User:GhostRiver/kessel

Early life
Kessel was born on August 28, 1991, in Madison, Wisconsin. Both of her parents were college athletes: her mother Kathy ran track and field, while her father Phil Sr. was an American football quarterback who was drafted by the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL).

NWHL
On May 1, 2016, Kessel signed a one-year, $26,000 contract with the New York Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). It was the largest salary of any NWHL player at the time, $1,000 higher than the deal Kelli Stack had signed with the Connecticut Whale the season prior, and Kessel negotiated her contract without a sports agent.

Women's World Championships

 * 2008
 * 2009
 * 2012
 * 2013
 * 2017
 * 2019
 * 2021

Olympic Games

 * 2014
 * 2018
 * 2022

Other ventures
On April 20, 2022, the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL) announced that Kessel would be the inaugural member of their Executive Management Program, a one-year fellowship designed to provide women and minority groups with administrative expertise and prepare them for a future career in NHL management.