Molly Schaus Molly Schaus ( born July 29 , 1988 ) is an American ice hockey goaltender . She played on the United States women ’ s ice hockey team for the 2010 Winter Olympics . Schaus was born in Minnesota and competes for Boston College . Her family now lives in Natick , Massachusetts . Early life . Schaus learned to skate on a pond behind her childhood home in Minnesota , and she moved to hockey from figure skating to follow hockey - playing older brothers . The brothers also dictated her position in the goal . Then , " [ w ] atching Team USA take home the gold medal in 1998 , during the first Olympic Games to include women ’ s hockey , Schaus became hooked on the sport , the team , and the players . She became friendly with Cammi Granato , the team ’ s captain , who lived in a neighboring town after Schaus and her family moved from Minnesota to the Chicago area . [ Schaus ] plays for another member of the 1998 squad , Katie King , the head women ’ s hockey coach at Boston College , and is a friend and teammate of Angela Ruggiero , who was on the US squad for the Vancouver Games too . " Playing career . In Vancouver , Schaus did not play in the disappointing 2 - 0 loss in the final to Team Canada , and so brought home a silver medal . She was in the goal and unscored upon for 52 minutes in the opening game , a 12 - 1 blowout of China , with Vice President Joe Biden and 1980 " Miracle on Ice " men ' s hockey gold medalist and captain Mike Eruzione together in the stands . Schaus was goalie and captain of the Deerfield Academy Girls ' Hockey Team , and a 2006 graduate . In 2009 , she was one of 10 finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award . She will return to BC for her final year in fall , 2010 . She is majoring in human development with a minor in biology at college . In the gold medal game of the 2010 Four Nations Cup , Molly Schaus faced 52 shots , including 20 in a scoreless third period . In overtime , Schaus faced 11 shots . NCAA . At the conclusion of the 2010 - 11 regular season , Schaus is ranked third in the NCAA in goals against average ( 1 . 42 ) , fifth in save percentage ( . 941 ) sixth in winning percentage ( . 793 ) , and tied for 11th in shuouts ( 4 ) . She leads Hockey East in goals against average and save percentage and is second in winning percentage . On January 30 , 2011 , Schaus earned her first career assist in a 2 - 1 defeat of Northeastern . She stopped a slapshot which rebounded to Kelli Stack . Stack skated the length of the rink and scored a shorthanded goal , which was also the game winner . In the 2010 - 11 regular season , she recorded a 21 - 4 - 4 record with 656 saves , including four games with 30 or more stops . This season she was named Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week once and received the Bertagna Goaltending Award for the third time in her career following BC ' s win in the Beanpot Championship , the third Schaus has been a part of during her time at the Heights . Molly Schaus is among 10 finalists nominated for the 2011 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award , presented by Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine . An award of The USA Hockey Foundation , the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award is annually bestowed upon the top player in NCAA Division I women ' s ice hockey . Schaus was nominated for the award in 2009 , advancing to become a finalist .