Tessa Janecke

Tessa Janecke (born May 12, 2004) is an American college ice hockey player for PWHL Las Vegas in the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL). She played for Penn State at the collegiate level. She is also a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. A two-time world champion with Team USA, she scored the overtime game-winning goal in the 2025 World Championship gold medal game against Canada. At the collegiate level, she is Penn State's all-time leading scorer, a two-time conference player of the year, back-to-back Patty Kazmaier Award top-ten finalist, and the HCA National Rookie of the Year in 2023. On July 17, 2026, she was selected in the first round, third overall, by PWHL Las Vegas.