Brianne McLaughlin

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| caption = Brianne McLaughlin playing for the Buffalo Beauts in the Isobel Cup Final in 2017

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|6|20}}

| birth_place = Elyria, Ohio, USA

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 132

| position = Goaltender

| catches = Left

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| played_for = Buffalo Beauts
Robert Morris Colonials

| sex = f

| ntl_team = USA

| career_start = 2005

| career_end = 2017

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Brianne Lea McLaughlin (born June 20, 1987) is an American former ice hockey goaltender. During her career, she played for the United States women's national ice hockey team and the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).{{Cite web |url=http://hockey.teamusa.org/news/2009/12/18/vancouver-women-s-hockey-team-announced/30002 |title=Vancouver women's hockey team announced | News | USA Hockey |access-date=December 23, 2009 |archive-date=March 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304063814/http://hockey.teamusa.org/news/2009/12/18/vancouver-women-s-hockey-team-announced/30002 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://nwhl.co/two-time-olympic-silver-medalist-mclaughlin-signs-with-buffalo/|title=Two-Time Olympic Silver Medalist McLaughlin Signs with Buffalo|website=Nwhl.co|access-date=July 2, 2015|archive-date=November 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112074303/http://nwhl.co/two-time-olympic-silver-medalist-mclaughlin-signs-with-buffalo/|url-status=dead}}

Playing career

McLaughlin attended Elyria Catholic High School in Elyria, Ohio. She went on to play ice hockey for four years (2006 to 2009) at Robert Morris Colonials women's ice hockey program. McLaughlin set an NCAA record of 3,809 career saves.{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/w_icehockey_rb/2010/DI.pdf|title=NCAA Ice Hockey Division I Women's Records|website=Web1.ncaa.org|access-date=June 6, 2022}} Overall, she stopped 3,809 of the 4,188 shots she faced, resulting in a .910 save percentage.{{cite web|url=http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=518957|title=RMU Graduate Brianne McLaughlin Stars for U.S. Women's Olympic Team|website=Penguins.nhl.com}} She recorded at least 50 saves four times as a senior with the Robert Morris Colonials in 2008–09. In the 2010 CWHL Draft, she was drafted 24th overall by the Burlington Barracudas but never played a game for them.

=Team USA=

In 2008, McLaughlin played one game in the United States Women's Under-22 series against Canada. She stopped 20 of 26 shots in just under 44 minutes.{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/usa/brianne+mclaughlin/1023846|title=Yahoo Sports – Sports News, Scores, Rumors, Fantasy Games, and more|date=January 18, 2016|website=Sports.yahoo.com}} She made her Olympic debut for the US on February 14, 2010. It was a 12–1 United States victory over China in the preliminary round. In a game versus Finland at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Brianne McLaughlin made nine saves as she posted a shutout in an 11–0 victory.{{cite web|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/271/IHW271A12_74_3_0.pdf|work=IIHF|title=ICE HOCKEY IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship : PRELIMINARY ROUND - GROUP A |access-date=June 6, 2022}} McLaughlin was named to her second Olympic team for the 2014 Winter Olympics.{{cite web

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|title = 2014 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team Unveiled

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|date = January 1, 2014

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=Buffalo Beauts=

McLaughlin joined the Buffalo Beauts for the NWHL's inaugural 2015/16 season as the franchise's starting goaltender and was selected to play in the league's All-Star Game that season. In July 2016, McLaughlin re-signed with Buffalo Beauts for the 2016/17 season, signing a one-year $17,000 contract.{{cite news|last1=Nelson|first1=Dustin L.|title=Brianne McLaughlin Returns to the Buffalo Beauts|url=http://thehockeywriters.com/brianne-mclaughlin-signs-buffalo-beauts/|access-date=5 January 2017|publisher=Thehockeywriters.com|date=July 31, 2016}}

Awards and honors

All-CHA First Team (2008–09){{cite web|url=http://www.rmu.edu/web/cms/newsevents/news-archives/2008/Pages/news-200936.aspx|title=Newsroom|website=Rmu.edu}}
CHA All-Academic Team (2008–09){{cite web|url=http://www.rmu.edu/web/cms/newsevents/news-archives/2008/Documents/CHAacademic.pdf|title=Newsroom|website=Rmu.edu}}

Silver medal – 2010 Winter Olympics in Hockey

Silver medal – 2014 Winter Olympics in Hockey

New venture

McLaughlin currently owns and operates a goalie training facility in Neville Island, Pennsylvania, 15 minutes northwest of Pittsburgh.

References

External links

{{Ice hockey stats}}
{{USOPC profile}}
{{Olympics.com profile}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150625020727/http://www.briannemclaughlin.com/ McLaughlin Gold Medal Goalie Training and All Girls Camp]}}
{{Cite web |url=http://www.mclaughlingoldmedalgoalietraining.com/ |title=McLaughlin Gold Medal Goalie Training |access-date=November 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808041617/http://www.mclaughlingoldmedalgoalietraining.com/ |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |url-status=dead}}

Category:1987 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century American sportswomen

Category:American women's ice hockey goaltenders

Category:Buffalo Beauts players

Category:Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Category:Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Category:Ice hockey players from Ohio

Category:Isobel Cup champions

Category:Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey

Category:Robert Morris Colonials women's ice hockey players

Category:Sportspeople from Elyria, Ohio