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Alexandria Cavallini[1] (née Rigsby born January 3, 1992)[2] is an American ice hockey goaltender, currently a member of the PWHPA.

Alex Cavallini
Alex Cavallini playing for Team USA in 2017
Born (1992-01-03) January 3, 1992 (age 30)
Delafield, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
Played for Wisconsin Badgers
Minnesota Whitecaps
Calgary Inferno
National team  United States
Playing career 2010present
Medal record
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangTeam
2022 BeijingTeam
World Championships
2013 Canada
2015 Sweden
2016 Canada
2017 United States
2019 Finland
2021 Canada
World U18 Championships
2009 Germany

She has competed for the United States women's national ice hockey team in numerous tournaments. She is the first goaltender in USA Hockey history to have competed with the US National Under-18, Under-22, and Senior women's teams.[3] She competed for the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey program 2010–2014,[4] and was on the roster of the Minnesota Whitecaps.[5] She is also the first American-born goaltender to have won an Olympic Gold Medal, an IIHF World Championship, and the Clarkson Cup, having played with the victorious Calgary Inferno in the 2019 Clarkson Cup Finals.

In July 2019, she married her longtime boyfriend, Aidan Cavallini, who played hockey at the University of Wisconsin. Her father-in-law is Gino Cavallini, who played 593 NHL games.


Playing career


Cavallini played boys hockey from the age of six, including AAA boys hockey from the age of 10. As a freshman in high school, she played for the Chicago Mission AAA Boys Bantam Majors. That team won state and regional champions and participated in the USA Hockey National Championships. In addition to hockey, Cavallini also played varsity girls lacrosse for Arrowhead Head School, in which she won two state titles in 2007 and 2008

Alex Cavallini became the first woman ever to be drafted in the United States Hockey League, when she was selected in the 16th round, 199th overall by the Chicago Steel.[6] Of note, the Steel also drafted Jake Chelios, son of Red Wings defenceman Chris Chelios in the 4th round, 49th overall and David Bondra, son of sniper Peter Bondra in the 7th round, 82nd overall. Cavallini played the previous two seasons with the Milwaukee Admirals Midget Minor boys team.


NCAA



Team USA


She participated in the 2009 IIHF Under 18 Women's World Championship and won a gold medal. Statistically, she had a .947 saves percentage with a 1.28 goals against average. In addition, she participated in the 2008 and 2009 USA Hockey Women's National Festival. From 2006 to 2009, she participated in USA Hockey National Development Camps.

On January 2, 2022, Cavallini was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[10]


CWHL


Claimed by the Calgary Inferno in the fourth round of the 2018 CWHL Draft, Cavallini became their starting goaltender for the 2018–19 season. In her first season of professional hockey, she earned All-Star recognition, playing with Emerance Maschmeyer for Team Purple in the 4th Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game. Coincidentally, the two played against each other in the 2019 Clarkson Cup Finals, with Maschmeyer starting for Montreal. Of note, Calgary emerged victorious, defeating Maschmeyer and Montreal by a 5–2 count.


PWHPA


Skating for Team New Hampshire during the 2020–21 PWHPA season, Decker participated in a PWHPA Dream Gap Tour event at New York's Madison Square Garden on February 28, 2021, the first women's ice hockey event at the venue.[11] Playing for a team sponsored by the Women's Sports Foundation, Cavallini stopped 32 of 35 shots in a 4-3 win.[12]


Awards and honors



References


  1. "Alex Cavallini".
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 14, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "American goaltender Alex Rigsby first to play at U18, U22 and senior levels". hockeycanada.ca.
  4. "Women's". Team USA Hockey.
  5. "Whitecaps – 2015–16 Regular Season – Roster". mnwhitecaps.com.
  6. "USHL Entry Draft Results". ushr.com. May 13, 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  7. "WCHA.com – WCHA Press Releases". wcha.com.
  8. "Wisconsin tops UMD 2-1 to advance to fifth Frozen Four - UWBadgers.com - the Official Web Site of the Wisconsin Badgers Athletics". Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  9. "Archived item". Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  10. "U.S. women with 13 returnees". International Ice Hockey Federation. January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  11. Analis Bailey (February 28, 2021). "PWHPA Dream Gap Tour hits Madison Square Garden ice for historic women's game". USA Today.
  12. "2021 Secret Dream Gap Tour recap: New York City". SB Nation. March 1, 2021.
  13. "Hockey Canada - IIHF DIRECTORATE AWARDS AND MOST VALUABLE PLAYER - IIHF WORLD WOMen's UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIP". www.hockeycanada.ca. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011.
  14. "WCHA.com – WCHA Press Releases". wcha.com.
  15. "WCHA.com – WCHA Press Releases". wcha.com.
  16. "WCHA.com – WCHA Press Releases". wcha.com.
  17. http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1112/201110/oct25wpw.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  18. http://www.wcha.com/women/pres1112/201202/feb1wpw.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  19. "AHCA News – American Hockey Coaches Association". ahcahockey.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  20. "Lihrman, Rigsby named UW's Athletes of the Year - UWBadgers.com - the Official Athletic Site of the Wisconsin Badgers". Archived from the original on July 23, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2014.



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[de] Alex Cavallini

Alexandria „Alex“ Cavallini, geb. Rigsby, (* 3. Januar 1992 in Delafield, Wisconsin) ist eine US-amerikanische Eishockeytorhüterin, die seit 2019 für das New Hampshire Charter der PWHPA spielt. Cavallini ist seit 2012 Mitglied der Frauen-Eishockeynationalmannschaft der Vereinigten Staaten und mehrfache Weltmeisterin sowie Olympiasiegerin.
- [en] Alex Cavallini



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