No Weird Tricks Required: Aerin Frankel and the Power of Goalie Basics

Sometimes, partly as a joke, I’ll tell my goalies “Hey, remember, just make saves, don’t get scored on.”

Well, in 2025-2026, Aerin Frankel just makes saves and does not get scored on. In 22 starts for the Boston Fleet she’s got 7 shutouts, a PWHL record. That includes PWHL-record three consecutive shutouts (and an overall scoreless streak of 236 minutes, 45 seconds).

While in Milano-Cortina picking up her Olympic Gold medal she threw in an Olympic-record three shutouts in five games for good measure. That’s 10 shutouts in 27 starts.

Shutouts are fickle things, of course. They’re a binary statistic; you get one or you don’t. A single bad bounce or perfectly placed shot can end a shutout bid.

Frankel, for instance, only had one shutout in each of the two PWHL seasons before this despite being second and third in league save percentage in those years.