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AUGUST 2019 USAHOCKEYMAGAZINE.COM // 19 "I think she has a great chance," Johnson says. "She's been close twice but I think with more oppor- tunities you get to showcase yourself. Certainly, this last spring when she went over to the World Championships in Finland, she played a big part in their success. Now it's going to be her ability to man- age the conditioning and the skating and keeping her skills at a high level and also going to vet school. But if there's anyone who can do it, she can." Pankowski has been told by people that she's crazy to try and juggle competing at a high level in hockey while going after a doctorate degree. "Both these things are really important to me and I've been doing this basically my whole life like prepping for school and doing extracurriculars and volunteering and also playing hockey," she says. "Moving forward, it is a big task, but I'm certainly up for the challenge." P Greg Bates is a freelance writer based in Green Bay, Wis. Annie Pankowski scored the lone goal for the U.S. in regulation of the gold-medal game and added another in the shootout to help lift the U.S. Women's National Team past Finland to capture its fifth straight title at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship. SHOOTS: Right HEIGHT: POSITION: 5' 9" 89 109 F COLLEGE: University of Wisconsin goals and assists in 147 college games. Pan- Tastic k Capped off college career by helping the University of Wisconsin win the 2019 NCAA Women's Div. I title Laguna Hills, Calif. HOMETOWN: