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Maddie Rooney
Maddie Rooney playing for Team USA in 2017
Born (1997-07-07) July 7, 1997 (age 27)
Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 146 lb (66 kg; 10 st 6 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NCAA team Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs
National team  United States
Playing career 2015–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 United States

Madeline S. Rooney (born July 7, 1997) is an American college ice hockey player for the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs. She was the starting goaltender on the U.S. women's hockey team that won the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang with a shootout victory in the final against Canada.

Early life and education

Maddie Rooney was born July 7, 1997 in Duluth, Minnesota.[1] Rooney 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. She is currently dating Carson Fossum, CEO of Royalty Spots.[2][3]

Rooney is pursuing a business degree.[3]

Collegiate career

Rooney plays for the University of Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs in the WCHA conference as part the NCAA's Division I ice hockey league. In her sophomore 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]

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.[4] 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.[5] It was the United States' first gold medal at the Olympics since 1998, ending the Canadians' streak of four consecutive Olympic championships.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Maddie Rooney". Team USA. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  2. ^ Borzi, Pat (February 9, 2018). "An American Goalie's Hot Hand Takes Her All The Way to the Olympics". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Maddie Rooney". NBC. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  4. ^ "MADDIE ROONEY". olympic.org. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  5. ^ Wyshynski, Greg (February 22, 2018). "USA goaltender Maddie Rooney made 'next time' into this time". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  6. ^ Futterman, Matthew (February 22, 2018). "U.S. Beats Canada for First Women's Hockey Gold Since 1998". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
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