Corinne Schroeder (born August 17, 1999) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the PWHL San Jose of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), having previously played for the Seattle Torrent and New York Sirens of the PWHL, and the Boston Pride of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). A standout collegiate goaltender, she played college ice hockey for Boston University and Quinnipiac University, where she set program records for save percentage and goals against average and earned All-American honors.
During the 2022–23 PHF season with the Boston Pride, she set a league record by recording three consecutive shutouts to open her rookie campaign and went on to win both PHF Goaltender of the Year and Rookie of the Year. She then joined the PWHL, being selected 33rd overall by PWHL New York in the inaugural 2023 PWHL Draft, and made history by recording the first-ever shutout in the league’s inaugural game on January 1, 2024, against PWHL Toronto. She finished her first PWHL season with a .930 save percentage and was nominated for the 2024 PWHL Goaltender of the Year award.
In the 2024–25 PWHL season, she led all goaltenders with four shutouts, bringing her career regular‑season total to five and setting a PWHL record for most shutouts by a goaltender. She made her senior national team debut with Team Canada during the 2023–24 Rivalry Series against the United States in November 2023.
Early life Corinne Schroeder was born on August 17, 1999, in Elm Creek, Manitoba, a local urban district in the Pembina Valley Region with a population of approximately 400 people, located about 50 kilometers west of Winnipeg. She grew up in the middle of five children on her family's 2,000-acre farm, where they farmed grain with her uncle and operated a chicken barn. Her father, Robert Schroeder, coached her for years and helped her get extra ice time at the community's volunteer-run natural ice surface, using his knowledge of farm machinery to clear and maintain the ice. She has three sisters and one brother; her younger sister Megan also played ice hockey as a goaltender at Balmoral Hall School before retiring from elite-level play in 2019 to focus on post-secondary education.
Schroeder switched to playing goaltender full-time when she was approximately 12 years old. In the 2013–14 season, she played with the Pembina Valley Hawks 19U AAA of the Manitoba Female Midget Hockey League (MFMHL) and Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (T1EHL). In grade 11, she began attending Balmoral Hall School in Winnipeg, where she joined the BH Blazers varsity prep hockey team competing in the Junior Women's Hockey League (JWHL). During the 2015–16 season at Balmoral Hall, Schroeder posted a .944 save percentage and 1.97 goals-against average in 21 games, followed by a .926 save percentage and 2.54 GAA in 15 games during the 2016–17 season. At Balmoral Hall, Schroeder played alongside future ZhHL champion Ryleigh Houston, future SDHL players Morgan Wabick and Taylor Wabick, and future PHF player Kaity Howarth. She also represented Team Manitoba at the 2016 National Women's Under-18 Championship.
Growing up, Schroeder modeled her game after Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne, whom she described as having "that perfect balance between technicality as well as athleticism, and he just kind of had that beautiful hybrid style."
Playing career Collegiate Boston University (2017–2021) Schroeder backstopped the Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey program in the Hockey East (HEA) conference of the NCAA Division I during the 2017–18 season to the 2020–21 season. She made marked improvement over each of her first three seasons, increasing her save percentage (SV%) and reducing her goals against average (GAA) from a respectable .913 SV% and 2.51 GAA as a freshman to an excellent .933 SV% and 1.90 GAA as a sophomore to a program record-setting .954 SV% and 1.54 GAA as a junior.
As a freshman in 2017–18, Schroeder started all 25 games and was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team. She earned Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week honors on November 20, 2017. In her sophomore season (2018–19), Schroeder started all 32 games and was named Hockey East Third Team All-Star. She was named AHCA National Goaltender of the Month and Hockey East Goaltender of the Month for December 2018 after posting a .964 save percentage—best among Division I goalies with at least two starts—and a 1.02 GAA en route to a 3–0–1 record. She earned Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week honors four times during the season (November 19, 2018; January 7, 14, and February 18, 2019). Schroeder earned her first postseason victory with 25 saves in a 5–1 win over New Hampshire on March 1, followed by 27 saves in a 3–1 triumph over UNH on March 2. She was also named an AHCA All-American Scholar.
As a junior in 2019–20, Schroeder's record-setting .954 SV% and 1.54 GAA established new Boston University program records for a single season. She was named Hockey East Second Team All-Star and earned AHCA National Goaltender of the Month and Hockey East Goaltender of the Month honors for October 2019. She collected Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week recognition twice (October 21 and December 9, 2019). Notable performances included a 33-save shutout in a 4–0 triumph over Boston College in the Beanpot semifinal on February 4, a 21-save shutout in a 6–0 win over No. 8 BC on December 6, and 33 saves in a 1–0 win at New Hampshire on February 15. She recorded eight performances with 30 or more saves during the season. Schroeder was again named an AHCA All-American Scholar.
Her senior campaign in 2020–21 was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic and she played just eight games in the heavily altered season, recording a .911 save percentage and 2.23 GAA. She was named to the National Goaltender of the Year Award Watch List and posted a 20-save shutout in a 1–0 win over Maine on January 7. Despite the challenges of the COVID-19-impacted season, Schroeder finished her four seasons with the best career save percentage and goals against average in Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey program history, a .929 SV% and 1.98 GAA across 91 games.
Quinnipiac University (2021–2022) Presented with the opportunity to play a fifth year of NCAA college eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Schroeder selected to join the Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey conference as a graduate student for the 2021–22 season. Her first start with the Bobcats came on September 25, 2021, a 5–1 victory against the Maine Black Bears. During the game, Schroeder made women's college ice hockey history as the first goaltender credited with a goal after the puck was misplayed by Maine into their own goal following a kick save by Schroeder.
The history-making debut set the tone for her season, during which she recorded six shutouts and finished with the third-best save percentage and sixth-best goals against average in the country; her .951 SV% set a single-season program record. She recorded a 15–8–2 overall record and posted a 1.44 goals against average, which ranked sixth in the country. In the home stretch of the season, she led the team through three straight wins against top-10 ranked Yale and Clarkson. Her incredible season earned top-three finalist selection for 2022 Women's Hockey Goalie of the Year, and she was named to the New England Division I All-Star Team, All-USCHO First Team, and Quinnipiac's Most Valuable Player.
Schroeder concluded her college ice hockey career playing in the 2022 NCAA women's ice hockey tournament, her first NCAA tournament. She earned a shutout in the first round against the Syracuse Orange in a 4–0 victory, the first NCAA tournament win and first shutout in Quinnipiac Bobcats program history. Facing the number one seeded Ohio State Buckeyes in the national quarterfinals, she made 73 saves in a Herculean effort that carried the Bobcats into double overtime before they ultimately fell to the Buckeyes. Prior to the national quarterfinals, her career high stops in a single game had been 42 saves. The 73-save game set a Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey program single-game record and ties for sixth in the NCAA Division I women's ice hockey all-time record book.
Professional Boston Pride (2022–23) In August 2022, the Boston Pride officially announced they had signed Schroeder for the 2022–23 PHF season—though the signing had been inadvertently leaked in late July via the rosters published by Hockey Canada for the Canadian national team selection camps for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship. Schroeder highlighted the season length, which would provide needed game experience, as a significant part of her decision to sign in the PHF. Regarding the opportunity to play at the professional level, Schroeder explained, "I would say this is what I've been working for my whole life... It's honestly a dream and one that I never really knew I could have growing up but now it's a reality."
Schroeder made her professional debut on November 5, 2022, against the Connecticut Whale in a 4–0 victory, making 36 saves to become just the third goaltender in PHF history to post a shutout in their first career start. The following day, she recorded 27 saves in a 2–0 victory over the Metropolitan Riveters, becoming the sixth goaltender in PHF history to post back-to-back shutouts. On November 18, Schroeder recorded a third consecutive shutout with a 49-save performance in a 2–0 triumph over the Minnesota Whitecaps, setting a new PHF record for consecutive shutouts to start a season. Her shutout streak lasted a total of 183 minutes and 15 seconds across three different opponents. For her performance in November, Schroeder was named PHF Player of the Month. On December 11, 2022, Schroeder stopped all 25 shots to set a new PHF single-season record with her fourth shutout in just seven starts for the first-place Pride. She was named to the PHF All-Star Game, which was held on January 29, 2023, in Toronto, as a member of Team Canada.
Schroeder concluded her rookie season with a historic performance, setting three PHF single-season records: 19 wins, seven shutouts (shattering the previous mark of three), and 761 total saves. Her overall record of 19–1–1 was compiled over a franchise-record 22 starts and helped the Pride finish in first place in the league's regular season standings. She led the PHF with a 1.67 goals-against average and .955 save percentage. For her outstanding rookie campaign, Schroeder was awarded both the PHF Rookie of the Year and PHF Goaltender of the Year honors. PHF Director of League and Hockey Operations Mel Davidson stated, "What impressed me about Corinne's season, beyond the statistics and records, was her consistency throughout the year, especially playing as many games as she did and how often it included back-to-back starts. She has great size that she uses to her advantage in her stance and positioning. Most of all, her play exuded confidence which allowed her team to play freely knowing that she was a dependable last line of defense." She was also a finalist for PHF Most Valuable Player (selected by the Professional Hockey Writers Association) and Outstanding Player of the Year (voted by PHF Players' Association members). Schroeder's GAA and save percentage ranked first among all PHF goaltenders with 10 or more career starts, while her seven shutouts were one shy of the league's all-time mark of eight.
New York Sirens (2023–25)