Maddie Rooney

Maddie Rooney was in net for the United States women's national team when it captured gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics — a moment that defined one of the signature achievements in American women's hockey history. Born on July 7, 1997, in Andover, Minnesota, Rooney grew up in the state where she now plays professionally for the Minnesota Frost of the PWHL.

Before reaching the international stage, Rooney spent four seasons at the University of Minnesota Duluth, from 2015 to 2020. During that stretch she became the Bulldogs' all-time career saves leader, recording 3,449 stops. She also accumulated more games played (122) and more minutes played (7,277:49) than any other goaltender in UMD history. She is one of only two Bulldog goaltenders to have made more than 1,000 saves in a single season, and she owns three of the top four single-season saves records in program history.

Her Olympic career spans two Games. After the 2018 gold in PyeongChang, Rooney returned for the 2022 Beijing Games, where the United States earned silver. On the World Championship stage she appeared on four IIHF Women's World Championship rosters — 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021 — playing in three of those tournaments and winning gold in 2017 and 2019, then adding another silver in 2022.

In 2018, Rooney received the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award, given annually to the outstanding American-born women's ice hockey player. During the years preceding the formation of the PWHL, she played in the PWHPA — three games with Minnesota in 2020-21, and nine games with Team Adidas in 2022-23, going 5-0-0 in the latter stint.

Rooney joined InGoal Radio in early 2024 to discuss her career and goaltending ^[1]. InGoal Magazine has covered Maddie Rooney in one podcast appearance.