Katharina Häckelsmiller Explained

Birth Date:27 August 2004
Birth Place:Bobingen, Germany
Height Cm:163
Weight Kg:56
Position:Forward
Shoots:Left
League:DFEL
Team:ECDC Memmingen
Sex:f
Ntl Team:GER
Career Start:2020

Katharina "Kathi" Häckelsmiller (born 27 August 2004) is a German ice hockey player and member of the German national ice hockey team, currently playing in the German Women's Ice Hockey League (DFEL) with ECDC Memmingen.

International career

Häckelsmiller represented Germany in the girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland.[1] She scored one of Germany's three goals in the tournament – the other two goals were tallied by Svenja Voigt.[2]

The 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship in Calgary, Canada served as her debut with the German senior national team.[3] She was the youngest player on the team and played in three of the Germany's six games, not recording any points.[4]

In an upset of the traditional order, Häckelsmiller's German national under-18 team debut came after her first appearance with the senior national team and was made at the 2022 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. She tallied three assists in the tournament, ranking third in scoring for the German team.[5]

Statistics

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
2020Germany U16YOG6th21010
2021WW8th30000
2022Germany U18WW188th50330

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Messelhäuser . Margit . 2020-01-14 . Katharina Häckelsmiller startet bei den Olympischen Spielen . subscription . 2022-06-14 . . de . 14 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220614192846/https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/landsberg/sport/Landsberg-Eishockey-Katharina-Haeckelsmiller-startet-bei-den-Olympischen-Spielen-id56455841.html . live .
  2. Web site: Probst . Nina . 2020-07-06 . Kathi Häckelsmiller – ein Leben für Team, Training und Tore . 2022-06-14 . SportFrauen . de . 14 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220614192847/https://www.sportfrauen.net/default/kathi-haeckelsmiller-eishockey-nationalspielerin-im-portraet . live .
  3. Web site: Schwaiger . Toni . 2021-08-12 . Riverqueen Kathi Häckelsmiller bei der WM in Kanada . 2022-06-14 . Kreisbote . de . 14 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220614192843/https://www.kreisbote.de/sport/lokalsport/landsberg/eishockey-kathi-haeckelsmiller-im-wm-kader-weitere-nominierungen-fuer-hcl-akteure-90916570.html . live .
  4. Web site: 2021-08-29 . 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: GER - Germany . 2022-06-14 . . 14 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220614192842/https://www.iihf.com/pdf/929/ihw9290ger_83_6_0_ger . live .
  5. Web site: 2022-06-12 . 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: GER - Germany . 2022-06-14 . . 14 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220614192847/https://www.iihf.com/pdf/92/ihw0920ger_83_5_0 . live .