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The first mention of a women's ice hockey game occurred in Medicine Hat in 1897. [25] Two years later, the Edmonton Ladies Hockey Team was the first Canadian women's hockey team to endorse a commercial product. In an 1899 team photo, the Ladies Club is pictured lacing up Starr Acme Club skates. [26]
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 Canadian women's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Canada in women's hockey. The team is overseen by Hockey Canada , a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and participates in international competitions.
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 ...
Jennifer Botterill was a member of four women's teams. Cassie Campbell is the one of two Canadian players to be captain of multiple teams (2002 and 2006). [33] Marie-Philip Poulin scored the gold medal-winning goal in three separate Olympics (2010, 2014, 2022) [34] Hayley Wickenheiser is the all-time leading scorer in the women's event and was named tournament MVP twice.
Queen's Gaels women's ice hockey is the representative women's ice hockey program of Queen's University at Kingston in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The team plays in the women's ice hockey section of Ontario University Athletics (OUA), one of the four regional governing bodies that comprise U Sports .
Ann-Renée Desbiens (born April 10, 1994) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender for the Montreal Victoire and member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team.. She participated at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship, [1] the 2018 Winter Olympics., [2] the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship, the 2022 Winter Olympics, and the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship.
She ranks second all-time among Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) goaltenders for games played and won the Clarkson Cup in 2018. An outspoken leader among players, she served as chair of the CWHL Player's Association and was a founding board member of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) after the collapse of the CWHL.