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Team USA Doesn’t Have a Starting Goalie. That’s By Design.

Hensley has been perhaps the most consistent back-up in the world this fall, saving 93.2% of the 103 shots she faced over seven games in 2021. Unlike Cavallini and Rooney—who played college hockey at powerhouse teams from the University of Wisconsin and University of Minnesota, respectively—Hensley cut her teeth at tiny Lindenwood University, outside of St. Louis, Mo. She set just about every goaltending record there was for the Lions and parlayed that success into a spot on the U.S. national team in 2016.