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Madeline S. "Maddie" Rooney (born July 7, 1997) is an American ice hockey player currently with the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and the U.S. national team. She was the starting goaltender as the U.S. won the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Maddie Rooney
Maddie Rooney playing for Team USA in 2017
Born	(1997-07-07) July 7, 1997 (age 25) Andover, Minnesota, U.S.
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight	146 lb (66 kg; 10 st 6 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Catches	Left
PWHPA team	Independent
Played for	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
National team	United States
Playing career	2015–present
Medal record Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team 2022 Beijing Team World Championships 2017 United States 2019 Finland 2022 Denmark

Early life and education

Rooney was born on July 7, 1997 in Duluth, Minnesota.[1] She attended Andover High School.[1] In her senior year of high school, Rooney switched from the girls to the boys varsity team and finished the season with a .910 save percentage.[2][3]

Rooney has a degree in business marketing from the University of Minnesota Duluth.[3]

Career

University

Rooney played for the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference as part of the NCAA Division I ice hockey league. In her second year, she compiled a save percentage of .942 and a goals against average of 1.65, good for fourth-best and tenth-best in the NCAA respectively.[1] She was awarded the 2018 Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award.

Professional

After graduating, Rooney joined the PWHPA for the 2020–21 season.[4][5]

International play

At the age of 19, Rooney won a gold medal at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship as a backup goaltender. She recorded a shutout in her only game of the tournament, which came against Russia in the preliminary round. In 2018, she was again selected to play for the U.S. women's national ice hockey team at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.[6] Rooney started all but one of the games in the competition, losing only one game to Canada during the round robin. She helped lead Team USA to the gold medal by winning the shootout in the final against Canada by a score of 3–2, stopping Meghan Agosta in the sixth and last round to end the game.[7] It was the United States' first gold medal at the Olympics since 1998, ending the Canadians' streak of four consecutive Olympic championships.[8]

On January 2, 2022, Rooney was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[9]

References

External links

• Maddie Rooney at EliteProspects.com
• Maddie Rooney at Eurohockey.com
• Maddie Rooney at Olympics.com
• Maddie Rooney at Olympedia
• Maddie Rooney at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee

На других языках

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[de] Maddie Rooney

Madeline S. „Maddie“ Rooney (* 7. Juli 1997 in Duluth, Minnesota) ist eine US-amerikanische Eishockeytorhüterin, die seit der Saison 2015/16 für die University of Minnesota Duluth in der Western Collegiate Hockey Association spielt. Rooney ist seit 2017 Mitglied der Frauen-Eishockeynationalmannschaft der Vereinigten Staaten und zweifache Weltmeisterin sowie Olympiasiegerin.

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- [en] Maddie Rooney (ice hockey)

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