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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.
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 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.
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 men's and women's teams are now coached by Sarah Pease and Ian Kellogg is an assistant for the Women's team. The Ohio Bobcats’ women's cross country team competes at Goldsberry Track in Athens, Ohio. The teams were previously coached by Elmore "Mo" Banton, a widely-known coach who became Ohio's first African American head coach in 1980 ...
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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 ...
Petra Vaarakallio scored the first-ever goal in women's ice hockey at the Olympics in 1998. She had won bronze at the 1992 World Ringette Championships but stopped playing ringette after receiving a six-month suspension for kicking an opponent who was lying on the ice.