Maddie Rooney

Madeline S. Rooney (born July 7, 1997) is an American ice hockey player currently with the 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.

Early life and education
Rooney was born the 7th of July 1997 in Duluth, Minnesota. She attended Andover High School. 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.

Rooney has a degree in business marketing.

University
Rooney played for the University of Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs in the WCHA conference as part of the NCAA's 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. 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.

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