Brianna Decker

Brianna Decker (born May 13, 1991) is a women's ice hockey player for the Wisconsin Badgers. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team.

Playing career

NCAA

In her freshman season (2009–10) with the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey program, Decker scored the Badgers' first goal of the season in a game against North Dakota (October 3). During the season, she accumulated seven multi-point games and four multi-goal games. She was third in team scoring despite missing almost half of the first part of the season. On September 25, 2011, Decker scored her third career hat trick in a 13-0 defeat of the Lindenwood Lady Lions ice hockey program.^[1]

USA Hockey

She won gold at the 2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship. On January 28, 2011, it was announced that Decker was named to the preliminary roster for the U.S. Women's National Team. From April 4 to 12, 2011, she was one of 30 players that took part in a selection / training camp and was named to the final roster that participated at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship. At the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship, Brianna Decker was among the tournament's top five scorers. Decker's 11 points (four goals, seven assists) placed her second.^[2]

Career stats

NCAA

WCHA

Awards and honors

• RBK Hockey/AHCA Division I second-team All-American (2010–11) ^[3]
• All-WCHA First Team (2010–11)
• WCHA Final Face-off Most Valuable Player (2010–11)
• All-WCHA Rookie Team (2009–10)
• three-time WCHA Rookie of the Week (2009–10)
• WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year (2009–10) ^[4]
• Badgers Rookie of the Year (2009–10)
• All-WCHA Academic Team (2010–11)
• WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 5, 2009)^[5]

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