Alli Altmann, assistant coach for the University of St. Thomas women’s hockey team, spoke with WCCO-TV following her role as goaltending coach for Team USA during its gold medal run at the Olympics. Altmann helped guide a group of goaltenders that set a record shutout streak, while her journey from Minnesota player to Olympic coach has drawn attention as women’s hockey continues to grow.
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The new University of St. Thomas ice arena is hosting its first college playoff tournament Thursday night.
Between the four teams duking it out in the WCHA semifinals – Minnesota, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Minnesota State – there are six players who won the gold medal for the U.S. women’s hockey team.
The tournament is a chance to see some of those olympians play in person.
And it’s not just players – St. Thomas might have been eliminated already, but their assistant coach, Alli Altmann is the goalie coach for Team USA – leading the group of Olympic goaltenders who made history in Milan.
Altmann led three US goaltenders – Aerin Frankel and Gwyneth Philips from the PWHL and Wisconsin goalie Ava McNaughton – as they broke an Olympic record in Milan by maintaining a shutout streak of 331 minutes and 23 seconds, across five consecutive shutouts.
