Emerance Maschmeyer

Emerance Maschmeyer grew up in Bruderheim, Alberta — a small community northeast of Edmonton — and went on to represent Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where she won gold while appearing in both of the games in which she was called upon.

Her path to the national team ran through Cambridge, Massachusetts. Maschmeyer played collegiate hockey at Harvard University from 2012 to 2016, and the milestones accumulated across all four years. As a freshman in 2012–13, she became the first goaltender to win Ivy League Rookie of the Year in more than 15 years, posting a 12-6-2 record with a 1.44 goals-against average and a .935 save percentage. Her sophomore season brought a Second Team All-American selection and a Co-Ivy League Player of the Year award, with a 16-6-4 record, a 1.75 GAA, and a .943 save percentage, while she finished among the top-10 finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award. Her junior year added a Patty Kazmaier nomination, an All-Ivy League First Team selection, and an ECAC All-Academic Team nod, with an 18-5-3 record, a 1.48 GAA, and a .943 save percentage. By her senior season, she had become Harvard's all-time career saves leader with 2,538 saves.

Her international career began before Harvard, when she represented Canada at the 2012 IIHF U-18 Women's World Championships and posted a shutout in the gold medal game. At the senior level, she has appeared at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, accumulating three gold medals, three silver medals, and one bronze medal across those seven tournaments.

After her college career, Maschmeyer spent three seasons in the CWHL from 2016 to 2019, appearing in eight games with the Calgary Inferno and 43 games with the Montréal Canadiennes. She then played with the PWHPA from 2019 to 2023 before joining the PWHL. She currently wears number 38 for the Vancouver Goldeneyes.

Kevin Woodley of InGoal Magazine has spoken with Maschmeyer on two occasions — InGoal Radio Episode 246 with Emerance Maschmeyer and Episode 345: Canadian Olympian and Vancouver Goldeneyes goalie Emerance Maschmeyer. InGoal Magazine has covered Emerance Maschmeyer in two podcast appearances.