Fleet goalie Frankel enjoying her salad days with her puck-stopping abilities and restaurant reviews

Boston Fleet goalie Aerin Frankel takes a modest and efficient approach to whatever task is before her, be it stopping pucks or rating Caesar salads.

Frankel has such a single-minded focus and even-keeled demeanor it’s difficult to judge when she’s happy or excited.

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“Yeah, probably when she’s talking about Caesar salads,” Fleet captain Megan Keller said of Frankel’s hobby of posting a picture and short review of her latest find on the goalie’s Instagram account titled painbyromaine.

“But hockey-wise, no. She’s locked in every single game, and every single practice,” said Keller, who called Frankel too modest to accept compliments. “We’ll pump her tires all the time, and she hates it. She’ll say, ‘Ah, stop. You guys make it easy.’”

It might well be the other way around, because the 26-year-old from Chappaqua, New York, has established herself among women’s hockey’s elite netminders. Last month, Frankel went 5-0, with an Olympic-record four shutouts, in backstopping the United States to gold at the Milan Cortina Games, capped by a 30-save outing in a 2-1 overtime win over Canada.

Carrying over Olympic success

There’s been no letdown since upon returning to the PWHL.

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Entering Boston’s game at Toronto on Friday, Frankel is 15-3-2 in leading the league in wins, and second with a 1.23 goals-against average. She posted back-to-back shutouts this week, increasing her total to a single-season league record six.

“It’s been great to be back in Boston. Such an exciting time obviously with the Olympic win,” Frankel said by phone Thursday. “Yeah, it’s been a busy last six weeks, but so much fun.”

Her relatively dry response is reflective of her short to-the-point salad reviews.

“We can’t get enough of the Buffalo Caesar,” she wrote recently following a stop in Syracuse, New York. “Loved the anchor chili dressing and sriracha bread crumbs on this Nashville Chicken Caesar Salad. 9.6/10.”

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Acknowledging Caesar salads not being her favorite meal, Frankel began posting reviews on a lark a few years ago for a small, loyal following. The account…

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Author : JOHN WAWROW

Publish date : 2026-03-27 18:57:00

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