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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 .
Led by top scorers Chris Valicevic and Gerry St. Cyr (who would later marry Manon Rhéaume), New Jersey (now coached by Jim Hughes) moved up to third place in the Atlantic with a 13-11-0 record. They knocked out Minnesota in the opening round of the playoffs but lost to the St. Louis Vipers in the conference semifinals, two games to one.
Manon Rhéaume was a goaltender for the Canadian women's hockey team. But today we recognize her for a feat accomplished by no other woman: playing in the NHL. On this day in 1992, Rhéaume suited ...
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 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 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament (French: Tournoi international de hockey pee-wee de Québec) is an annual minor ice hockey event in Quebec City.The tournament was founded in 1960 to coincide with the Quebec Winter Carnival, and give an opportunity for international competition to players less than 12 years old.
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Manon Rhéaume was the first woman to play in a National Hockey League game; although she was Canadian, "She played goalie for the Tampa Bay Lightning..." [213] Mona Van Duyn was the first woman named US poet laureate. [214] 1993 Hazel R. O'Leary became the first woman to serve as Secretary of Energy; she served under President Bill Clinton. [4]