Mandy Cronin

Mandy Cronin is an American ice hockey executive and former player. She was the general manager of the National Women's Hockey League's (NWHL) Buffalo Beauts and Toronto Six, as well as one of the co-founders of the Canadian Women's Hockey League.^[1][2]

Mandy Cronin
Cronin in 2011
Born	(1980-02-17) February 17, 1980 (age 44) York, Maine, United States
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Goaltender
Played for	Burlington Barracudas Boston Blades Brampton Thunder
Playing career	2002–2012

Playing career

Cronin played four seasons for the University of Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey program from 1998 to 2002. She would serve as team captain in her final two seasons.^[3] Graduating with a program record nine shutouts, she still shared the record as of the 2020-21 season with Meghann Treacy.^[4]

After graduating, she signed in the former National Women's Hockey League. After five years in that league, she was one of the seven players who founded the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), where she would play for a further five years.^[5] In 2007 and 2008, she won the Clarkson Cup with Brampton. In 2010, she left Brampton to sign with the newly formed Boston Blades, the first American CWHL team.^[6]

Post-playing career

Cronin served as a goaltending coach for the University of Toronto under Vicky Sunohara, and has served as a goaltending coach for USA Hockey.^[7] In 2019, she was named the general manager of the Buffalo Beauts a team in the newer Premier Hockey Federation, and was one of three women to hold GM posts in the PHF at the time.^[8] Her appointment came after most of the Beauts' roster left to join the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association and Pegula Sports and Entertainment gave up their ownership of the team.^[9] In 2020, Cronin was announced as the general manager of the expansion Toronto Six,^[10] but was released in February 2021.^[11]

References

1. Murphy, Mike (September 3, 2019). "Mandy Cronin believes in the NWHL and in the Beauts team she's building". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
2. "Final Public Communication" (PDF). CWHL. July 2, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
3. "NWHL names Mandy Cronin as Beauts general manager". BuffalNews.com. May 28, 2019. Archived from the original on December 26, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
4. "2020-21 Women's Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). goblackbears.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
5. "Mandy Cronin, CDS Assistant Camp Director". The Country Day School. 2022-11-25. Archived from the original on 2023-02-12. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
6. "York's Cronin suiting up for Boston Blades hockey team". Archived from the original on 2021-10-16. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
7. "Cronin working at hockey camp in Finland". SeacoastOnline.com. July 18, 2012. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
8. Jay, Michelle (May 28, 2019). "Mandy Cronin named General Manager of Buffalo Beauts". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
9. Oliver, Nathaniel (May 28, 2019). "Buffalo Beauts Naming Mandy Cronin as GM is the Right Move". The Hockey Writers. Archived from the original on May 17, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
10. "NWHL Provides Updates on the GMs for 2020-21". www.nwhl.zone. Archived from the original on May 27, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
11. Murphy, Mike (June 9, 2021). "Digit Murphy is no longer behind the bench but the Six are still very much her team". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on June 14, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Elite Prospects

Preceded by Cody McCormick, 2019	General Manager of the Buffalo Beauts 2019–20	Succeeded by Nate Oliver, 2020–present