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Manon Rhéaume (born February 24, 1972) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender. An Olympic silver medalist , she achieved a number of historic firsts during her career, including becoming the first woman to play in an exhibition game in any of the major North American pro-sports leagues .
The inaugural Knights campaign also featured the North American professional hockey debuts of both Manon Rhéaume (2 games, 0–1–0, 6.36 GAA) and the 1992 NHL Entry Draft's #1 overall pick, Roman Hamrlik (2 games, one goal, one assist, two points, 2 penalty minutes), a future three-time NHL All-Star.
On this day in 1992, Rhéaume suited up for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a preseason game, allowing two goals in her one period of action against the St. Louis Blues, making her the first and only ...
The Lightning made NHL history when goaltender Manon Rhéaume played a period of an exhibition game for them on September 23, 1992. Rhéaume became the first woman to play in an NHL game. She also became the first woman to sign a professional hockey contract, doing so with the Lightning's farm team, the Atlanta Knights. [7]
The Renegades began play in the 1995–96 season in the WCHL. Although the Renegades never moved past the first round of the WCHL playoffs, the team achieved notoriety in 1996 by signing female goaltender Manon Rhéaume, who earlier in the decade played in preseason games for the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning. Rhéaume appeared in 11 regular season ...
The Ohio Bobcats are the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I [3] Intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Ohio University, located in Athens, Ohio, United States. Ohio University is a charter member (1946) of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), [ 4 ] is currently in the East Division of that conference, and sponsors ...
The inaugural team included starting goalie Daniel Berthiaume and left wing Iain Duncan, both of whom had NHL experience, [3] as well as minor league star Trevor Jobe, who led the team in scoring. New Jersey finished their first season at 11-10-1, good enough for fourth place in the Atlantic Division and a playoff spot; they were swept in the ...
In July 1992, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to approve women's hockey as an Olympic event to first be held at the 1998 Winter Olympics. [1] [4] Until 1998, international women's hockey had been dominated by Canada's national team. Canadian teams had won every World Championship; by 1997, however, the American team had improved ...