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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 Lightning finished last in penalty-kill % during the regular season (74.43%). [1]In the Lightning's very first NHL game on Wednesday, October 7, 1992, Chris Kontos scored the first hat trick in Lightning history as Tampa Bay defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 7-3 (the 7 goals would be the most that the Blackhawks would allow in a regular-season game that year).
On this day in 1992, Manon Rhéaume became the first woman to play NHL hockey. John Dorn. ... On this day in 1992, Rhéaume suited up for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a preseason game, allowing two ...
Other notable additions to the Lightning lineup in 1993-94 included first-round draft choice Chris Gratton and a pair of heavyweights Tampa Bay fans would grow to love—Rudy Poeschek and Enrico Ciccone. Poeschek, a defenseman/forward signed as a free agent after time with the Rangers and Winnipeg, stepped into the enforcer role and immediately ...
The Atlanta Knights was an IHL expansion team in 1992 as the top farm team of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning.They won the Turner Cup in the 1993–94 season. The Knights featured the first professional black head coach in John Paris Jr.
The Lightning played their first preseason game in September 1992 against the Minnesota North Stars, and then turned heads later that preseason when Manon Rhéaume became the first woman to play in an NHL game, which also made her the first woman to play in any of the major professional North American sports leagues.
The Lightning have had five players, Dave Andreychuk, Dino Ciccarelli, Mark Recchi, Denis Savard, and Martin St. Louis, inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. As of April 30, 2024, 53 goaltenders and 407 skaters ( forwards and defensemen ) have appeared in at least one regular-season and/or playoff game with the Tampa Bay Lightning since the ...
The Lightning struggled offensively during the regular season, being shut out a league-high 11 times (tied with the Chicago Blackhawks and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) and finishing 26th in goals scored (151), power-play goals scored (33) and power-play percentage (9.35%).