Long Time Pro Amanda Leveille Calls It A Career

Two time NWHL / PHF Goaltender of the Year, three time NCAA champion, and two time Isobel Cup champion Amanda Leveille announced her retirement from hockey this week.

Netmidner Amanda Leveille, who was part of the PWHL Minnesota organization this past season, has called it a career. Leveille spent the past eight seasons playing professional hockey, but is moving on to her next stage in life, coaching.

"It is time to step away from professional hockey," Leveille wrote in a letter she posted on social media. "I feel blessed to end my career with a heart full of gratitude, great memories, a wealth of experience, and no fear of what comes after professional hockey. I will still be staying in the game and transitioning to coaching full-time."

Leveille has already started her coaching career, working as a goaltender coach, including with Orono High in Minnesota.

Leveille won three NCAA national titles backstopping the University of Minnesota posting a 1.18 GAA, .947 save percentage, and 32 shutouts in 116 career NCAA games.

As a pro, Leveille opened her career spending two seasons in the NWHL with the Buffalo Beauts before returning to Minnesota to play with the Minnesota Whitecaps.

While in the NWHL and PHF, Leveille won two Isobel Cup titles, and was the 2018 and 2022 Goaltender of the Year.

It's a storied career, which Leveille said was highlighted by her time with the Minnesota Whitecaps. She was a member of PWHL Minnesota this year winning the inaugural Walter Cup, but did not get a chance to play this season.

"While it stings that I was never given an opportunity to wear the PWHL Minnesota jersey in a game, I cannot think of a better ending to my professional playing career than wearing the Minnesota Whitecaps' jersey," Leveille wrote. "There is no organization that has a longer and richer history of empowering Women hockey players than the Whitecaps."

Leveille, 30, hails from Kingston, Ontario, and finished out her minor hockey career playing for the Ottawa Lady Senators.