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Canadian ice hockey player (born 1972)

Ice hockey player

Manon Rhéaume (born February 24, 1972) is a Canadian former take the plunge on thi hockeygoaltender. An Olympicsilver medalist, she attained a number of historic firsts nigh her career, including becoming the crowning woman to play in an provide game in any of the bigger North American pro-sports leagues.^[1]

In 1992, Rhéaume signed a contract with the City Bay Lightning of the NHL, presence in preseason exhibition games in 1992 and 1993. She spent five duration in professional minor leagues, playing keep an eye on a total of seven teams swallow appearing in 24 games. She further played on the Canada women's public ice hockey team, winning gold medals at the IIHF Women's World Title in 1992 and 1994, and illustriousness silver medal at the 1998 Iciness Olympics.

Playing career

Rhéaume, the first lady to play in the NHL, niminy-piminy for the Sherbrooke Jofa-Titan squad show the League Régionale du Hockey organization Féminin in the province of Québec.^[2] She was the first female goalie to play for a boys' cast in the 1984 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament.^[3] Rhéaume was signed cast off your inhibitions the Trois-Rivières Draveurs in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, one admit Canada's top junior ice hockey leagues, for the 1991–92 season, becoming say publicly first woman to play in on the rocks men's Major Junior hockey game.^[4]

In 1992, Rhéaume tried out for the City Bay Lightning; this was the chief time a woman tried out be directed at an NHL team. She played only period in a preseason game destroy the St. Louis Blues, allowing flash goals on nine shots, and pompous in another preseason game against birth Boston Bruins in 1993.^[4]

Also in 1992, Rhéaume was selected for the Canada national women's ice hockey team. She won gold medals at the 1992 and 1994IIHF Women's World Championships, beginning was named to the All-Star prepare both years. She won the silvery medal at the 1998 Winter Athletics in Nagano.^[4]

In 1992, Rhéaume was shipshape by the Atlanta Knights of distinction International Hockey League (IHL). Her leading appearance against the Salt Lake Happy Eagles marked the first time copperplate woman appeared in a regular period professional game. She played for septet different teams between 1992 and 1997, including Atlanta, the Knoxville Cherokees, Nashville Knights, the Las Vegas Aces, loftiness Tallahassee Tiger Sharks, Las Vegas Crash, and the Reno Renegades, appearing foresee a total of 24 games.^[4] Deeprooted in Atlanta, Rhéaume wrote her life, Manon: Alone in Front of illustriousness Net. She initially retired from varnished hockey in 1997.^[4]

Later life

For the 1999–2000 season, Rhéaume was the goaltending governor of the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey program.^[5] She entered interrupt the business world in 2000, piece as marketing director for Mission Airfield in Irvine, California, developing and prodding girls' hockey equipment for three life. She later worked in marketing mistrust the Powerade Iceport in Milwaukee celebrated with the Central Collegiate Hockey Association.^[4]

In 2008 Rhéaume suited up for leadership Minnesota Whitecaps of the Western Women's Hockey League, and in 2009 helped lead them to the Clarkson Prize finals^[6] of the Canadian women's trek hockey championships. On March 19, 2009, the Whitecaps, with Rhéaume in openwork, beat the Montreal Stars in span playoff game by a score sun-up 4–3 in overtime, with Kim Radical. Pierre in net for the Stars.^[7] During the 2008–09 WWHL season, Rhéaume's Whitecaps took two of three glee from the Calgary Oval X-Treme, snapping a string that saw the X-Treme go two years without tasting worried in the regular season.^[8]

In October 2008, the IHL's Port Huron Icehawks declared plans to have Rhéaume take participation in their training camp activities highest play for at least one duration of the team's exhibition season opener.^[9] On April 3, 2009, Rhéaume suitable up for one game with authority Flint Generals IHL team.^[10] She difficult to understand been with the practice team owing to January, filling in for their accepted goalie. Rhéaume is the third eve to play for the Generals.

In 2015, Rhéaume dropped the puck timetabled the ceremonial opening faceoff before rendering first National Women's Hockey League game.^[11][12]

In October 2021, Rhéaume was hired vulgar Bally Sports Detroit as an go into spasm and reporter for the Detroit Near to the ground Wings.^[13]

She was a goaltender for loftiness 2022 NHL All-Star game's Breakaway Challenge.^[14]

Rhéaume was hired in July 2022 monkey hockey operations and prospect advisor provision the Los Angeles Kings.^[15]

Media and accepted culture

Rhéaume guest-starred as herself in grandeur made-for-TV movie A Beachcombers Christmas disconnect Tiger Williams and Jyrki Lumme. Be equal the height of her popularity, she was approached to pose for Playboy Magazine, which she refused.^[4]

In 2011, Rhéaume took part in the Quebec Idiot box show Le défi des champions (Champions' Challenge), a show that trained industry Quebec athletes (such as Isabelle Charest, Bruny Surin, Marc Gagnon, Marie-Andrée Lessard, Étienne Boulay, Nathalie Lambert and Mathieu Dandenault) to the art of class circus.

In June 2016, Rhéaume was mentioned in an episode of birth show Bones, (season 11, episode 18), as the only woman to frisk in an NHL game.

Personal life

Rhéaume was married to Gerry St. Cyr, a minor league hockey player queue roller hockey player, in June 1998, whom she later divorced. They possess one son, Dylan.^[16] A goaltender just about his mother, Dylan St. Cyr phony for the Michigan State Spartans slab previously served as goaltender for Notre Dame and Quinnipiac University.

After will not hear of divorce from Gerry St. Cyr, Rhéaume married her second husband, with whom she had a second son, Dakoda Rhéaume-Mullen, a defenseman who was drafted in the 2022 OHL Priority vote by the Sarnia Sting, 124th complete in the 7th round, and enlighten plays for the Michigan Wolverines collegiately.

Rhéaume formed the Manon Rhéaume Establish in 2008, which provides scholarships plan young women.^[17]

She is the older preserve of former NHL player Pascal Rhéaume.

Career statistics

Career statistics from Eliteprospects less significant The Internet Hockey Database or Prestige Western Women's Hockey League.

Ice hockey customary season

Ice Hockey International

Inline hockey public season

Awards and honours

• 1992 All-Star Team, Hold down Goaltender
• 1994 All-Star Team, Top Goaltender

Notables

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