Aerin Frankel

Aerin Jordan Frankel (born May 24, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She is a two-time IIHF Women's World Championship gold medalist (2023, 2025) and silver medalist (2024), having served as Team USA's primary goaltender at three consecutive World Championships. Frankel became the first U.S. women's goaltender to start five consecutive games at an Olympics or World Championship in 26 years during the 2023 tournament. On February 10, 2026, she became the first American goaltender to record a shutout against Canada at the Olympics.

In college hockey, Frankel was one of the most decorated goaltenders in NCAA history. She won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2021 as the top player in women's college hockey, the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award in 2021, and was the inaugural recipient of the WHCA National Goalie of the Year award in 2021, winning it again in 2022. At Northeastern University, she set program records for save percentage, goals-against average, wins, and shutouts, and led the Huskies to the 2021 NCAA championship game.

Professionally, Frankel has established herself as one of the PWHL's premier goaltenders. In the inaugural PWHL season, she led the Boston Fleet to the Walter Cup Finals, setting playoff records with 57 saves in a triple-overtime victory and leading all goaltenders with a .953 save percentage across eight playoff games. She was named a PWHL Second Team All-Star in 2024 and was a finalist for PWHL Goaltender of the Year in both 2024 and 2025. On January 31, 2025, she became the first goaltender in PWHL history to record 1,000 saves.

Boston fans and media have nicknamed her the "Green Monster" after the iconic left field wall at Fenway Park.