By now everyone knows that the Buffalo Beauts pulled off a shocker of a signing, bringing in three-time Olympic medalist and five-time World Championship medalist Shannon Szabados as a goalie.
It should be an interesting fit in Buffalo, where she’ll share the crease with current Olympic gold medalist and World Champion Nicole Hensley. Hensley’s had some experience with surprise moves — after being the starter for Team USA at the 2017 World Championships, coach Robb Stauber went with her backup, Maddie Rooney, for most of the Olympics. There are only 16 games in an NWHL team’s schedule and back to backs are uncommon, so we’ll see how the split works out.