Shane Madolora

Biography

Shane Madolora '12 enters his first season as Assistant Coach for the 2025-26 season. Madolora graduated as RIT's Division I-era career leader with a .932 save percentage, which is still tied for 11th in NCAA history. He is also tops with a 1.97 goals against average, which remains tied for 20th in the NCAA record book. Madolora established single-season program records as a junior which still stand, leading the nation with a .935 save percentage to go along with a stingy 1.93 GAA on his way to Inside College Hockey Second-Team All-America honors. The following year, he tied his own record with a 1.93 GAA to go along with a .931 save percentage while tying for first nationally with a program-record seven shutouts. Madolora remains first in Tiger history with 13 career shutouts, as well as fourth with 1,727 saves, fifth with 36 wins, and tied for fifth with 65 appearances. He was voted the 2010-11 Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Year and the RIT Senior Athlete of the Year before graduating with a business administration management degree. Madolora played professionally for four years following his RIT career, including training camp invites from the San Jose Sharks and the Rochester Americans, along with appearances across the top leagues in France, England and Italy. Most recently, he spent two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Vermont, mentoring goaltender Gabriel Carrier to an NHL contract with the San Jose Sharks. He also served as a goaltending developm