesota in her 101 games.
Wendell-Pohl is a five-time World Championship silver medalist, a World Championship gold medalist, an Olympic bronze medalist, and an Olympic silver medalist with Team USA. She was named MVP of the World Championship in both 2000 and 2005, and captained Team USA in the 2006 Olympics and 2007 World Championship.
Wendell-Pohl was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019.
Following the conclusion of her playing career, Wendell-Pohl coached girl's high school hockey at Cretin-Derham Hall High School in Minnesota from 2011 until 2018, when she became an administrator at the Hill-Murray School.
