Penguins hire ex-Olympian Krissy Wendell-Pohl as amateur scout
The Penguins have hired former Olympian Krissy Wendell-Pohl as an amateur scout.
She is the first woman to serve in a scouting capacity in the franchise’s history. Her duties will have her primarily scout in the Minnesota region.
Wendell-Pohl, 40, was a member of the United States Olympic team in 2002 and 2006, winning silver and bronze, respectively. Additionally, she was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019.
In addition to the Olympics, she has also skated with the national team in six world championship tournaments and was captain of the 2005 squad that won gold in the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) World Championship tournament.
A native of Brooklyn Park, Minn., Wendell-Pohl played three years for the University of Minnesota and helped the Golden Gophers win the NCAA championship in 2004 and 2005.
During her final collegiate campaign of 2004-05, Wendell-Pohl scored 104 points (43 goals, 61 assists) in 40 games and claimed the Patty Kazmaier Award as the best collegiate women’s player that season.
Following her playing career, Wendell-Pohl coached at the high school level in Minnesota along with her husband, former NHL forward Johnny Pohl.
Seth Rorabaugh is a TribLive reporter covering the Pittsburgh Penguins. A North Huntingdon native, he joined the Trib in 2019 and has covered the Penguins since 2007. He can be reached at srorabaugh@triblive.com.
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