Boston Fleet goaltender Aerin Frankel accepts the 2026 Rookie of the Year Award at the PWHL Awards presented by Ally Financial in Detroit, MI. Frankel, a 26-year-old from Chappaqua, NY, is the first goaltender in league history to earn MVP honors and was instrumental in Boston’s record season, posting multiple PWHL single-season benchmarks including 19 wins in 26 starts (tied with Ann-Renée Desbiens), eight shutouts, and 18 games allowing one or fewer goals against. She is the first goaltender in PWHL history to post three consecutive shutouts, spanning a streak of 226:09, and finished the season with a career-best 1.17 goals-against average and .953 save percentage.
