Jessie Rudin
My Life on the Ice
I’ve been on the ice since I was three, and playing since I was five. For most of my life the rink has been where I go to feel like myself — first as a kid who was often one of only a few girls in the program, then as a player at Wayzata and Blake and later at Drake, and now as a coach in Des Moines.
The photos here span a lot of those years. Some are from games, some from early-morning practices, some from tournaments where I stepped on as a player-coach. I’m sharing them because hockey gave me almost everything I value — discipline, confidence, friendships that lasted — and because I want a young girl who finds this page to see a woman behind the bench and think, I could do that too.
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Jessie Rudin Des Moines hockey gear
Here’s me taken during participating in Des Moines Gun’s N Hoses game in 2025 to raise money for Easterseals Iowa, which I work for
Jessie Rudin in Blake hockey uniform
My senior year playing for Blake hockey
Jessie Rudin Drake Hockey
Action during a Drake game for my first season playing for the team
Jessie Rudin with Parents
Senior night in high school hockey with my parents
Jessie Rudin, a waiting puck.
Skating during a local all-female I-80 tournament in Des Moines playing for the Aqua Nets
Jessie Rudin skating back to us
Me again on the Aqua Nets
Jessie Rudin on ice
Skating up ice in a local Des Moines tournament
Jessie Rudin_s Slapshot
Shooting during a local Des Moines tournament
Jessie Rudin skating fast
Rushing up the puck during the 2021 season of Hockey Finder in Des Moines
Jessie Rudin skates into traffic.
The 2021 season of Hockey Finder in Des Moines.
Jessie Rudin skates the puck up ice.
The 2021 season of Hockey Finder in Des Moines. My junior year in a high school game
Jessie Rudin skating with a child
This was a high school event helping special olympics and local athletes learn to skateMy first season playing goalie in the hockey finder championship game
Jessie Rudin action shot goalie.
My first season playing goalie in the hockey finder championship game
Jessie Rudin makes a save color.
A blocker save in adult league
Young Jessie Rudin in hockey skates.
Here’s me at age 9 playing a game for Armstrong Cooper
Jessie Rudin Face Off
About to face-off during the local I-80 tournament playing for an intermediate team in Des Moines home tournament for all female teams
Jessie Rudin Skating About to Score
Skating down the ice taking the puck in to score in a local tournament
Jessie Rudin in goalie uniform
Here I am in my goalie gear for Hockey Finder DSM
Jessie Rudin Moody trading card
A serious photo on the bench between periods during adult hockey league for Hockey Finder DSM
Jessie Rudin black and white goalie photo
Between the pipes during adult league game
Jessie Rudin makes a save. Black and white
Getting ready to face a shot for hockey in adult league
Jessie Rudin coaching behind hockey bench
Here I am coaching Des Moines Women’s team in South Dakota at a tournament
Jessie Rudin stretching with friend
Stretching and chatting with a friend during a Des Moines Women’s game