Sandra Abstreiter

Sandra Abstreiter (born 23 July 1998) is German ice hockey goaltender and member of the German national team, currently playing in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) with PWHL Ottawa.

Her college ice hockey career was played with the Providence Friars women's ice hockey program.

NCAA
After not appearing in a game during her freshman season in 2017–18, Abstreiter made her Friars debut on 6 October 2018, at Schneider Arena versus the Bemidji State Beavers. She needed to make only fourteen saves in a 4–3 final, as the Friars fought back from a 3-0 setback, with Neve Van Pelt scoring the game-winning goal.

In Abstreiter's senior season with the Friars, the program qualified for the 2021 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament. Gaining the start in the tournament quarterfinals for the Friars versus the top-ranked, and eventual national champion, Wisconsin Badgers, Abstreiter assembled a valiant effort, recording 41 saves in a 3–0 loss.

Professional
She signed with the Connecticut Whale in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) ahead of the 2023–24 season. The PHF was bought out and dissolved in late June 2023 and her contract was voided before she was able to play in the league.

Abstreiter was drafted in the twelfth round, 68th overall by Ottawa in the 2023 PWHL Draft. In November 2023, she signed a one-year contract with Ottawa for the 2024 PWHL season.

International play
As a junior player with the German national under-18 team, she participated in the 2016 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship – Division I tournament, at which she served as backup netminder to Johanna May. Though she played in just one game, she posted an excellent .933 (93.3%) save percentage (SV%) and a solid 1.50 goals against average (GAA).

Abstreiter made her national senior team debut at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship, serving as third goaltender to starters Jennifer Harß and Franziska Albl. After entering in relief of Albl for the third period of the quarterfinal match versus, she played twenty minutes in net, blocked 23 of 25 shots on goal, and achieved a .920 (92.0%) save percentage.

Following Harß's retirement, Abstreiter and Albl were tapped as the starting goaltenders for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship. The tournament was a tough showing for the two netminders, who both posted save percentages below .900 (90%) and goals against averages over 3.00.

Abstreiter was Germany's starting goalie at the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship, where she tallied a superb .9286 (92.86%) save percentage across five games played and recorded her first World Championship shutout, in the preliminary round versus. Her save percentage ranked third of all starting goalkeepers in the tournament and she was selected by the coaches as one of the three best players for Germany.

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