, Wendell was the fifth girl to play in the Little League World Series, and the first to start at the catcher position. Wendell was featured on the Nickelodeon game show, Figure It Out, when she was 16. She married NHL player John Pohl on August 11, 2007, in Roseville, Minnesota. They have three daughters. Awards 2000 Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award 2000 Bob Johnson Award for excellence in international competition (awarded at the USA Hockey Annual Congress) 2001 USA Hockey player of the year 2002 Olympic Silver Medal 2003, 2004 NCAA D1 W. Ice Hockey Champion 2004 Little League Hall of Excellence 2004 Most outstanding player award in the NCAA Division I Women's Hockey Tournament 2005 Patty Kazmaier Award 2005 USA Hockey Bob Johnson Award 2005 Most Valuable Player, Women's World Hockey Championships 2006 Olympic Bronze Medal 2007 All-Star, Women's World Hockey Championships 2019 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame References Further reading External links Krissy Wendell at the U.S. Olympic Team website via Wayback Machine 1981 births American women's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players from Minnesota Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Living people Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey players Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award winners Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey Patty Kazmaier Award winners People from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota