Playing career
PWHL
Rooney signed a two-year contract with PWHL Minnesota as a free agent after going undrafted in the 2023 PWHL Draft. [6] Rooney was a member of the inaugural Minnesota PWHL team, which won the Walter Cup. [7] [8] [9] Rooney and Nicole Hensley both played goalie for Minnesota, generally alternating games. [10] [11]
On June 17, 2025, she signed a three-year contract extension with the Frost. [12]
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. [13] 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. [14] It was the United States' first gold medal at the Olympics since 1998, ending the Canadians' streak of four consecutive Olympic championships. [15]
On January 2, 2022, Rooney was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [16]
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