Sydney Rossman (born May 27, 1995) is American retired

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goaltender, who played with both the

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and the Connecticut Whale of the

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(PHF).

Playing career

During her youth, Rossman trained with the Carroll Goalie School. While attending

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, she played with the Skippers girls' ice hockey team in the Minnesota Class AA of the

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(MSHSL). In her senior season (2012–13), she was the recipient of the ''Let’s Play Hockey'' Senior Goalie of the Year and the Hobey Baker High School Character Award of Minnetonka High School, was named to the Minnesota All-Tournament Team, and earned Minnesota Academic All-State, Star Tribune All-Metro, Associated Press All-State honors, Minnesota Girls Hockey Coaches Association (MGHCA) All-State Honors, and All-Conference Honors . From 2013 to 2017, she played with the

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program in the

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conference of the

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, playing in over 80 games. In the 2015–16 season, she posted a stellar 0.90

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(GAA) and a .949

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(SV%), earning the ECAC Goalie of the Year award and was a finalist for the ECAC Player of the Year. She was drafted in the fifth round, 19th overall by the Connecticut Whale in the

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, joining 14th pick

Emma Woods Emma Woods (born December 18, 1995) is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently playing in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Toronto Six. Playing career Growing up in Burford, Ontario, Woods played with the boys' Burford Coyotes ...

as the first Quinnipiac players ever drafted into the PHF. After graduating from university, she signed her first professional contract with the Whale. She served as the team's starting goalie for the 2017–18 NWHL season, starting every single game in both the

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and the

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. She was named to Team Ott for the 2018 NWHL All-Star Game, held in Minnesota. After one season in Connecticut, she returned to her home state to sign with the

, as they transitioned from an independent team to a PHF team. She would spend the 2018–19 season serving as

Amanda Leveille Amanda Leveille (born June 10, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Minnesota Whitecaps of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). She currently holds the PHF record for all-time wins, and has won the Isobel Cup twice. Ca ...

's backup, as the team won the

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Personal life

Rossman has a bachelor's degree in marketing and a

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from

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. Presently, she works as an account manager with an omni-channel retail service company in

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rossman, Sydney 1995 births Living people American women's ice hockey goaltenders People from Excelsior, Minnesota Ice hockey people from Hennepin County, Minnesota Ice hockey players from Minnesota Minnesota Whitecaps players Isobel Cup champions Connecticut Whale (PHF) players Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey players