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Two-Time Olympian Molly Schaus Retires

08/10/2015, 1:00pm MDT
By USAHockey.com

Goaltender Ends Playing Career After Nine Seasons in U.S. Uniform

Two-time Olympian Molly Schaus (Natick, Mass.) officially announced her retirement from the U.S. Women’s National Team Program today.

Schaus enjoyed a nine-year career with USA Hockey and earned a pair of silver medals as a member of the U.S. Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team in 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia and 2014 in Sochi, Russia.

"Molly has been an extremely dedicated and determined player for our Women's National Team Program since 2007 and will always be recognized for her effort and integrity,” said Reagan Carey, director of women’s hockey for USA Hockey. “She was a tremendous teammate who always represented the United States with dignity and class. Her contributions on and off the ice will be missed."

Her 48-game career included five appearances in the International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship where she helped the United States capture four gold medals (2008, 2009, 2011, 2015). 

Schaus also helped the U.S claim first place in the Four Nations Cup on three occasions (2008, 2011, 2012), as well as three second-place finishes at the event (2009, 2010, 2014) and one third place finish (2013).

Additionally, Schaus played in one IIHF Twelve Nations Invitational Tournament Series (2011) and appeared in two Under-22 Series (2007, 2008). 

During her career in a U.S. uniform, Schaus earned a 26-1-3-11 record (W-OTW-OTL-L) along with a 1.64 goals-against average and .923 save percentage.

"I'd like to thank USA Hockey and all of the coaches and staff who played such a major role in my development, both on and off the ice," said Schaus. "Thank you to my family and friends and to everyone who supported me throughout this incredible journey. Most importantly, thank you to my teammates for making the last nine years, day in and day out, truly amazing. I am incredibly proud to have been part of this program and will take with me a lifetime of memories and friendships."

Schaus played four years of college hockey at Boston College (2006-09, 2010-11) and finished her career as the school's all-time leader with 80 wins, a 1.81 goals-against average and 3,428 saves in 134 games. She earned numerous accolades and was a two-time All-American (First Team in 2011, Second Team in 2009). She was a three-time Hockey East First Team All-Star (2009, 2009, 2011) and a Second Team All-Star (2007), as well as a unanimous selection to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team in 2006-07. Schaus was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team in 2010-11, as well as the Hockey East All-Tournament Team her sophomore (2007-08) and junior (2008-09) seasons. She was a three-time member of the Hockey East All-Academic Team (2006-9) and was a Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top-10 Finalist in 2009 and 2011.

After her college career, she embarked on a two-year professional playing career in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League with the Boston Blades (2011-13). She was named Goalie of the Year her first season (2011-12) and won the Clarkson Cup in 2013.

 

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“I thought it was a good opening win,” said U.S. Head Coach Jeff Kampersal(Pennington, N.J.). “We haven’t had much practice time (but) our kids came together and I thought we played fairly well.”

The U.S. opened scoring on the power play at 9:03 of the first period when Sidney Morin(Chanhassen, Minn.) found the back of the net with a shot from the left point.  Wolfe’s tap-in off feeds from Schipper and Maddie Rolfes (West Des Moines, Iowa) at 16:11 andMaliya Rodgers’ (Minnetonka, Minn.) tally from the slot at 17:15 gave Team USA a three-goal lead heading into the first intermission.

Taylar Cianfarano (Oswego, N.Y.) and Grace Zarzecki (Chicago, Ill.), who each had an assist in the first period, picked up their second points of the game when Cianfarano netted a shot from the left side at 8:54; Team USA’s only goal of the second period.

The U.S. tacked on three more goals to the final score in the last 20 minutes of the game, scored by Schipper, captain Danielle Cameranesi (Plymouth, Minn.), and Jincy Dunne(O’Fallon, Mo.).  Schipper’s goal was the second power-play goal of the contest for Team USA, while Dunne’s tally was the second goal by a U.S. defenseman.

Team USA will play its second game of the tournament tomorrow (Dec. 30) against Czech Republic at 2 p.m. local time (7 a.m. EST) in Heinola, Finland.

NOTES: Katherine Schipper was named Team USA’s player of the game … Kelly Pannek (Plymouth, Minn.) celebrated her 17th birthday today … Thirteen different U.S. players recorded at least one point in the game and five players gave multiple-point efforts … Team USA goaltender Sidney Peters (Geneva, Ill.) recorded seven saves in the shutout … The U.S. went 2-for-4 on the power play and was 1-for-1 on the penalty kill … Final stats can be viewed below.

Game Summary  

Scoring by Period  1 2 3 F 
RUS  0  0  0  0 
USA  3  1  3  7 

First Period - Scoring: 1, USA, Morin (Cianfarano, Zarzecki), 9:03 (pp); 2, USA, Wolfe (Schipper, Rolfes), 16:11; 3, USA, Rodgers (Laing, Kent), 17:15. Penalties: RUS, Bocharova (body checking), 8:03.

Second Period – Scoring: 4, USA, Cianfarano (Zarzecki, Wellhausen), 8:54.  Penalties: Bulatova (interference), 19:25.

Third Period – Scoring: 5, USA, Schipper (Wolfe), 6:45 (pp); 6, USA, Cameranesi (Dunne, Pannek), 13:07; 7, USA, Dunne (Wolfe, Schipper), 16:01. Penalties: RUS, Nikolayeva (cross-checking), 6:12; USA, bench (too many players), 8:35; RUS, Vorontsova (head contact), 18:50; RUS, Vorontsova (misconduct), 18:50.

Shots on Goal 1 2 3 Total 
RUS 4 2 1 7 
USA 18 6 24 48 

Goaltenders (SV-SH) 1 2 3 Total 
RUS, Morozova, 46:45 15-18 5-6 10-11 30-35 
RUS, Shukina, 13:15 - - 11-13 11-13 
USA, Peters, 60:00 4-4 2-2 1-1 7-7 

Power play: RUS, 0-1; USA, 2-4

Penalties: RUS, 5-18; USA, 1-2

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