Former RIT men's hockey standout goaltender Shane Madolora enters his third season as assistant coach for the women’s hockey program in 2018-19. Madolora works with the RIT goaltenders and will play an integral role in recruiting, scouting and game preparation.
In his first season, Madolora helped lead the Tigers to the College Hockey America Semifinals and mentored goaltenders Jenna de Jonge and Terra Lanteigne, who both earned CHA weekly honors.
Originally from Salinas, Calif, Madolora played three seasons for the Tigers from 2009-2012, recording a bevy of individual honors, while setting RIT records with a 1.98 goals against average, a .932 save percentage, and 13 shutouts. He is second among all goaltenders in RIT’s Division I era with 1,727 saves and recorded a microscopic 1.57 goals against average and .945 save percentage in the postseason. Madolora was a nine-time Atlantic Hockey Association Goaltender of the Week and back-to-back All-AHA first team selection.
In his two seasons as the starting goaltender, Madolora was 35-12-12. Overall, he was 36-14-12, while appearing in 65 contests. His 36 career wins are third most by a RIT net minder at the Division I level.
After serving as the backup to Jared DeMichiel during RIT’s Frozen Four run in 2009-10, Madolora emerged as the starting goaltender early in the 2010-11 season and excelled, leading all of Division I with a .935 save percentage and six shutouts, while finishing third overall with a 1.93 goals against average and fourth with a .759 winning percentage, going 17-3-7. Madolora, the 2011 Atlantic Hockey Association Goaltender of the Year and Inside College Hockey (INCH) Second Team All-American, started the season with a 20-game unbeaten streak (14-0-6) and was a five-time AHA Goaltender of the Week.
He was the RIT Senior Male Athlete of the Year in 2012. In his final season between the pipes, Madolora finished 18-9-5 and set the single-season record with a 1.93 goals against average. He tied for the Division I lead with a single-season school record seven shutouts, was sixth nationally in goals against average and seventh with a .931 save percentage. Madolora earned All-Atlantic Hockey Association first team honors for the second straight season, won the RIT Corner Crew Fan’s Choice Award and was named to the Catamount Cup All-Tournament Team.
Madolora received his bachelor's degree in business management from RIT in 2012 and also served as a student worker in the athletics office and equipment cage. In 2012, he was named to the AHA All-Academic Team.
After leaving RIT, Madolora played four years of professional hockey. Stateside, he played for the Stockton Thunder and Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL, Fayetteville FireAntz of the Southern Professional Hockey League, and Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League. Madolora played the 2014-15 season with Briancon in France and most recently with the Nottingham Panthers of the Elite Ice Hockey League in England and HC Valpellice of Italy in 2015-16.
Madolora lives in Rochester with his wife Lauren, who was a sprinter with the RIT women’s track and field team from 2008-12.
